I wanted to build a page on lion pictures. But how to do it a bit differently and usefully was the question. Well, I have chosen from the forty or so Flickr photographs of lions that are available for publication … Continue reading →
As I stated in the title, the distribution of the common leopard is the widest of all the wild cat species. A natural consequence of this is that the habitats in which they live varies tremendously and is probably the … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT – KHARKIV, UKRAINE: The zookeepers at Kharkiv Zoo are making plans to euthanize the big cats and bears in case Russian shelling allows them to escape into what’s left of the city. And I presume to save … Continue reading →
Here is a potted history of the big cats by a student of the wild cats – me. It is not meant to be overly heavy 😉. The big cats are grouped together because they can all roar. The puma … Continue reading →
Jaguars can be seen in a range of tropical and subtropical habitats. They can live at sea level to about 1,200 m above sea level. There are records of jaguars living at 3,800 m above sea level in Costa Rica … Continue reading →
People shouldn’t be searching for ‘exotic big cats for sale’ because it encourages and keeps in business exotic big cat breeders and these breeders should not exist in my considered view. It also devalues and demeans the big cats, iconic … Continue reading →
Despite the puma being a physically large cat and the fact that their size is frequently overestimated, they are not classified, scientifically, as one of the big cats. The phrase “big cat” is very specific in this instance. It does … Continue reading →
Ligers are real but unnatural. The liger is a hybrid from a mating between a female tiger and a male lion. The lion and tiger don’t meet in the wild. They only have the opportunity to mate when they are … Continue reading →
by Yousef (Kuwait) Intro: this is Yousef’s argument about a lion versus tiger fight in response to MikeB’s article. He disagrees with me. This page has been republished. A poll on this topic that was closed many years ago produced … Continue reading →
It is believed that the Arabian leopard is a subspecies of the common leopard although the taxonomy (species classication) of this cat is vague; There are question marks over whether it is a distinct subspecies but this appears to have … Continue reading →
