What affects us affects cats
By D. Green Today (16th Nov. 2013) I heard the Scottish Wildcat was close to becoming extinct and it made me remember an experience I had when aged 8-10, on the South Downs in about 1976-1978, where I think I saw one. Not only saw it but came within about 8ft of it and …
Cashmere is killing the precious, endangered snow leopard. Increased demand for cashmere results in more livestock (goats) that produces cashmere, which in turn reduces the amount of wildlife upon which the snow leopard preys. This is because the cashmere producing goats feed on the same plant food source as the ungulates that are the …
The Scottish Wildcat is almost extinct. At a guess there are 100 left in the wild in Scotland. When I started this website in 2007 there were an estimated 400. There are quite possibly none if we are honest. It is all guesswork anyway because of hybridisaton. For a long time, the wildcat has …
When you buy your next cashmere jumper please ask whether it is Certified Wildlife Friendly™. It is sure to produce a blank, bemused response! However, if it is and you buy it, you will be helping the beautiful and endangered Andean cat at the same time if the cashmere was sourced from northern Patagonia …
This is a short essay on wildlife conservation for students – probably more senior students. If you like it, or parts of it, feel free to copy or use it in any way you wish under a creative commons license. The purpose of wildlife conservation is to protect wild flora and fauna against the …
Bengal tiger reserves are mapped on this page and critically, but I hope fairly, discussed. There are quite a good number of reserves in India and all the tigers are in them (or are they? – as at 2002 60+% were outside reserves apparently – src: Sunquists Wild Cats Of The World). A complete …
by Michael You should know where your toilet paper comes from because it may help stop the world flushing the tiger down the drain. There is a very big and unscrupulous paper manufacturer in Asia called Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). They like to tear down primary virgin forest to convert it to mundane …
I say that socialites are killing the Sumatran tiger. A completely defamatory statement you might think. But in case you haven’t read about it, you will have to agree that it is in fact a perfectly reasonable statement once you read this page. I have written on this matter several times before but it …
