“African lynx” is an old-fashioned name for the caracal; this species of wild cat is the only lynx-like animal in Africa. However, the caracal range spreads into the Middle East and Western Asia and therefore to describe the cat as … please continue reading
Dr Kinsley Opoku Agyeman, a medical practitioner in Ghana, Africa, openly prescribes cat meat as a treatment to boost the immune system of his patients. He said: “Cat meat is a very healthy food which is good for the treatment … please continue reading
Donald Trump defends his son’s trophy hunting in Africa. Does that sicken you? Does it make you detest the Trump family? Day by day Trump looks increasingly beleaguered, lost and disorganised. His administration appears to be chaotic. And to cap … please continue reading
Zimbabwe’s big-game hunters lied about the circumstances under which they shot and killed Cecil the lion’s son, Xanda, so say the wildlife researchers from Oxford University one of whom had previously said that the person who organised the hunting safari … please continue reading
Astonishingly, the man, Mr Loveridge, who fitted the GPS collar to Xanda the lion recently killed by trophy hunters in Zimbabwe, says that the person who organised the hunt resulting in the killing of this lion is Richard Cooke from … please continue reading
People want to know what lions do in their spare time. Of all the species of cat including domestic cats, lions are the least active. In their spare time they rest. Two prides of lions, one in the Serengeti and … please continue reading
If you believe in God, he/she got it wrong. If you believe in evolution and nature, it got it wrong too. One species, the human, is driving all other species off the planet starting with the most beautiful and most … please continue reading
No one has been charged for the killing of Zimbabwe’s most famous lion. The America dentist, Walter Palmer, who tried to kill him with a bow and arrow was not charged because he had legal papers to kill him. See … please continue reading
Tigers and lions are reluctant to attack from the front, which can be used in conservation. A British scientist in Botswana, Africa is taking a leaf out of the book of tiger conservationists in the Sundarbans of India and Bangladesh, … please continue reading
We know that farmers, specifically cattle herders, use poison to kill predators such as the African lion. They do this by lacing the carcass of a cow with poison. This can have the effect of wiping out a whole pride … please continue reading
