Is it true that male domestic cats kill kittens?
To answer the question, you have to break it down into categories which I’ve done. There’s a difference between the behaviour of the wildcat ancestor which is the same species as the domestic cat...
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Domestic cats have smaller brains than their wildcat ancestors
A study has concluded that the brains of domestic cats have shrunk during the time that they have been domesticated. And having shrunk I have concluded that domestic cats are probably more stupid today...
European wildcat habitat and hunting – classic cat technique
The European Wildcat is, like other Wild cat species, under continual pressure from human population growth and activity. The wildcat is the ancestor of the domestic cat and therefore they are arguably the ‘authors...
European wildcat description – a wild-looking tabby cat
Take a domestic tabby cat, make them a little larger, make them more substantial with a thick and slightly longer and denser coat, make the tabby markings a little less pronounced and give the...
Can European wildcats be domesticated?
The question is a sensible one because all of the world’s half a billion domestic and feral cats originate in a domesticated North African wildcat (Far Eastern wildcat or African-Asian wildcat). It happened about...
Picture of a European wildcat
As this photograph was taken in what appears to be a German zoo, I will presume that it is a European wildcat. It as taken by Melanie Kahl of BUND Bundesverband for the BUND...
European wildcat in western Switzerland threatened by mating with domestic cats
We know that the Scottish wildcat is either extinct in the wild in Scotland or very nearly so because of long-term hybridisation with domestic and feral cats. These two species i.e. the wildcat and...
Cats that live in the snow
I am referring to wild cat species and secondly there is no cat species which only lives in the snow all the time. I guess that is common sense but the wild cat species...
What does the European wildcat eat?
There have been many reports that this small wild cat species is primarily a rodent catcher. They do also feed on larger animals such as young deer, rabbits and hares. To add some detail:...
Wildcat to be reintroduced to England’s Derwent valley at Cattiside?
There is talk about the reintroduction of the beautiful wildcat, which was once native to England, to the Derwent valley at a particular place, appropriately called Cattiside. This is said to be the last-known...
‘Cat-fox’ said to be a new wild cat species in Corsica’s mountains
The experts say that this is a new species of small wild cat living in the Asco Valley, Corsica but the animal behaves like a domestic cat (if not tranquillised) and looks like a hybridised European wildcat.
Scottish wildcats are extinct or on the brink of extinction in the wild
A study recently concluded that Scottish wildcats are now part of the same gene pool as domestic cats which means that they are functionally extinct which in turn means that they are on the...
Wildcats to be reintroduced into England to cull grey squirrels!
There is a proposal by a millionaire backer to reintroduce wildcats into England with the intention of (1) rectifying a moral wrong and (2) killing grey squirrels. Michael Gove the environment secretary is in favour apparently.
European Wildcat
See this image and a full, detailed description of the European wildcat. Is this a hybrid? Initial Points The taxonomy of the wildcat has been, and still is, in dispute. Taxonomy, in this instance,...
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