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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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Just as the ranger was telling us that we might see wild cats – well, not wild cats, but rather, Wildcats , the wild version of the domestic cat, Felis silvestris lybica , one of those cats popped its head out of the brush about 50 feet beyond her. The most interesting thing about this cat was lack of kitty-cat-ness.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.” In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats.

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Big Cat Week!

4 The Love Of Animals

Big Cat Week starts tonight on Nat Geo WILD! Tonight’s premiere episode, Big Cat Odyssey , follows lions and leopards through Africa’s harshest climatic extremes. Award-winning filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert set out 30 years ago on a quest to get close to big cats.

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Handler interactions with animals

Reddit Animals

What’s your opinion on zookeepers and/or owners of dangerous animals like big cats, apes etc interacting with the animals? Ive seen people hanging out with lions or walking along side elephants etc and I find it fascinating. Don’t know if this is the right place to ask but I need a lot of different opinions.

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A morning in a Kalahari Leopard’s life

10,000 Birds

We waited with baited breath wondering what would emerge from the obstructing grass and after 3 minutes or so, a very proud young Leopard appeared with a massive and freshly dead African Wild Cat in her jaws. The Wild Cat was such a large individual that the Leopard actually struggled to walk normally whilst dragging it along.

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San Francisco Zoo Struggles After Tiger Attack

Critter News

The zoo made major changes to its emergency-response procedures, including raising the wall of the tiger grotto, found to be about 4 feet shorter than what national standards recommend. The lion house, which provided sleeping cages for all the zoo's big cats, was shut down. Now, facing a $2.2 The Dhaliwals were awarded $900,000.

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Extinction Week Recap

10,000 Birds

It’s when we lost the mammoths, the sabre-tooth cats, the giant ground sloths, the elephant birds, the marsupial lions, and other iconic giants. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.