Well, the first thing that comes to mind here – on the basis that this is a genuine kitten rescue – is that this guy has been and it seems continues to be amazingly generous in showering money on treatments for this blind kitten. He …
My research indicates that hypertrophic cardiomyopathy affects around 16% of Sphynx cats and the average age at which they are diagnosed with HCM is two years of age and thirdly, a Sphynx cat so diagnosed is likely to have an average survival time of between …
NEWS AND OPINION: In India, wells are pretty common. They are used for irrigation and I presume for water extraction for consumption. There are numerous stories of leopards falling into them. Sometimes they are rescued. Sometimes leopards are killed by local people as well. Wells …
I’m told by Jim Sanderson and Patrick Watson (Small Wild Cats) that in 2005 scientists found that cats lack one of a pair of proteins which are needed to sense sweetness. And the missing protein was because of the loss of a part of a …
The question in the title is asking how many species of small wild cat there are plus the domestic cat. My book on the small wild cats by Jim Sanderson and Patrick Watson says this: Scientists now recognise 36 species of wild cats. The number …
The question is asking whether the small wild cat species are social or sociable animals? It’s a fair question because the domestic cat has evolved to be quite sociable over the thousands of years of their domestication which is unsurprising seeing as they have lived …
Researchers from UC Santa Cruz have found that mountain lions are frightened of humans which badly affects their ecology. The ecology of a mountain lion refers to mountain lions’ relationship with their surroundings, other mountain lions and other animals (including humans). This fear of humans …
Eurasian cave lions were bigger than the modern-day African lion and they were hunted to extinction about 11,000 BC. They prowled Europe and it is hard to imagine. And about 40,000 years ago the Neanderthals lived in Europe and they would be forced to encounter …