What affects us affects cats
Most people believe that leopards are nocturnal but it is not entirely true. In areas where they are hunted extensively or persecuted by people, they are nocturnal in order to avoid people. Leopards are less nocturnal and more terrestrial where there are less tigers and lions. In the Chitwan NP in southern Nepal, leopards …
The answer is found in evolution. Through evolution nature created the Big Cats. Conventionally, these are referred to as cats who have the ability to roar, namely the leopard, lion, tiger and jaguar. Evolution has not provided us with wild dogs which are as big as the Big Cats. As I understand it, the …
In the Gir National Park sometimes referred to as the Gir Forest a lioness is raising a leopard cub. This is highly unusual. This national park is well known as the home of the Asiatic lion. Counting lions is difficult but we are told that there are about 600 but their survival is precarious …
Three Buddhist monks were meditating under a tree in a forest about 510 miles west of the state capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai, within a protected reserve for leopards and tigers and where four other fatal attacks have occurred in recent weeks. The monks had ignored warnings from officials about going too far into the …
Thankfully, we don’t have actually results! I’ll speculate. Seventy-five percent (75%) of the time the cat would win. A domestic cat that weighed 130 pounds would fall into the weight range of the large wild cat species such as the leopard, puma, cheetah and jaguar. The domestic cat is a cat’s whisker from the …
Blake Fischer is a Fish and Game Commissioner in Idaho. There are six other commissioners. He is an avid sport hunter. While on holiday in Namibia, Africa, Blake Fischer had someone photograph him with an entire family of baboons which he had just shot to impress his wife. He used a bow and arrow. …
This is a picture of a caracal being killed by a leopard. I have no details but it would have happened in Africa because the caracal lives there and the larger cat has to be a common leopard as this species live in Africa as well. The caracal is a medium-sized, very athletic wild …
Leopards have superb climbing abilities and they are afraid of lions and tigers. The consequence is that they retreat to a tree for safety. They also take kills into trees to preserve them. Safety From Predators Why do leopards climb trees? Leopards in India are fearful of tigers. They become extremely cautious around larger …
