What affects us affects cats
A flash flood which tore through the centre of Tbilisi, Georgia has destroyed the city’s zoo, killing some of the captive animals but releasing others. Thirty-two predators are apparently missing amongst them eight lions, six tigers and several jaguars. Some could have been killed by the flood but the authorities just don’t know what …
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 bribed his way into a zoo in Hyderabad because he loves animals and wanted …
The days are gone when zoos could scoop up a basket full of wild animals to replenish their zoo stock and maintain genetic diversity. Now they are engaged in Species Survival Plans (SSPs) and it is projected that the best they can do is keep animals alive in zoos for 100 years and that …
This is not about the domestic cat but it is about animals. Our relationship with animals is indirectly about cats so I hope people will be patient with me. We have all heard about captive killer whales entertaining people. The best-known organization is SeaWorld in San Antonio in Texas, San Diego in California and …
Two shoddy roadside zoos – Natural Bridge Zoo, Natural Bridge, Virginia, and Tiger Safari in Tuttle, Oklahoma have been investigated by The HSUS. One of my pet hates is the American roadside zoo and I apologise to Americans for saying that. I don’t want to upset any Americans but I would hope that the …
An investigation concluded that a tiger handler, David Styles, when presenting a show in an arena in zoo in Queensland, Australia, overstimulated the 120 kg tiger he was with. He was being filmed by the BBC at the time. The handler made himself look different which caught the interest of the tiger. The tiger …
The African lion is being pushed off the planet by humankind. Put it another way, it has been projected that within 40 years humankind will have wiped out the African lion, in the wild, if we carry on as we are. There simply hardly enough space left in Africa for the lion and the …
A tabby and white stray cat (actually the cat looks like a calico) sneaks into the zoo enclosure of a lynx wild cat at St. Petersburg Zoo. This must be a Eurasian lynx, the biggest of the lynx family. He sneaks in and makes friends instantly it seems. He grooms his wild friend and …
