PETA have softened their stance on TNR in India because they are doing it there, in Mumbai, against their declared universal criteria which is that TNR should only take place under their auspices when the cats are in an non-hazardous area.
Continue reading →The before and after photos of this tiny newborn kitten tell the story. He was rescued from a ventilation duct covered in black grease.
Continue reading →The following wild cats species live in India: Leopard Asiatic golden cat Caracal Clouded leopard Fishing cat Jungle cat Leopard cat Lion Eurasian lynx Pallas’s cat Marbled cat Rusty-spotted cat Bengal Tiger Each of the above species are discussed in … Continue reading →
India’s Project Tiger is unsuccessful. When Project Tiger was set up in April 1973. Indira Gandhi was interested in wildlife and had spoken about conservation some 4 years earlier in a speech to the IUCN General Assembly in Delhi in … Continue reading →
In India you might happen upon a meal called cat biryani. In the UK you can buy many prepared meals from supermarkets such as chicken biryani designed for human consumption. I had never heard of cat biryani until now. I … Continue reading →
Once they have found him, a man-eating lion living in the north-west of India in the Gir National Park will be spared and placed in a zoo instead of being shot. I like that. It is the kind of attitude … Continue reading →
What’s it like to import and then export two Maine Coon cats into and out of Mumbai, India? Also what is it like for a Maine Coon cat to live in Mumbai? We can get a feel for these things … Continue reading →
Is it true that Indian families rarely have domestic cats? The question was asked by a man living in Canada who travels a lot to India. His question was based upon his observations. I asked a similar question several years … Continue reading →
Is it possible for a person without tools or a firearm to harass a jaguar, the world’s third largest cat with the strongest bite of all the cats? This is a slightly bizarre story from Hyderabad, India. A stockbroker allegedly … Continue reading →
An essay on the cat in Punjabi (Indian version of Punjabi – reading left to right). This is one of a series of similar essays. The idea is to try and communicate with people in places far away from Europe … Continue reading →
