Cambodian authorities seize pet lion after spotting it on TikTok
The Big Cat Public Safety Act would largely ban people from owning lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, cougars and jaguars as house pets. Zoos and ...
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
Tuesday, 29 June 2021
Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 27/6/21)
After mysterious tiger deaths, MP forest department to collect blood, swab samples of big cats
Swab samples of tigers at the Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh will be sent for COVID-19 tests to probe the mysterious deaths of big cats. · Key
Leopard spotted at Ellora caves
The big cat was roaming around the ticketing counter of the world heritage and tourist site presumably in search of prey. The staff of the Archaeological ...
24 sheep killed, four others injured in leopard attack in north Kashmir's Kunzar
Asked how he was sure over the attack being that by the big cat, Reshi said the injury marks were quite visible on the sheep. As per Reshi, the leopard ...
Panic grips Asifabad village after locals spot big cat on Bejjur road
The forest officials are under the assumption that the recently spotted big cat might either be A2 or S8 that have been on the prowl in the area. Speaking ...
Tiger scare continues in Asifabad villages
Meanwhile, the attacks on humans by the big cats in the neighbouring Maharashtra are keeping the foresters on tenterhooks. At least five persons have ...
Corporator, five forest dept officials attacked by leopard in Doiwala, big catcaught after 10-hr-long ...
The big cat also attacked and injured five forest guards during the rescue operation. CS Bhatt, forester, Barkot
Woman mauled to death by leopard in Udaipur
The villagers staged a protest and refused to shift the body. They demanded to shoot the wild cat. After much persuasion and assurances to take swift ...
Rewilding lynx in Scotland
Wildlife in Moray: Call to reintroduce lynx into the wild
A lynx at Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie. The alliance is calling on the Greens to make a trial reintroduction of the big cat a central part of any
USA/Canada/Mexico Newsdump (w/e 27/6/2021)
Keeping rabbits in check, GFP official says South Dakota is home to roughly 2000 bobcats
They feed mostly on rabbits and wild turkeys, Lehman said, and "rugged, more brushy habitat" is where they'll be found. ... "That's a really big cat.".
Watch: Orphaned mountain lion returns to wild after care in San Diego
Video from the release shows the big cat take one look back at its human caretakers, then bound forward through the rocks and brush. Cameras set up ...
Baby Mountain Lion Rescued After Mom Killed By Car: No Longer Little, Big Cat Released To The ... - MyNewsLA.com
Genomic evidence for the Chinese wildcat
On the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau where the Chinese mountain cat is endemic, most local domestic catsare free ranging, whose effect on wild conspecifics is ...
Zoo newsdump (w/e 27/6/21)
'UK's worst zoo' found still failing animals after it was banned from big cats
The closed visitor attraction near Aberystwyth, which trades as the Animalarium, was banned from keeping big cats last summer after years o
Tuesday, 22 June 2021
NEPAL: Fishing cat conservation
With Shrinking Wetlands, Population of Nepal's Elusive Fishing Cats Is Poised to Decline
So, we call this cat the indicator of a healthy wetlands ecosystem." Conservation biologist Sam Helle tweeted: I love big cats, but I love small cats too!
Zoo newsdump (w/e 20/6/21)
Noticing the giant 675lb predator coming after him, Solomon desperately ... to get to a rival male called Judah and killed him in a bloody big-cat fight.
Rare Newborn Black Jaguar Cub Brings Hope to the "Near Threatened" Species
It recently welcomed a rare black jaguar cub to its family of big cats! The adorable female cub was born on April 6, and "she's growing bigger, stronger, ..
Second Lion In Indian Zoo Dies Of Covid-19 And 10 More Still Being Treated For Infection
Several other big cats in zoos across the world—including lions and tigers—have contracted Covid-19 but most of them seemed to only have mild ...
Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 20/6/21)
This Iconic Photo From Mizoram's Forest Has Captured a Tiger. Can You Spot The Big Cat?
However, it is not so easy to spot the big cat amid the thick cover of vegetation but if you look closely enough you may see a pair of eyes staring back at ...
First photographic evidence of a tiger in Mizoram's Dampa Tiger Reserve in 7 years - can you spot ... - Times Now
Tiger kills cow in Asifabad village
Forest department officials said a cow belonging to Muktyar Ahmed was mauled to death by the big caton the fringes of the forest near the village.
Abandoned tiger cub in Periyar reserve learns to hunt, starts with roosters
And she is learning her wild lessons fast. This is the first ... According to the 2018 big cat census, Periyar Tiger Reserve is home to 26 tigers. India has ...
In Chandrapur hotbed, forest officials bring down tiger threat
... with the big cat. The measures included changing timings of entry of villagers into the forest area, and ensuring they went in groups and not alone.
Tiger strays 130km from VTR,creates panic among villagers
... to Pakridayal area in East Champaran, creating panic among the villagers who have sighted the big cat roaming in the fields since Tuesday.
Man-eater leopard captured in Srinagar
For the last couple of weeks, locals in Budgam were feeling unsafe due to presence of the leopard. The fear increased when the big cat killed a 4-yr-old ...
'Stress among animals over swabs... Some still wait for lioness Neela to return'
How do you test the big cats for Covid-19? ... For a big cat like a lion, we can collect samples by either immobilising the animal or sedating it, but we ..
Bonds of the big cats of Bera
Bonds of the big cats of Bera. For 150 years the leopards and people of Bera have lived in harmony with not a single killing of a human being reported.
4 cubs born 2-yrs ago to Ranthambore tigress discovered, bring joy
Four tiger cubs were spotted for the first time at Rajasthan's Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) on Saturday, taking the big cat population to 69 in
Was there a leopard in city? Was it a ghost?
The big cat was again captured on camera on June 10 and is still in Ambazari. We fear it might become a resident of the biodiversity park," said Kumar.
Assam: Kaziranga forest guard 'accidentally' shoots tiger dead while trying to scare it away; probe ...
The big cat died due to a gunshot injury, inquiries revealed. The carcass was buried in the presence of a representative of NTCA. Guwahati: An adult ...
Tiger rescued from defunct rubber factory in Uttar Pradesh. Watch
The big cat had entered the now defunct rubber factory premises around 15 months ago after walking out of the Kishanpur sanctuary in Lakhimpur ...
Kaziranga guards gun down Royal Bengal Tiger in 'self-defence'
Narrating the incident, he said the 10-year-old big cat had strayed out ... He said since the tiger was old, it possibly could not hunt in the wild and ...
Tiger dies after being hit by stray bullet fired by forest guards in Assam
The big cat's carcass was found near Japoripothar in Karuabari area on Friday, Divisional Forest Officer, Eastern Assam Wildlife Division, Ramesh
Tiger cub killed after being hit by vehicle while crossing highway in MP's Umaria
"It appears that some light vehicle hit the big cataround 3:00 am. The body parts of the tiger were intact," Umaria Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Mohit ...
Umaria: Tiger killed after being hit by vehicle while crossing highway in Madhya Pradesh - Free Press Journal
Where the wild things are: Take a walk inside India's private forests
And camera traps set up by the conservation NGO Tiger Watch have recorded tigers, leopards, jungle cats, mongoose, porcupine, spotted deer and ...
USA/Canada/Mexico Newsdump (w/e 20/6/2021)
Big Cat Sanctuary Says Bobcats In North Texas 'Don't Want To Bother Us'
WYLIE, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – Wylie's nonprofit big cat sanctuary In-Sync Exotics said it has been receiving calls recently from people concerned ...
Citrus Heights Resident Describes Being Visited By Mountain Lion
The big cat was climbing up into a tree in his front yard. ... lions that have left their mother and are trying to find their way in the wild for the first time.
Resident describes being visited by mountain lion
The big cat was climbing up into a tree in his front yard. ... The California Department of Fish & Wildlife says it's likely made its way back to the wild.
Allen Couple Says Bobcat Family Moved Into Backyard
Bobcats In North Texas 'Don't Want To Bother Us', Big Cat Sanctuary Says ... "There are small dogs and cats roaming all over this neighborhood.
Bobcat sighting in Kitchener
I caught a glimpse of a very large cat, tan to light brown in colour, estimated to be about 3 feet long. The location was a new building lot in Hidden.
What Should You Do if You Spot a Bobcat? Experts Say There's No Reason to Panic
In-Sync Exotics, a big catsanctuary, said there's no need to panic if you spot a bobcat. In fact, they say the best thing you can do if you find a bobcat is ...
San Mateo County trail reopens after mountain lion sighting
While this big cat was spotted in its natural habitat, there have been sightings outside homes in San Mateo County. Earlier this month, a homeowne
British big cat podcast
British Big Cats: Ice Age Survivors or Escaped Illicit Pets? | Fabulous Folklore with Icy on Acast
British big cats are not true cryptids since some sightings are of genuine big cats. But what of the others? Are they mere urban legend or actually real?
Tuesday, 15 June 2021
UK, Cumbria: More on the recent Lake District sighting
Readers have say on Pike of Blisco 'big cat' sighting
READERS had their say after a walker claimed to have encountered a 'big cat' in the Lake District. Claire Harvey said she saw the creature twice in ...
BOLIVIA: Jaguar under threat
Finding fangs: new film exposes illicit trade killing off Bolivia's iconic jaguar
Elizabeth Unger was a 25-year-old biology graduate working as a PhD research assistant for big cat and climate projects in Latin America when she ...
Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 13/6/21)
Cheetahs to Return to India in 2021?
However, the first batch of these cats will find themselves in Kuno National Park, whose healthy population of wild boars and antelopes are expected to ...
Back then, a large portion of the animals dominated Assam's Kaziranga ... Similarly, the relocation and introduction of another big cat - the tiger - too ...
Tiger collared in India enters Bangladesh after travelling 100km in four months
But the big cat took them by surprise and ventured from the forest in India to the mangroves of Bangladesh, reported the Times of India.
Leopard enters village, tranquilized
Vadodara: A leopard entered a house in the Ladpur village of Godhra taluka in Panchmahal district leading to panic there. The big cat had to be ...
Leopard caged in Haldibari tea estate
A wild male leopard was trapped on the Haldibari tea estate in Banarhat of ... Also, the big cat had mauled a garden worker a couple of days back.
The leopard library: Two new books on the big cats
Leopards in India are relegated to a strange oblivion despite their big cat status, captivating beauty and mysterious ways. The few times they are ...
Leopard Kills Woman In Uttarakhand
... Warden J S Suhag ordered the Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) concerned to put up a cage in the area and trap the big cat after tranquilising it.
Locals 'spot' leopard in Natipora Srinagar; verifying the claims, says Wildlife Dept
As soon as claims about the presence of the big catmade the rounds in Har Namal locality of Natipora last night, announcements were made on the ...
Sneaky Tigress Confidently Walks by Safari Visitors as They Look the Wrong Way
The mighty tigress was just a few steps away from the jeep, and incredibly, it took almost nearly 10 minutes for the big cat to be noticed by the group.
CHINA: Good news for snow leopards
Behind snow leopards' repopulation on Chinese plateau are economic transition and changed ...
In Qinghai's case, the ecology has been identified as being of the "biggest value, ... The big cat hit and broke glass, and was believed to have gotten a .
Return of China''s big cat in the ''green kingdom''
Return of China''s big cat in the ''green kingdom'' ... (MENAFN - Asia Times) All it took, was an infrared camera — just one, placed in the Beishan Forest ..
