Can you own a caracal in North Carolina?
Yes, you can own a caracal in North Carolina but you’ll need permit to import this medium-sized wild cat. The North Carolina law on this is limited and sparse. It is strange and also,...
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What is the difference between a tame animal and a domesticated animal?
The word “tame” is an umbrella term which includes “domesticated”, so the difference is that a “tame animal” describes a wider range of animals than the term “domesticated animal”. Also the word “tame” can...
What is a hunting leopard?
The name ‘hunting leopard’ was generally used for the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) until recent times. The name fell into disuse because it caused confusion with the name of the true leopard (common leopard) –...
Can you domesticate a rusty-spotted cat?
Yes, you can domesticate the rusty-spotted cat to a certain extent or you can tame it according to two naturalists who lived over 100 years ago. The rusty-spotted cat is a wild cat species...
Popular domesticated serval “zoo ambassador” bites child at birthday party
This is a regrettable incident which concerns a domesticated serval whose name is Copper. Copper was hand-raised and brought to the Potawatomi Zoo when he was six months old as an education animal and...
When did Romans start to live with domestic cats?
The Egyptians kept their cats to themselves and under close guard. They made their export illegal. This restricted the spread of the newly domesticated wildcat to other parts of the world. In 500 BC...
Eighty thousand wildcats buried on banks of Nile
In ancient Egypt, during the cult of Bastet, when the cat was elevated to a god around 1000 to 2000 BC, hundreds of thousands of cats were buried along the banks of the River...
Tame and Socialized Serval Cat
by Michael (London, UK) Here are two pictures taken by Kathrin Stucki of me and Helmi Flick with a Serval cat. The pictures were taken while the Flicks and I visited A1 Savannahs. This...
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