‘Tigers for sale’ is a phrase that I do not want to read when it concerns private sales from unscrupulous traders selling to naive customers. This page is not about inter-zoo sales which are bad enough. Humankind should not be … Continue reading →
Cat superstitions still exist big time. They are considered to be a part of history but this is simply untrue. Nowadays superstitions surrounding the cat are tied up with a lack of knowledge of the cat and, frankly, sometimes distrust … Continue reading →
This page was first written in 2009. I have decided to update it. It is now upgraded to the current date at the time of writing this namely 2022 (I have projected forward several days 😉). As the years roll … Continue reading →
The serval is one of the more specialised wild cats. This means that it will have adaptations to improve survivability. The serval has the longest legs compared to overall size of all the cats. More precisely the serval’s feet are … Continue reading →
COMMENT: Sadly, due to a lack of education, many people in Kenya, especially along the Indian Ocean coast, still believe, hundreds of years after cats were persecuted during the Middle Ages, that domestic and stray cats are evil. As the … Continue reading →
This is an amusing video and it’s very short! But the back story is actually quite serious. I’ve seen lots of stray and feral cats with their heads jammed into cans or jars trying to survive under impossible circumstances. Sometimes, … Continue reading →
This guy seems to have made this rescue center a big family. We are told that it is a rescue centre but the animals behave as if it is his home. And perhaps, in effect it is. He treats them … Continue reading →
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 →
