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Asia's Last Lions 2008-08-12 06:56:00 As you might know, there are two main subspecies of lions extant today. One is the African Lion - members of which number in thousands and who you see almost daily in documentaries and programs on nature channels. The other, less well known, subspecies is the Asia
tic Lion. Not many are aware of these lions, who number in a few hundreds and are seldom seen on television or in zoos owing to their ex Read more:Lions
Diabetes in Cats 2008-08-11 07:58:00 Diabetes is a well known chronic condition in humans as well as pets. In case of cats, it afflicts roughly one out of every four hundred animals. The particular disease I am going to discuss is Diabetes Mellitus, distinct from Diabetes Insipidus (a condition that affects the body’s ability to maintain normal levels of water). Diabetes Mellitus is a hormonal ailment that influences the metabolism Read more:Diabetes
Easy on Sunday 2008-08-10 10:20:00 I'm taking it easy today ~ finalizing the initial setup of my Mammals blog. Lots of work to be done over there in the coming days. Will see you guys tomorrow with a regular post.
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Rabies in Cats 2008-08-09 07:41:00 Feline Rabies is one of the most serious conditions to potentially afflict a cat. It is caused by the notorious Rabies virus that is responsible for the condition in numerous outdoor animals as well as humans. Transmission is usually through bite of an infected animal and the incubation period normally lasts for a few weeks, though occasionally it may extend to months. Once the symptoms develop, h
Don't Miss this One 2008-08-08 05:51:00 Dec 25, 2007 was a mild and pleasant day in San Fransisco. However the calmness of the beautiful Christmas Day was shattered in San Fransisco zoo when a Siberian Tigress, Tatiana, escaped her enclosure to maul two young men and kill another. In the end she too was shot by officials. What provoked the attack and how did the big cat manage to scale the high walls of her grotto - National Geographic
Cheetah Facts 2008-08-07 07:48:00 Some facts about the amazing Cheetah
, for this week's Thursday Thirteen.1. Cheetahs are the fastest of all land mammals, reaching speeds of up to seventy five miles per hour.2. Cheetahs are in fact capable of generating incredible bursts of speed, reaching from zero to hundred kilometers per hour in less than three seconds, outdoing most modern sports cars.3. Often considered as the smallest of th
Male Lion Pictures 2008-08-28 03:28:00 They are such majestic creatures...and yet they are disappearing at an alarming rate from the African savannah. Previously thought to number around one hundred thousand, it is now estimated that nearly twenty three thousand lions exist today in the whole of Africa - most of them in protected reserves. Outside of designated game parks the graceful cats are vanishing rapidly from the wild. Here are Read more:Pictures
The Chai Story 2008-08-26 02:23:00 I'm sure some of you have come across this already but if you are a pet owner and you aren't aware of Chai's story then you've gotta go over here and read it this instant: -story.html Chai is a beautiful dog who suffered a terrible injury recently owing to a potentially dangerous toy produced by the company Four Paws. His tongue got stuck in the toy and was damaged to the extent that it had to be
Macropredation in Lions 2008-08-25 02:41:00 Amongst all the big cats, lions are perhaps the most capable hunters of large prey animals. Despite being lesser than tigers in size and strength, lions take down big prey more frequently than their striped counterparts in Asia. This is largely owing to their social system of living. Life in a pride has several advantages and lions are the only cats who have evolved into living in organized groups Read more:Lions
Motherly Love 2008-08-24 02:13:00 Have a restful Sunday :)
Rare Leopards Found 2008-08-23 02:22:00 A new population of Bornean Clouded Leopards has been discovered on the island of Borneo after camera traps recently snapped pictures of two adult male cats. Bornean Clouded Leopards are the most recently discovered species of wild cats and have the distinction of having the longest fangs in proportion to body size in family felidae. More on them here.The interesting thing is that these animals we
Bobcat Facts 2008-09-18 06:16:00 Here are thirteen facts about Bobcats:1. Bobcats belong to the Lynx genus of felines and are the smallest of the four Lynx cats.2. Modern Bobcats appear to have evolved around twenty thousand years ago from the Eurasian Lynx.3. Bobcats are highly adaptable and are seen in a variety of habitats all across the United States.4. Their population is limited northwards where they are replaced by their l
Fancy buying a tiger? 2008-09-16 02:04:00 Just came across this on the Tiger News blog - apparently there is an Italian website out there selling Indian tiger
cubs on the internet (don't know the url). A five month old tigress is for sale for roughly thirteen and a half thousand US dollars with some toys and an Ivory collar! How wrong is that! And apparently the website claims to have been breeding tigers in India and shipping them worldw Read more:Fancy
Cheetah Conservation 2008-09-15 03:00:00 Cheetahs are one of the most amazing of all land mammals. Built for great speed, they are specialists when it comes to hunting fast, agile prey animals in broad daylight. Capable of reaching from zero to hundred kilometers an hour within a matter of seconds, they have evolved into developing a sleek and slender physique that aids them in their highly specialized lifestyle. Whilst a long and thin b Read more:Cheetah
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Another Tiger gets run over by a train... 2008-09-14 02:14:00 This is not an uncommon occurrence in India. With less than fourteen hundred Bengal Tigers remaining in its jungles, every animal is precious. And yet tigers and elephants continue to die in such a reckless manner. There are a number of railway tracks passing through many Indian forests which are traversed by passenger and goods trains. Many were laid out in colonial times by the British to carry
Award and Article 2008-10-07 03:27:00 Just came across this excellent articles on the critically endangered Asiatic Lions on the Asiatic Lions Blog. Worth reading: -of-big-cat.htmlI was also given this wonderful award by the blogger at Black Cat Follies. Thanks so much. I would like to pass it on to Casper and Co. to receive it when they return to blogging and to the wonderful folks at The Cat/Dog Log who recently lost their precious Read more:Article
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Tiger Attack Video 2008-10-06 03:30:00 May 2004 - Authorities in the Assam Province of Northeastern India are trying to subdue a large tigress that has recently become a cattle lifter. They trace her to a paddy field and try to dart her but miss...the sound of the rifle enrages the big cat to the extent that......she charges and leaps over twelve feet in the air to attack the people atop the female elephant - knocking a couple of men d
Have a Happy Weekend... 2008-10-05 04:04:00 ...and if you wanna do some work ~ you can track the movements of the Kilimanjaro lion Ndelie through this map: click the play button in the right sidebar of the page and you'll get an idea of the movement patterns of a random male lion - how it covers vast distances over time..I've read that tigers, particularly the maneating ones, follow a specific circular parameter as their path across the jun Read more:Happy
, Weekend
Tigers preying upon Rhinos in Indian National Park 2008-10-04 06:03:00 Whilst macropredation is a well documented phenomenon in lions, it is not an entirely unheard of occurrence in case of tigers either. Tigers
in India have been known, historically, to take on full grown elephants and buffalos at occasions. So the news that tigers are preying upon rhinos in Kaziranga National
Park in India, though disturbing, is not entirely out of the blue. Most of the animals tak
Cheezburger Pics 2008-10-03 09:28:00 Just can't resist sharing these tiger pics from I Can Has Cheezburger...more animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsmore animalsWhat a fabulous blog!
Lynx Facts 2008-10-02 09:56:00 Here are thirteen facts about the lynx.1. Lynx is a feline genus that includes four cats: Canadian Lynx, Eurasian Lynx, Iberian Lynx and Bobcat.2. Lynx are cats of northern hemisphere and have thus evolved into having longhair cats, as an adaptation for the cold winters.3. The Desert Lynx or Caracal is not scientifically included in the Lynx genus, and resides in Arabia.4. The word Lynx is derived
Lioness, Leopard lost to open wells 2008-10-30 02:01:00 Read this a little while back on the Asiatic Lions blog - forgot to share it. A healthy lioness and an adult leopard were lost to open wells around the Gir forest nearly a fortnight ago. Really sad news. There are thousands of open wells dug in and around the only sanctuary of Asiatic Lions in the world. Every now and then they claim precious lives. Many consider them to be the biggest threat to t Read more:Leopard
India, Nepal to connect their forest reserves 2008-10-28 02:42:00 Governments in India
and Nepal
have agreed to connect their forest borders across borders to allow free passage of wild animals. The move is great news for tigers and other carnivores and herbivores who were previously segregated across the border in reserves
of both countries. The free transit will not only provide the animals with more space and thus allow them to flourish, it will also ensure g
Three year sentence for lion killers likely to deter poachers 2008-10-27 02:35:00 In a landmark decision in Gujarat, India, a court has sentenced twenty convicted lion poachers to three years imprisonment. The convicts were involved in the killing of ten lions and were arrested last year. There is also a fine of Indian Rupees ten thousand per person. The sentence, one of its kind, is a unique one in India where poachers are often let off with lenient punishments. Prominent cons Read more:likely
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Sunday Movie - Siberian Leopards 2008-10-26 02:50:00 Here is a short clip about Amur Leopards of Far Eastern Siberia - the prettiest and rarest of all big cats..Hope you have a happy holiday. Sorry I couldn't post yesterday. My sis got engaged!
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Ivory Trade in Africa 2008-10-24 02:30:00 Thanks everybody for admiring the Norwegian Forest Cat pics by Vicki, and for supporing eBay's ban on Ivory
trade across its site. As regards Ivory trade in Africa
, here is an interesting write-up on the subject that is worth reading to gain a perspective at what's driving the Ivory trade and the recent CITES move to allow African countries a one-off sale of Ivory stockpiles. -elephants-to-kill-p Read more:Trade
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