A Michael Broad Blog
The wild cat news today is that the world’s first albino ocelot has been discovered in Colombia. And the news is not good because the discovery indicates that deforestation in Colombia is resulting in inbreeding of wild cat species because of fragmented habitat resulting in small population sizes. This assessment is made because albinism …
Introduction: This is a modified e-zine article I wrote on June 18, 2009. Yes, 13 years ago and it still very relevant today which is why I have converted it into an article. The Small Wildcats ..and one Big cat Before I started to build this website some 2 years ago (note: this was …
People ask, why are snow leopards endangered? The reason is because of us. This page adds some detail to that statement and refines it. In fact, this page is about the snow leopard’s status in the wild and its conservation. The sources for this page are: Wild Cats of the World (WoW) and the …
The decreasing population of mature individual kodkods is estimated to be between 5,980-92,092. Judging by the dramatic range of the estimate it is clear to me that the experts don’t know the population of mature individual kodkods as at 2022. It also has to be said that this estimate is dated April 20, 2014. …
The story of the Sumatran tiger is a very sad one. It is the beginning of the end of the road for this cat’s presence in the wild. The disappointing truth is that the experts don’t even know, through ineffectual estimates, the number of adult Sumatran tigers that are left on the planet. I …
NEWS AND COMMENT: It’s reported that there are fewer than 60 caracals remaining on the Cape Peninsula, that beautiful part of the world which is loved by many people. Clearly there are too many people and too many cars and too many roads. When you build roads across the habitat of a medium-sized wild …
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Save Wild sanctuary east of Kyiv decided to evacuate after Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine nine days ago. They decided to take six lions, four tigers, two caracals and an African wild dog to the border with Poland. It turned out to be a heroic and traumatic journey both for the …
Due to a committed conservation project including a successful captive breeding programme, this is no longer the world’s most endangered wild cat species.
