Cats have a habit of waking their owners up when they feel like it, but a Californian woman received an extra-rude awakening when a mountain lion leapt through her window and landed on her bed.
Security footage shows the big cat running in front of a truck before heading into a bowling alley door.
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
Monday, 31 July 2017
NEWSLINK: Boost for Dudley Zoo's snow leopards
Director Derek Grove has been given the go-ahead to start the improvement project, which was one of six unveiled at the start of the year.
The size of the enclosure will be doubled to give the animals more space and visitors better views of the big cats.
Money for the scheme was generated through fundraising during 2016 and it will include an extension to the outdoor facilities as well as new glass viewing areas and platforms for the snow leopards.
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The size of the enclosure will be doubled to give the animals more space and visitors better views of the big cats.
Money for the scheme was generated through fundraising during 2016 and it will include an extension to the outdoor facilities as well as new glass viewing areas and platforms for the snow leopards.
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Thursday, 27 July 2017
NEWSLINK: Wynnewood zoo to take in big cats
Some really big cats who now appear to be homeless are expected to soon arrive at a zoo facility in nearby Wynnewood.
In fact, it's a whole bunch of tigers, more than 20 in all, who are on their way for a stop at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park.
Joe Maldonado and others at the park are now looking for a little help as efforts are focused on ensuring these new arrivals will be cared for at their facility.
Tops on that list is getting the materials needed to enlarge enough cages for all the tigers scheduled to come this weekend.
“We're getting 22 tigers in one load on Sunday,” Maldonado said.
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In fact, it's a whole bunch of tigers, more than 20 in all, who are on their way for a stop at the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park.
Joe Maldonado and others at the park are now looking for a little help as efforts are focused on ensuring these new arrivals will be cared for at their facility.
Tops on that list is getting the materials needed to enlarge enough cages for all the tigers scheduled to come this weekend.
“We're getting 22 tigers in one load on Sunday,” Maldonado said.
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NEWSLINK: MP forest officers in blame game over tiger deaths
More than 15 months after a tigress and two cubs were found poisoned to death inside the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh, a war of words has broken out between the Indian Forest Service officers, one of them being partly responsible for poaching, and the other alleging that the meat of spotted deer killed in the park was served in nearby resorts.
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Thursday, 20 July 2017
NEWSLINK: Saving 2 tigers gives more value than the cost of Mangalyaan!
Comparing tigers and Mangalyaan may seem bizarre but a new bio-economic analysis throws up interesting statistics -- saving two big cats gives more value than the cost of India’s much-hyped maiden mission to Mars.
In a one-of-its-kind analysis, an Indo-Australian team of scientists has published a paper titled ‘Making the hidden visible: Economic valuation of tiger reserves in India’ in the journal Ecosystem Services.
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In a one-of-its-kind analysis, an Indo-Australian team of scientists has published a paper titled ‘Making the hidden visible: Economic valuation of tiger reserves in India’ in the journal Ecosystem Services.
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ARTICLE: The lady and the panther: Life-changing communication with animals
What would it be like to be able to communicate with other animals on this planet? With two-thirds of all nonhuman animal life already destroyed by us, we are in need of redemption to save them and ourselves.
In order to speak to us, animals usually have to overcome a lot of trauma. Imagine being a Wisconsin woodland creature, having watched your young fawns or best friend shot in front of you. Imagine watching your mother bear run by packs of dogs and shot out of a tree, never to return to help you survive your first winter. Imagine walking along the creek in winter to find a young beaver in a trap, struggling to breathe and stay above the waterline, or a fox dying in a steel jaw trap.
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In order to speak to us, animals usually have to overcome a lot of trauma. Imagine being a Wisconsin woodland creature, having watched your young fawns or best friend shot in front of you. Imagine watching your mother bear run by packs of dogs and shot out of a tree, never to return to help you survive your first winter. Imagine walking along the creek in winter to find a young beaver in a trap, struggling to breathe and stay above the waterline, or a fox dying in a steel jaw trap.
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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
NEWSLINK: More reported cougar sightings off back of recent article
Last week’s column about a confirmed cougar sighting in southern Michigan brought us mail from readers who believe they saw one in this area about year ago.
Scott Helms of South Bend wrote:
“Last year my wife and I spotted one at Potato Creek State Park. We were driving not too far from the main gate, heading toward the nature center to go walking when we smelled a dead carcass in the air. Immediately after, we spotted a large cat-like animal run across the road in front of our vehicle. Unfortunately, it didn’t want to stand around for a photo op, otherwise we would have taken a picture. When we reported it to a DNR officer at the Nature Center, he told us they have had other reports just like ours, but until someone gets a photo, they can’t confirm it. During the past year, someone reported on Facebook a sighting west of South Bend. That person didn’t get a photo either.”
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Scott Helms of South Bend wrote:
“Last year my wife and I spotted one at Potato Creek State Park. We were driving not too far from the main gate, heading toward the nature center to go walking when we smelled a dead carcass in the air. Immediately after, we spotted a large cat-like animal run across the road in front of our vehicle. Unfortunately, it didn’t want to stand around for a photo op, otherwise we would have taken a picture. When we reported it to a DNR officer at the Nature Center, he told us they have had other reports just like ours, but until someone gets a photo, they can’t confirm it. During the past year, someone reported on Facebook a sighting west of South Bend. That person didn’t get a photo either.”
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