The major reason why lions living in the wild attack humans is because they are injured or elderly and infirm and as a consequence incapable of surviving in the conventional way by preying on large animals. Lions attack zookeepers in … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT: This is a common sense and effective approach to substantially reducing the problem of cheetahs killing livestock in Namibia. It’s the first time I’ve seen this approach taken. Conflict between predators like the cheetah and farmers is … Continue reading →
Yes, lions do kill and eat cheetahs but this isn’t the full story. Two separate sources tell me that lions kill a lot of cheetah cubs. Cheetah cubs have a relatively high mortality rate in the first few months of … Continue reading →
Cheetahs do not live in the rainforest. The map below shows you where the cheetah lives on the African continent and in Iran and Azerbaijan. I made it from IUCN Red List information. The distribution is incredibly fragmented due to … Continue reading →
Do servals live in groups? No, servals are solitary animals. There have been reports of the odd sightings of groups or pairings but it was found that they consisted of a mother and kittens or a mating pair. That’s the … Continue reading →
Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Africa: There was a time when 30,000 lions roamed freely in Tanzania. They pleased the tourists who came to the country in large numbers to see them and other wildlife, boosting the economy by $4.7 million … Continue reading →
This is the country where they still fervently believe in witchcraft. It is a country where supersition can play a big role in their lives when the circumstances call for it. And I am not making this up. You can … Continue reading →
The Trump administration has declared its credentials in allowing, through the US Federal Fish and Wildlife Service, the importation of the skin, skull and horns of a rare black rhino that an American trophy hunter shot at a cost of … Continue reading →
The Wobo mystery cat is also referred to as the ‘Mendelit’ (Cat World by Dr Desmond Morris) and ‘Rnendelit’ (by Sarah Hartwell, website messybeast.com). Apparently local people in remote parts of Ethiopia, Africa, would recount stories to Victorian explorers of … Continue reading →
A Kenyan website claims that a marauding band of five stray domestic cats are roaming around attacking and killing residents in Embakasi. This has to be BS.
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