The best way for a cat to react to hostility and real danger from a dog is to attack and not run. Running triggers the dog’s hunting instincts. In addition the cat will employ the usual maximum size strategy: arched back, stiff legs, erect fur and broadside stance. please continue reading
This is the bizarre story of a maintenance contractor suing an apartment owner because he claims he was attacked by a bobcat inside the apartment when he was actually scratched by a fluffy domestic cat and even that appears to be his fault. please continue reading
A Savannah cat, possible a relatively high filial and therefore slightly more wild, surreptitiously entered a neighbor’s home and attacked one of the home owner’s cats, a calico. The cat was seized by animal control because this breed is and wild cat hybrid and illegal in Rhode Island, USA. A bad outcome for all concerned and it could have been avoided. please continue reading
Can a domestic cat be charged with attempted murder? The answer has to be a resounding No because murder only relates to humans. However, the Japanese police are looking into the attempted murder of an elderly, bedridden lady, Mayuko Matsumoto, … please continue reading
Yes, a cat would attack a rabbit under the right circumstances and if the individual cat concerned likes to attack rabbits. It looks as if there are a lot of internet surfers (young people, I sense) who look after a … please continue reading
This domestic cat was stimulated into attacking this man because he was behaving in a way which indicated to the cat that he was hostile due to the noise and general pandemonium he was generating. That is my reading of … please continue reading
Once they have found him, a man-eating lion living in the north-west of India in the Gir National Park will be spared and placed in a zoo instead of being shot. I like that. It is the kind of attitude … please continue reading
Having been prosecuted for failing to protect their employees, a private zoo in the UK will have to fork out £400,000 ($574,000) which includes a fine relating to an earlier matter. The £400,000 and includes a fine of £255,000 for … please continue reading
This is bad. This makes me mad. It is bad zoo management, bad social care, and stupidity in my opinion. God it pisses me off. A man aged 20 jumps into or broke into the lion enclosure at Santiago’s Metropolitan … please continue reading
Mr Denny says that his six-year-old boy, Kellan Denny, is in shock but recovering well. He is at his home in Johannesburg. He had been snatched (bitten and dragged away) by a leopard while playing with his brother in a … please continue reading
