What affects us affects cats
The Santiago Zoo webpage tells us that lions walk for two hours daily travelling an average of around 9.5 kilometers. The Sunquists in Wild Cats of the World tell us that: “Along Namibia’s Skeleton Coast lions hunt fur seals, walking as far as 50 kilometers a day along the beach, scavenging for cormorant and …
The lion’s mane comes in a variety of sizes and density of color. It increase in length and thickness as a lion becomes older. It becomes darker. The mane serves two distinct purposes. Appearance The first reason for the mane is that it makes an adult lion look impressive. It serves as a “conspicuous …
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 RC Safaris who he describes as one of the ‘good’ guys. Weird moral standards… …
On July 7, a trophy hunter, as yet unnamed, shot Cecil’s son, Xanda, not far from where his father was also hunted and killed. The killing was sanctioned by the Zimbabwean government. I would like to know who killed him. I hope that it comes out in the press in due course. You may …
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 the other in Ngorongoro Crater, in Africa, were inactive for an average of about …
The question in the title implies that wild cats have round pupils. This is incorrect. Although if we look at photographs of the pupils of wild cats there is no doubt that the pupils of lions are much more circular than the pupils of pumas which in turn are more circular than the pupils …
Trophy hunters can help lion conservation so says a UK government commissioned report. This has made animal advocates very angry. And when I think about it, I am drawn to one conclusion: if killing lions for trophies helps to protect the lion then the world has to be in a mess. Conservation has come …
How much do lions eat in a day? The estimated minimum daily requirement is 5 to 8.5 kilograms of meat per lioness per day. This is 11 to 19 pounds daily. I don’t have figures for male lions but they would naturally be slightly higher (however, see below because daily intake varies considerably depending …
