A Michael Broad Blog
Pallas’s cat is sometimes referred to as ‘Pallas cat’. The former name is the accurate one together with Manul. The status of this small wild cat species in captivity was and probably remains precarious. They are considered to be a highly desirable exhibit and sought after by zoos. However, they suffer from a high …
Background “Black panthers” normally refers to melanistic leopards. These are leopards that are born black (dark charcoal) because of a genetic mutation. They are called melanistic leopards. I’m referring to the common leopard. Although the term “black panther” can also refer to other big cats black pumas or jaguars. The black jaguar is frequently …
This is a slightly bizarre but also interesting question thrown up by a Google search. You won’t find the answer in the best reference books on the wild cat species because it is not something that interests scientists. However, it does appear to interest non-scientists! Especially Joe Biden! He has a reputation for sniffing …
I am an instant fan of Shraddha Kapoor. I had no idea who she was until about five minutes ago when I discovered some nice things about her. She posted to her Instagram account a very short video of a feral cat being rescued near her home. She has 51.9 million followers on her …
The title really should read “suicide by big cat”. I’ve chosen the tiger because this is the big cat chosen most often by men (yes, it appears always to be men) who want to end their life by jumping into a tiger enclosure at a zoo. On the face of it, it is a …
Poland: a former soldier has gone on the run with his puma (mountain lion or cougar) after zoo officials turned up at his house on Friday to take the cat from him. He threatened the officials with a knife and then fled into the forest. About 200 police officers joined the hunt for him. …
No, big cats do not play with laser pointers. We can thank Big Cat Rescue (BCR) for finding out conclusively how big cats relate to laser pointers. The term “big cats” is rather vaguely defined but for the sake of this article I’ll state that they are the lion, tiger, leopard and Jaguar. BCR …
The strange and exotic big cat hybrids such as the tigon and liger, which fascinate many people, may be creating unforeseen emotional issues in their female parent. Until this article I have only discussed the appearance of hybrid big cats such as the tigon (male tiger x female lion) and liger (male lion x …
