What affects us affects cats
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 rare. I know a bit about wild cat conservation and world cat population numbers. …
The king cheetah eats the same as any other cheetah. This is because the only difference between the king cheetah and other cheetahs is the markings on the coat due to a genetic mutation. Such a genetic mutation has no bearing on what the cheetah eats. The most authoritative book on the wild cats …
There are two aspects to the question, “why do cheetahs have spots?”. The first is why they exist and the answer is because they provide camouflage for the animal so that he/she can be more effective when hunting. The second aspect of this question is how the spots are formed. That is a far …
People also search for “what noises do cheetahs make” and “can cheetahs roar or purr?”. All these questions relate to the rich vocal repertoire that the cheetah possesses. Cheetahs have a wide range of vocalisations. They have a yelp which is a brief, high-pitched “yow“. This sound is for long-range communication. A researcher reported …
Africa’s cheetah population has always been estimated. I keep saying this about cat population numbers. The same estimates apply to feral and stray domestic cats too. The word “estimate” means we don’t know. In fact, Africa’s cheetah population may be a lot lower than thought. The estimates on population size have been dismissed as …
Date: 2016…The answer is 6,674 (estimated) but read on please…People search for an answer to the question: What is the current cheetah population? The question is posed to ask what is the current world cheetah population in the wild. Note that this is about wild cheetahs. That is the only meaningful figure. The first …
This is an interesting development in the aftermath of the well-publicised cheetah attack at the Kwa Cheetah facility, South Africa, on 10-year-old Aiden Davis. You can read about it on this page. It was highly traumatic for the boy and also his mother who is fighting for justice and compensation. Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, a …
You may remember the worldwide reporting of a cheetah attack on a ten-year-old boy at a captive cheetah breeding centre in Ladysmith, South Africa. Schoolchildren were on an educational outing organised by their school to the Kwa Cheetah breeding centre. One of those children was 10-year-old Aiden Davis. While there, a cheetah charged at …
