A Michael Broad Blog
It is probably fair to say that the Bengal cat is the most adept at escaping from a garden enclosure circumvented by a cat confinement fence of some sort. They are great escape artists. And being a wild cat hybrid they are very athletic. This is their reputation. And here, in this video, we …
The infographic that I have just prepared based on information from a recently published study provides the answer to the question in the title. Here it is: Glitter coat Another interesting aspect of this study is that the famous Bengal cat glitter coat is not due to the presence of the Asiatic leopard cat …
NEWS AND VIEWS: The police have been at it again; screwing up and messing around. And telling fibs, I’d say. In the UK can we trust the police anymore? No, I’m afraid not. In this story, a wildlife charity in Wales, Wildcat Haven, was looking after a rescued Scottish wildcat kitten called Finlay. He …
This infographic lists the big cat hybrids. These human-made ‘creations’ are frivolous experiments in captivity by, arguably, abusive individuals with nothing better to do. I can’t think of any scientific or conservation benefit in their creation. They are the work of curious individuals participating in self-indulgent experiments. Someone else will have a different viewpoint …
Pallas’s cat which is often incorrectly referred to as the ‘Pallas cat’, the scientific name of which is ‘manual’ can successfully mate with domestic cats according to Peter Pallas the naturalist who discovered Pallas’s cat in 1776 and after whom the cat species is named. This information is reported by Sarah Hartwell on her …
The pumapard is a cross between a leopard and a puma (mountain lion or cougar). I am thankful to Sarah Hartwell for this information. The pumapard is incredibly rare. I don’t know if any exist today. I don’t think so. But they were reported in the news media in the late 1890s and early …
The Caracat is a wild cat hybrid being a cross between a caracal and a purebred domestic cat (the Abyssinian) for the first filial (F1) Caracats. A first filial wild cat hybrid is a cross between the wild cat and a domestic cat. In other words, the cat is half wild cat and half …
King Tut is a wild cat hybrid. Big Cat Rescue (BCR) have decided that King Tut is a Savannah cat but they weren’t sure and they still might not be sure because his appearance, to me, is not a classic high filial Savannah cat appearance. And King Tut looks a little bit like a …
