NEWSLINK: Big cat sightings expected to hit a high in January

Big cat sightings expected to hit a high in January This is Gloucestershire BIG cat sightings are expected to hit a high next month as prey becomes scarce when temperatures plummet. Gloucestershire big cat tracker Frank Tunbridge recorded 40 sightings in the county in 2012 – 14 of them in January. . on the run: A reader sent ... See all stories on this topic » This is Gloucestershire

NEWSLINK: The puzzling extinction of the sabre-tooth cat

The puzzling extinction of the sabre-tooth cat
TG Daily
A team of scientists led by Larisa DeSantis a palaeontologist at Vanderbilt University, analysed the teeth of the sabre-tooth cats and American mountain lions. They found that the big cats generally had plenty to eat and likely consumed animal ...

NEWSLINK: Tigers roar back: Good news for big cats in three key landscapes

Tigers roar back: Good news for big cats in three key landscapes
Phys.Org
WCS reports record numbers of tigers here and good news for these iconic big cats in India and Russia. Credit: WCS. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced today significant progress for tigers in three key landscapes across the big cat's ...

NEWSLINK: 3 years later, big cats on prowl in Panna Reserve again

3 years later, big cats on prowl in Panna Reserve again
Indian Express
The Panna Tiger Reserve was frustrated in December 2009 when a male tiger brought from Pench went missing putting a question mark on the ambitious project to reintroduce the big cat. The park had lost all its tigers by January that year and the two ...

FEATURE LINK: Cats of the Magical and Mysterious Kind

Beyond any shadow of a doubt, one of the leading seekers of strange creatures in the world today is Dr. Karl Shuker, who hails only a couple of miles from where I grew up in central England. But, Karl is not only a fine cryptozoologist. He’s an excellent author, too. And, right now, he has a new book out (yep, just in time for Christmas!) that should be of keen interest to anyone and everyone with an interest in strange creatures, folklore, magical tales, and Forteana. Its title: Cats of Magic, Mythology, and Mystery.

Gathered together for the very first time, and between the covers of one single volume, are countless stories that will astound and intrigue you. Indeed, be prepared to be thoroughly amazed, and totally captivated, by a spellbinding array of truly extraordinary, exceptional cats of every imaginable – and even unimaginable – variety. And it’s Britain’s CFZ Press – the publishing arm of Jonathan Downes’ Center for Fortean Zoology - that we have to thank for publishing Karl’s book.

Surveying an eclectic spectrum of feline anomalies existing both within and far beyond the perimeters of cryptozoology, here are homing cats and demon cats, king cheetahs and woolly cheetahs, ligers and leopons, winged cats and horned cats, belligerent nundas and evanescent marozis, the mythology of the tailless Manx cat, the origins of Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat, and latter-day sabre-tooths and feline deities from around the world.

Read on...

NEWSLINK: Rajasthan: Big cats fight, tigress found dead in Ranthambhore

Rajasthan: Big cats fight, tigress found dead in Ranthambhore
Daily Bhaskar
Jaipur: A tigress, missing for the past few days, was found dead on Sunday in Ranthambore forest area in Rajasthan's Sawaimadhopur district. The death of the tigress appeared to be the fallout of a territorial fight between two big cats, SP ...

AUSTRALIAN SIGHTINGS: Big cat recorded on video

Big cat recorded on video
Northern Star
Shaun Britz believes he saw what appeared to be a panther while driving along Shipwrecks Rd, near Nimbin Rocks. Marc Stapelberg. VIDEO footage of two separate sightings of a large feline at a property within 50km from Lismore will be sent to the ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Another lynx

Big cat seen !!!! Lynx ???, page 1 Big cat seen !!!! Lynx ???, page. privacy. Pages: ATS Members have flagged this thread 2 times. Topic started on 16-12-2012 @ 01:36 PM by rikgrimsby ... www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread908496/pg

SIGHTINGS USA: Another Arizona jaguar etc

1. Latest "Big Cat" News...Jaguar This Time!A confirmed Jaguar sighting south of Tucson, Arizona was made this week. This is about the 3rd or 4th confirmed sighting in the past 3-4 years in the south ...

   Latest "Big Cat" News...Jaguar This Time!

   A confirmed Jaguar sighting south of Tucson, Arizona was made this week. This is about the 3rd or 4th confirmed sighting in the past 3-4 years in the south Arizona area. These cats are coming out of the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico just south of Arizona-New Mexico. Interesting to me....the last confirmed Jaguar killed in the USA was shot close to my wife's farm in Olmito, Texas in the mid-1940's. (Minor correction! The Arizona Game Commission "accidently" killed one a couple of years ago with a "Capture Gun" using a hypodermic needle projectile.)
   
   Another Panther confirmed by photos reported in Minnesota this week. This one in the Alexandria-St. Cloud area. I've spent a little time poking around in the International Falls-Duluth-Boundary Waters region, and if there was ever a place where panthers ought to be, this is it! I'm attracted to Duluth for some wild weird reason...LOVE that area!
   
   Rhode Island Game Commission finally, after almost 2 years of silence, issued a confirmed sighting report a week ago. The R.I. cat could have been out of the Quebec, Canada population which is also increasing. Though it may have been the same Cat reported in Conn. about this time which was a Black Hills Cat from S.D.
   
   Info like this probably doesn't interest many of our Board Members, but if your background is in forestry and wildlife management, it sure the heck does!
   
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NEWSLINK: Cameras at Katarniaghat capture seven big cats

Cameras at Katarniaghat capture seven big cats
Times of India
BAHRAICH: Almost a week into Phase-IV of monitoring big cats in the reserve, seven new tigers have been sighted in forest ranges in Katarniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary and Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. As many as 168 pairs of camera traps have been put up and ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Dog-walkers spot "big cat's green eyes" in park

Dog-walkers spot "big cat's green eyes" in park
This is Gloucestershire
He reported the sighting to Gloucester big cat tracker Frank Tunbridge, who told The Citizen last week of a suspected sighting of a big cat in the Chalford Valley. "If it was a big cat, it would have been just tracking the dogs, to make sure they didn ...

AUSTRALIAN SIGHTINGS: 'Big Cat' legend gets boost with driver night sighting

'Big Cat' legend gets boost with driver night sighting
Northern Star
Shaun Britz is on the lookout after a close encounter with a big cat near Nimbin Rocks a few nights ago. THE mystery of the Nimbin Big Cat has surfaced again, with another sighting. Shaun Britz, of Nimbin, was driving along Shipwrecks Rd near Nimbin ......

UK SIGHTINGS: Fisherman comes face-to-face with 'Lynx' big cat in Stallingborough

Fisherman comes face-to-face with 'Lynx' big cat in Stallingborough This is Grimsby A FISHERMAN floundered for a weapon to protect himself after coming face-to-face in the dark with what he believed to be a lynx. Phil Beach was fishing near Laporte Road, in Stallingborough, when he saw a "huge cat" – measuring three foot long and two ... See all stories on this topic » Fisherman comes face-to-face with 'Lynx' big cat in ... - This is Grimsby By Grimsby Telegraph A FISHERMAN floundered for a weapon to protect himself after coming face-to-face in the dark with what he believed to be a lynx.Phil Beach was fishing near Laporte Road, in Stallingborough, when he...

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FEATURE LINK: Big Cats in Crisis as Populations Decline | Sci-Tech Today

Big Cats in Crisis as Populations Decline | Sci-Tech Today
A conservation group is hoping against hope to save the snow leopard, one of several big cat species in dramatic decline. There are only 100 to 200 snow ...

FEATURE LINK: Lair of the Beasts: Britain's Big Cats

Lair of the Beasts: Britain's Big Cats
Mania
For decades, people all across the United Kingdom - from the cold northern realms of Scotland to the southern-most borders of England – have reported sightings of large cats, very often the size of mountain-lions and equally often completely black in ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Big cat in Angus

Big cat on the loose?
Montrose Review
I was just concerned and thought that other dog walkers should know about it.” There has been a number of similar reports over the years of big cats being spotted in the area although local police this week said there have been no recent reported ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Two big cats spotted by cyclist

Two big cats spotted by cyclist Royston Crow They had left big paw prints in the snow. “I've looked on the internet and I think they looked like black leopards. The thing which concerned me is that it was a pair of them, it was quite scary.” Big cat sightings have been common in Crow country in ...

NEWSLINK: Curiosity nearly costs big cat his life at zoo

Curiosity nearly costs big cat his life at zoo
Daily Pioneer
Zoo keepers at the National Zoological Park had a tough time on Tuesday in saving the male white tiger from a furious attack from one of the females. The tiger and the tigress are kept in separate cages which are placed adjacent to each other. When the ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger attacked, killed by other big cat at Va zoo - Richmond Times ...

Tiger attacked, killed by other big cat at Va zoo - Richmond Times ...
A white Bengal tiger is dead after being attacked by another tiger at a suburban Richmond zoo.

NEWSLINK: Forest officials on the trail of big cat in SGNP

Forest officials on the trail of big cat in SGNP
Times of India
Earlier, two children and a woman were also attacked and killed by a big cat in separate incidents. Forest officials said the leopard who attacked the Bhandup security guard, Anthony Fernandes, would come out again in search of prey. "A cage has be put.

FEATURELINK: Tracking the elusive snow leopard

Tracking the elusive snow leopard
NBCNews.com
National Geographic kicks off its third annual Big Cat Week with a special about the snow leopard, the elusive and endangered cat that lives high in the snow-covered mountains of central Asia. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports and big cat tracker Boone ...

FEATURELINK: Big cat wrangler

Big Cat Week
WISH
Boone Smith is a big cat wrangler who has spent 20 years catching a total of nearly 500 cougars and pumas in Chile, California, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Colorado and collaring or marking more than 150 of them. A fourth-generation tracker and ...

VIDEO: Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten - Big Cat Rescue

Rufus the Baby Bobcat Kitten - Big Cat Rescue He was taken in by Big Cat Rescue on Feb 12th 2012, he's now eating solids on his own and ... bigcatrescue.org/rufus/

NEWSLINK: Big cat crisis: lion populations dwindling in Africa

Big cat crisis: lion populations dwindling in Africa
By Mihai Andrei
If things continue to move in this direction, a few decades from now, we will be living in a world with only a handful of tigers: just over 3000 tigers rem.

FEATURELINK: Big Cats - A Feline Fake or Cat Conundrum?

Big Cats - A Feline Fake or Cat Conundrum?
Consett Magazine
One of the most majestic groups of creatures in the world, big cats have inspired speculation and wonder around the world. From the Lion of Africa and the Bengal Tiger from Asia, big cats are powerful and dangerous but are not generally found in the UK.

NEWSLINK: Tracking the Elusive Snow Leopard of Afghanistan

Tracking the Elusive Snow Leopard of Afghanistan
ABC News (blog)
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and USAID challenged Smith, a fourth-generation big-cat trapper from Idaho, to capture and collar a snow leopard in Afghanistan in just 20 days. “They're borderline mythical, legendary,” Smith said. “If you can't ...

NEWSLINK: Rare cat filmed up close in Borneo

Rare cat filmed up close in Borneo
BBC News
They are not true leopards, being more distantly related to leopards, snow leopards, lions and tigers than those big cats are to each other. For many years, experts thought there was a single species of clouded leopard. Then in 2007, Mr Andreas Wilting ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Big cat is back in Gloucestershire believes tracker Frank Tunbridge

Big cat is back in Gloucestershire believes tracker Frank Tunbridge This is Gloucestershire THE big cat prowling the Five Valleys is back, believes tracker Frank Tunbridge, after it jumped out of a tree and frightened a woman who's seen it twice before. The startled woman came face-to-face with the black, puma-like creature in the Golden ...

NEWSLINK: Who killed Macho B?

A snare is not complicated -- just a thin wire with a noose that, when triggered, closes over an animal's leg. The device in question was anchored to a mesquite tree near Peñasco Canyon in the remote Atascosa Mountains, about 20 miles west of Nogales and just north of the Mexican border. Trail cameras designed to monitor wildlife had recently taken photographs of a male jaguar in the area, and researchers found a likely footprint from one of the rare spotted cats.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2012/12/09/20121209who-killed-macho-b.html#ixzz2EYjdnLNF

NEWSLINK: Oncilla caught on camera trap

Extremely Rare, Mysterious Cat Caught On Film By Camera Trap ...
An extremely rare cat, the oncilla, has been spotted at the Madidi National Park in Bolivia.

NEWSLINK: Tiger shot dead for killing livestock

Tiger shot dead for killing livestock
Daily Pioneer
The officials claimed after two tranquiliser darts failed to immobilise the big cat, it was shot dead on the presumption that “it could turn violent.” “The intention was to save it… We tried our level best,” said a senior Forest Department official ...

SIGHTINGS USA: California bobcat

Bobcat spotted in Northeast Fresno ABC30.com They spotted the big cat on their fence in the Cedar and Nees area Wednesday evening. The home is near Maple Creek Elementary. No word on where the bobcat went after leaving their backyard. But fish and game officials say bobcat sightings in that area ...

SIGHTING INDIA: Unexpected tiger sightings delight Dudhwa Reserve

Unexpected tiger sightings delight Dudhwa Reserve
Daily Pioneer
“The best part is that these big cats have been camera trapped in the Motipur and Kharkhara Ranges which fall in the buffer zones of the Reserve from where tiger presence was least expected,” he said. It also highlights the potentiality of such new areas.

USA SIGHTING: Illinois

Highland Park Warns of Possible Cougar Sighting
NBC Chicago
The big cats aren't fond of humans and are wide-ranging animals. Wildlife experts say it wouldn't be unusual for an adult male to travel up to 15 miles in a single day. Phil Rogers reports. Highland Park Warns of Possible... 

NEWSLINK: Part of BBNP remains closed after mountain lion attacks hiker

Part of BBNP remains closed after mountain lion attacks hiker
Bigbendnow
BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK – A remote area of Big Bend National Park remains closed following a mountain lion attack on a hiker last Friday. Andrea Pinero Cebrian was attacked by the wild cat while hiking with her traveling companions in an area known ...

NEWSLINK: Experts to help catch on-the-prowl leopard

Experts to help catch on-the-prowl leopard
Times of India
LUDHIANA: Suspecting a leopard on the prowl in Qadian village forest area, the forest department has roped in two experts to help it catch the big cat. The experts have conducted extensive studies on leopards in Uttrakhand. The big cat had escaped from ...

NEWSLINK: Poor upkeep takes toll on big cat population

Poor upkeep takes toll on big cat population
Times of India
BOKARO: At a time when animal lovers of the country are running roaring campaigns to save the big cats of the jungle, the death of a six-month-old cub at Jawaharlal Nehru Biological Park, commonly known as Bokaro zoo, has once again exposed the zoo ...

SIGHTINGS UK: Ulster big cat

Second sighting of 'big cat' prowling Tyrone The Ulster Herald The story was first reported in Thursday's Ulster Herald which detailed the first sighting in the Cookstown Road area outside Omagh. When this story appeared another man came forward to say he saw an animal of the same description a couple of weeks ... See all stories on this topic »

NEWSLINK: White tiger news

Vandalur's big cats have ears for this man
The Hindu
Nine-year-old Anu, the oldest white tigress at Vandalur zoo, tenses and perks her ears when she hears approaching footsteps. Nobody dares to cross the big cat's path as it's barely days since she delivered two female cubs at the zoo. But when caretaker K.
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SIGHTING EUROPE: Hungry lynx wanders into Polish town

Lynx Effect
Austrian Times
It's the real-life lynx effect - as a town's street's empty while a hungry big cat prowls the streets looking for food. The feline intruder wandered into Zegiestowie, Poland, in broad daylight after emerging from its normal habitat among the peaks of a ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard hunt continues, team seeks more equipment

Leopard hunt continues, team seeks more equipment
Indian Express
The big cat was first spotted in a pear orchard at Kadian village on November 11, and the forest department has not been able to trap it to date. Now the experts involved in this operation have sought more tranquilizer guns and even night-vision cameras.

MATT SALUSBURY: Skull of Barbary lion (maneless lion) once kept in Tower of London managerie goes on show at NHM London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2012/nov/25/natural-history-museum-gal
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Skull of Barbary lion (maneless lion) once kept in Tower of London
managerie goes on show at NHM London

MATT SALUSBURY: Huge feral cat in Oregon

Huge feral domestic cat(?) found stuck in DOG-flap and taken into Oregon animal shelter (2010)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fN7eXTz35dI&feature=related

NEWSLINK: Tiger spotting

Tiger spotting
Times of India
Not only is it common to watch the big cat even in winter (though April-June is the perfect time), one hears stories of tigers preying in front of a jeep full of visitors. You just don't want to consider yourself the rare, unlucky one. Yet, the fact ...

SIGHTING USA: Rhode Island cougar

Resident Claims Mountain Lion Spotted Middletown
Patch.com
Although the idea seems far-fetched, a recent report is not the first time a Rhode Island resident has claimed to see a large cat. Middletown Police received a report from a woman who believes she saw a mountain lion near the NEX store on Green Lane ...

newslink: Minister's remarks defending tribal rights kick up row

Minister's remarks defending tribal rights kick up row
Daily Pioneer
Experts and MoEF sources have retorted back, saying that while both the Wildlife Act and the Forest Rights Act provide for resettlement of people, large endangered species as big cats certainly need to be conserved in inviolate areas wherever they are ...

NEWSLINK: Big Cat Taken Out at CSU Over the Weekend

Big Cat Taken Out at CSU Over the Weekend
A mountain lion was shot and killed over the weekend.

NEWSLINK: Leopard snatched and killed girl, two, in Indian jungle

Leopard snatched and killed girl, two, in Indian jungle The Sun Her mother screamed as the leopard attacked, but she could not stop the big cat from dragging her daughter away. The youngster, named as Usha Vinayak Yadav, had stepped into the undergrowth in jungle near Mumbai, India, after dark when the spotted ...

NEWSLINK: Tigress electrocuted in Bandhavgarh buffer zone

Tigress electrocuted in Bandhavgarh buffer zone
Times of India
BHOPAL: Adding to the woes of the Madhya Pradesh government trying to revive the big cat population, a tigress was found electrocuted at Badwara range of Katni forest division which falls in the Bandhavgarh National Park's buffer zone on Sunday. This ...

NEWSLINK: Naxal shadow looms large, tiger stripes blur

Naxal shadow looms large, tiger stripes blur
Daily Pioneer
At Palamau Tiger Reserve, the Maoist is foremost on the mind of both authorities and forest tribals. The big cat itself fares a poor second. If one were even to resort to belief, it would have to be blind, for the tiger is nowhere to be seen. William ...

newslink: Lawsuits, controversy surround ban on exotic animals

Lawsuits, controversy surround ban on exotic animals
Dayton Daily News
A year after a Zanesville man freed 56 jungle cats and other dangerous animals, triggering worldwide condemnation of Ohio's lax regulation, the state is beginning to implement a ban on most private ownership of big cats, alligators and other wild ...

SIGHTINGS CANADA: Ontario

Bobcat sighting in Tillsonburg
Tillsonburg News
For the second time since early October, a 'big cat' has been reported in the area. A bobcat was seen Wednesday morning around 10 a.m. in Tillsonburg on a trail just off Cranberry Road, north of North Street. “It was one of those oh my God moments ...

NEWSLINK: Rapid Response Unit vehicles ineffective in Ranthambore

Rapid Response Unit vehicles ineffective in Ranthambore
Times of India
The ranger was trying to tranquilize the big cat that had strayed into a village but had ventured too near. It was a close shave for Shaktawat who had to be airlifted to the capital for treatment. To prevent such accidents in future, the reserve was ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Nebraska

More Cougar Sightings Reported In Bennington
WOWT
There are more reports of big cats being sighted in the Bennington area. Friday morning, Douglas County Sheriff's Department deputies took two reports of cougars south of town. Residents are aware of the reports and are keeping an eye out for cougars ...

NEWSLINK: HEMET: Did skinnydipper face a mountain lion? :

HEMET: Did skinnydipper face a mountain lion? : Bob Pratte
By bobpratte
“Ok. I am in bed awake and gazing out the big bedroom window overlooking the valley lights, still remembering the big cat growl and suddenly all the lights in the east portion of the valley went out!” she wrote. “Really eerie. Holy moley rocky!

NEWSLINK: 5-yr-old boy mauled to death by leopard

5-yr-old boy mauled to death by leopard
Business Standard
... forest department officials said here today. The boy was assaulted by the big cat in his own courtyard on late Wednesday night and dragged into nearby forest, they said. The half-eaten body of the victim was recovered by forest officials yesterday ...

NEWSLINK: Ministries on opposite side of fence over tigers, tribals

Ministries on opposite side of fence over tigers, tribals
Hindustan Times
interference) for the big cat without settling the rights of locals. The environment ministry had provided for this inviolate space as a mandatory condition to regulate tourism in tiger reserves. The rules were notified despite a dissent note of the ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard found dead, another kills child

Leopard found dead, another kills child
Business Standard
"The teeth marks on the dead leopard's neck and deep bruises on its stomach indicate that it was killed in a fight with another big cat," an official said, but added that the exact cause of its death will be known only after the post mortem report ...

NEWSLINK: World's Largest Tiger Reserve 'Bereft of Cats'

World's Largest Tiger Reserve 'Bereft of Cats'
The Irrawaddy News Magazine
Her bleak assessment was made after numerous local animal trackers told her they haven't seen tiger paw prints or other signs of big cat life in the valley for several years. “The hunters have told me there are no more tigers left,” said Bauk Jar ...

NEWSLINK: Nebraska Deer Hunter Shoots Mountain Lion that Stalked Him

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Nebraska Deer Hunter Shoots Mountain Lion that Stalked Him Outdoor Life Magazine (blog) An official investigation determined the hunter's actions were justified given the big cat's behavior. According to the Nebraska GPC, a person may kill a mountain lion without a permit only if it "stalks, attacks, or shows unprovoked aggression ...

NEWLINK: Big cat attack in Macomb, Illinois?

Big cat attack in Macomb?
Western Courier (subscription)
After that, she heard nothing. April didn't think much of it perhaps a neighborhood pet or stray cat. But the next day, she woke up and saw something lying in the field. “You could tell just by standing in the house that there was a big lump out there ...

SIGHTINGS FRANCE: Mystery black panther in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Mystery big cat caught on video
The Connexion
A spokesman for the prefecture of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence said: “We are studying all hypotheses, including that of a big cat and that of a black panther.” The national office for hunting and wild animals has set up a trap near a village where the ...

NEWSLINK: Dog Survives Abduction by Cougar

Dog Survives Abduction by Cougar
CTV Vancouver Island
FANNY BAY – A Comox Valley woman says her family pet was lured away from her Fanny Bay home on Friday and the big cat's intent was to use the dog for training purposes for its two cubs. Aga Shultes was starting her vehicle in 

SIGHTINGS USA: This presumably means that there are pumas in Louisiana after all

http://www.louisianasportsman.com/lpca/index.php?section=reports&event=view&action=full_report&style=classic&id=165854

SIGHTINGS USA: Boise, Idaho sightings continue

Police investigate mountain lion sighting in Boise Sunday
KTVB
However, after officers conducted a quick search of the area, they determined there was no sign of the big cat. Anyone who thinks they've seen a mountain lion in populated areas where the animals don't belong is encouraged to call the Idaho Dept. of ...

NEWSLINK: Adopted cub

'Tiny' Tejas now big enough to be caged
Times of India
"Visitors will now be able to view the cat, which had been under the care of the hospital staff since May," added Khan. The cub was brought to Delhi Zoo by a family from a UP village. The family had tended to the cub after it got separated from its ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger adopts cubs

Ferocious male adopts and raises 2 orphaned cubs at Ranthambore India Today When the field staff of the Ranthambhore National Park gave tiger T-25 the name Zalim (cruel) about two years back for his ferocity they would have hardly dreamt that the big cat would one day prove them all wrong by displaying traits of kindness and ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Bobcat in Washington State

Bobcat Sighted in Sammamish's Hidden Ridge Neighborhood
Patch.com
The cat, which appeared to be alone, had pointy ears, and was spotted with a short, black-tipped tail. She estimated the animal weighed somewhere around 60-70 pounds. What wild neighbors have you been seeing around this week? Related Topics: Bobcat ...

NEWSLINK: Australian cryptozoology course

On the hunt for a big cat?
ABC Online (blog)
A short course looking at crypto-zoology is stating this week at the Bass Coast Adult Education Centre. The course aims to offer skills and explanations about big cats, Yowies and other legends. Craig spoke with Mike Cleeland about the four week program.

NEWSLINK: Revelations about British big cats (Via Lindsay Selby)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20166624

So exotic big cats may have been around longer than thought.

Lxx

NEWSLINK: More on ancient big cats

Ancient teeth show how big cats lived with bear dogs: Both species ...
However, the cats would have used tree cover to avoid encountering other bigger animals while the dogs hunted in a more open area that rarely overlapped ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger attack in India

Rumours of tiger attack grip village
Times of India
Rumors were also rife that the big cat had injured some persons also, however investigations proved that the tiger had attacked and killed a cow in a forest 2.5km away from Galagihulkoppa village. No person was attacked or injured, said Dharwad rural ...

NEWSLINK: The case against private big cat ownership

The Case Against Big Cat Ownership - NYTimes.com
By By RACHEL NUWER
A coalition of animal welfare groups has proposed a bill that would prohibit private possession of big cats across the United States.

FEATURELINK: Smilodon profile

Smilodon the Vampire
Wired (blog)
The vanished sabercat is a symbol of North America's recently lost megafauna, but it's also an Ice Age mystery. While the carnivore broadly resembled other felids – a cat is a cat is a cat – the predator's fangs have confounded paleontologists for over ...

NEWSLINK: Mystery cat in Vancouver

VicPD on the Prowl after Cougar Sighting in James Bay
YouTube
The man was working near a busy intersection when the big cat appeared. Students were kept inside at James Bay Community School and South Park Elementary as a precaution. Victoria Police scoured the area, but officers did not find the cat. If you see a ...

NEWSLINK: Mystery pumas in Illionois

People are fascinated with the idea of Illinois cougars
Morris Daily Herald
The article states that a trail camera captured the big cat. A local hunter had set up the camera to monitor the deer activity on the property he hunted. When he went to check his photos, he got quite the surprise. The photo was taken near Jacksonville ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger conservation

More at stake than just the tiger
Daily Pioneer
Forty years after the inception of Project Tiger, the population graph of the big cat looks more like a graph at the daily stock exchange! Somehow, in spite of the best intentions and efforts from the Government, non-Government organisations and even ...

NEWSLINK: More on Nepal's man-eating leopard

Man-Eating Leopard Kills 15 People In Nepal, Officials Believe
Huffington Post
The spotted big cats do not usually eat humans, but once they start, it's difficult to get them to stop, said Maheshwor Dhakal of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation in Kathmandu. "Since human blood has more salt than animal ...

NEWSLINK: Europe's top carnivores, 9 million years ago

'Bear Dog,' Big Cats Among Europe's Top Carnivores
Discovery News
Three tough mammals -- a huge "bear dog" and two saber-toothed cats -- were among Europe's top predators 9 million years ago, according to a new study. The unusual toothy trio managed to coexist and thrive near what is now Madrid, Spain. The two cat ...

NEWSLINK: Cat-Man-Eat

Leopard Responsible For 15 Deaths In Nepal
Gadling
The big cat's latest victim was a 4-year-old boy whose remains were discovered in the jungle, not far from his village, this past weekend. According to CNN, two-thirds of the leopard's victims thus far have been children under the age of 10. Most of ...

Man-Eating Leopard Devours 15 So Far ABC News (blog) A big cat can kill ya, but a little pussy never hurt anyone. I don't think it's fair to say humans have encroached on this cat's territory. Nepal is remote. So, a remote village 400 miles from Kathmandu is really remote. Hmmmm, I wonder if Kathmandu ...

NEWSLINK: Canada Lynx conservation in USA

Helping To Save The Canada Lynx
WGRZ-TV
The Canada Lynx is one of the last of the big wild cats left in the United States. Although their population is robust in Northern Canada, their numbers are considered endangered in the States, with only a few hundred in the wild. In East Aurora, Hawk ...

NEWSLINK: Australian Big Cats

Australian Big Cats: Western Australia Big cats
By mike
Six-foot Big Cat captured on video. I had to pull the embed video link which "The Sun" supplie s because for the first time ever..someone wanted me to pay £500 for using the e... Hybrid Cats. Australian Big Cats – www.australian-big-cats The ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard attacks in Nepal

Leopard May Have Killed 15 in Nepal
Latin American Herald Tribune
KATHMANDU – The head of a missing 4-year-old boy was found Saturday in western Nepal after a leopard supposedly ate the child, according to police who believe this is the 15th human the big cat has killed. Baitadi district police chief Kamal Prasad ...

NEWSLINK: More on India Tiger Tourism

Tourism in Tiger Reserves Right or Wrong
Jagran Josh
Today wild life has been taken for granted and poaching of tigers has become an activity practiced at large. It is a shame that the government by law has to drive tourists out of the habitat of the big cat. The recent law passed by the Supreme Court ...

NEWSLINK: Leopard attack in India

Leopard kills two-year-old girl in Junagadh, injures another
Indian Express
Another girl, believed to be about three or four years old who playing nearby, was injured apparently by the big cat. The victim was playing at her family's mango orchard, with her mother and grandmother nearby, when the leopard attacked her around 7 ...

NEWSLINK: India's last Siberian tiger

'Reborn' big cat longs for Naini den
Daily News & Analysis
The taxidermy trophy of India's last Siberian tiger, which was to be sent back to Nainital — where it came from — after it was ready, is still lying at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Borivli as the Nainital zoo authorities still haven't ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Missouri Mountain Lion

Mountain lion sighting in southeast Missouri is confirmed
Kansas City Star
For the second time in the past few weeks, a mountain lion sighting has been confirmed in southeast Missouri. Trail cameras captured a big cat on a Ripley County farm last weekend. Lee Ray Pickrell, who owns the farm, told the Southeast Missourian that ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger tourism in the Sunderbans

Spurt in tiger sighting draws tourists to Sunderbans
Times of India
Two successive tiger sightings at Pirkhali on Saptami and Ashthami led to a cheer among tourists, most of whom return disappointed from Sunderbans where spotting a big cat is a rare occurrence. On Monday, yet another tiger was sighted near Dobanki.

Sightings USA: Another Illinois puma

Cougar sighting north of Jacksonville confirmed
WLDS-WEAI News
When he saw the big cat, he says he couldn't believe it. “I've never seen anything like that, but you hear stories of people seeing different things,” says Cobb. “My dad thought he saw a wolf one time, and he thought he saw a black panther several ...

SIGHTINGS USA: More on the illinois puma

Trail camera snaps cougar in central Illinois
Quad City Times
The picture clearly shows the big cat walking past a camera set up along a trail through a wooded area. The (Springfield) State Journal-Register ( http://bit.ly/VB57BI) reports that it's only the fourth confirmed sighting of a cougar since the cats ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Mountain lion in Texas

Mountain lion preying on pets in San Antonio area; three dogs killed
KHOU
The pet's owner, Tomie Barker, said it's the third pet the big cat has snatched from her backyard in the last several weeks. From her patio, Barker said she spotted the young, 85-pound puma. Mountain lions normally hunt deer — which are plentiful in ...

SIGHTINGS USA: Fourth confirmed Illinois cougar since the 1870s

Cougar photographed in Morgan County
The State Journal-Register
“I just kind of went, 'Oh, my God,' and everybody thought I had a big deer on there.” DNR wildlife biologist Mike Chandler visited the site Monday afternoon and verified the location where the picture was taken. The picture clearly shows the big cat ...

NEWSLINK: More on Idaho mountain lion

Mountain lion along Boise River eludes agents
San Francisco Chronicle
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A mountain lion that state wildlife agents worry may have taken up residence along a popular recreational trail in Idaho's capital city has so far eluded authorities. For weeks, there have been sightings of the big cat along the ...

UK SIGHTING: Mystery cat in Tavistock

Was the mystery animal a big cat?
Tavistock Times Gazette
Was the mystery animal a big cat? Wednesday, 31 October 2012. John Hutchins and Sam Hughes. A TAVISTOCK couple had a bit of a shock in the early hours of last Wednesday morning, when they spotted a 'big cat' while driving along Whitchurch Road.

NEWSLINK: Ranthambhore's 'fearless' big cat claims a third human victim

Ranthambhore's 'fearless' big cat claims a third human victim
Daily Mail
A tiger from Ranthambore National Park killed a forester on Thursday, claiming its second human victim since March and its third since 2010. The big cat, known as T-24, had previously killed a young villager on March 8, and a woman in 2010. The ...

USA Sighting: Big black cat in Kentucky

Big cats - Topix
For years I have heard of a big black cat, my brother in law said he saw it. Over the weekend my son saw something he thought was a coyote at first and then he ...

NEWSLINK: Tigress found dead in Chandrapur

Tigress found dead in Chandrapur
Business Standard
A tigress was found dead in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve of Chandrapur in Maharashtra today, forest officials said. "The full-grown big cat was found dead near a drain in Jamni jungle in Tadoba this morning. Prima facie it appears that it died of ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger kill in India

Villagers chopped tiger in panic
Times of India
Despite being aware that the tiger and other wild animals frequent the area for water, the forest guard didn't turn up at the spot for three days before the big cat was killed. Moreover, role of joint village management committee (JVMC) members was ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger Conservation

Ghettoisation of tigers possible says WII
Hindustan Times
The study conducted as part of new estimation of big cat population in the tiger reserves across India is a huge fillip to wildlife researchers as it shows that India can provide home to around 70% of world's tiger population (around 3,200) by 2020 ...

USA SIGHTING: Texas

Road crews find dead cougar outside Bandera
KENS 5 TV
Bandera locals said they know the big cats are around, and that they're very secretive and nocturnal. “I know they were in the area," said John Payne, of Bandera. "I've heard them screaming at night. What do they sound like? Sound like a woman ...

NEWSLINK: More on Idaho Mountain Lion

Traps to be set for mountain lion after search fails
KTVB
At least eight volunteers divided into groups between the Glenwood Bridge and Eagle Road to search for the big cat on both sides of Boise River. Fish and Game officers responded with dogs and ATVs. Their aim is to find the big cat -- or cats -- before ...

NEWSLINK: Tiger attack

Ranthambore National Park: Tiger's daring attack shocks everyone
Times of India
JAIPUR: The death of a forester, Gheesu Singh, in an attack by a male tiger in Ranthambore National Park on Thursday morning has shocked everyone, more because of the behaviour of the big cat. Gheesu Singh was walking between two groups of ...

USA SIGHTINGS: Michigan

Marney Rich Keenan Dad's panther tale gets new life after sightings
The Detroit News
Among the many big cat sightings all over Michigan in the past few decades (including a declawed cougar in 1990 who trotted into the backyard of a Troy family) was a 1982 story on a "big black cat believed to be a leopard or panther." Headlined ...

USA SIGHTINGS: Idaho

More cougar sightings reported in Valley
KBOI-TV
Over the past few days, several people reported seeing some kind of big cat in Boise and Garden City and authorities are doing their best to check out every potential sighting. "This cat is apparently doing what we feared it would do," said Evin Oneale ...

NEWSLINK: Cheetah conservation

Cheetahs
National Geographic
In fact, cheetahs are the most vulnerable of the world's big cats, surprisingly rare and growing steadily rarer. A few centuries ago cheetahs roamed from the Indian subcontinent to the shores of the Red Sea and throughout much of Africa. As fleet of ...

UK SIGHTING: Gloucestershire

Big cat with small head and massive tail spotted in Brockworth
This is Gloucestershire
A FRESH big cat sighting could mean the elusive creature has returned to an old hunting ground. A brown cat with a long thin, tail and a small head was spotted by a woman near Tesco Extra in Brockworth on October 17. . SIGHTING: Tesco Extra. Big cat ...

UK SIGHTING: Tunbridge Wells puma

BOIB SKINNER WRITES: Saw this online in Penny Odell's "Big Cat Sightings anywhere" FB page:

 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3172528/.html#ixzz2AOlE6bPB

SIGHTINGS USA: Bobcat in Arkansas

Possible Bobcat Spotted in Little Rock Neighborhood
KARK
A big cat has been spotted in Little Rock's Heights neighborhood. Several people who live in the area tell KARK they've seen it at various times of the day. Executive Director of the Arkansas Municipal League Don Zimmerman snapped a few pictures of the ...

SIGHTINGS USA: St Elmo's Lion

Catching a glimpse of St. Elmo's Lion
Hattiesburg American
But as we rose up the hill we both saw that our creeper was a very large mountain lion, flattened against the rails and continuing to stalk an unseen creature. Suddenly, the big cat turned and looked right at us, its eyes glowing like molten gold in ...

NEWSLINK: Conservation of snow leopards

Snow leopards: Love of wild cats takes Great Falls man to China
Great Falls Tribune
“My dream had always been working on big cats,” he said. That dream recently became a reality when Weckworth was hired in May to do snow leopard research in China and elsewhere in Asia with a nongovernmental organization called Panthera. Panthera ...

SIGHTINGS: Lancashire

Return of the Beast of Bolton
The Bolton News
The large black cat — which is rumoured to stalk the fields around Darcy Lever — was spotted by a mother and daughter near Farnworth cemetery. Alanah Belk, aged 56, and Sherri-Lee Belk, aged 35, were walking their dogs in the fields at about 2.30pm ...

NEWSLINK: More on USA Jaguar conservation

Cat Fight: Environmentalists and ranchers at odds over jaguar land
KVOA Tucson News
TUCSON- The jaguar is an animal surrounded by mystery, but now the endangered species is also surrounded by controversy. The Center for Biological Diversity is pressing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to set aside millions of acres of land in ...