PHOTO: Mountain lion sneaks into home, kills cat — and doesn’t want to leave, Colorado cops say

It wasn’t hard for the mountain lion to sneak into this Colorado home, police said.


All the wild animal had to do was get through a screen door on Thursday night at the residence in Boulder, according to police. Once inside, the mountain lion didn’t harm any humans — but it did kill the family’s house cat.

Police said a resident discovered the mountain lion inside upon returning home, the Associated Press reports.

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PHOTOS: Rescued circus lions take their first steps on grass

Five lions and nine tigers from two different circuses have been rescued from their bare board cages and have taken their first steps on grass.

For the whole of their circus lives, the circus animals had only ventured out of their bare board cages to perform tricks under the big top. That was to change forever when Guatemala’s ban on animal circus acts came into force, and Animal Defenders International (ADI) embarked on a mission to enforce the law.

ADI’s first task was to set up a temporary rescue centre from scratch, where animals removed from the circuses could be cared for until relocation to their forever homes. ADI then negotiated the handover of the animals: three lions from one circus, two lions and nine tigers from another.

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NEWSLINK: Panther reports pour in from across New England and North West

Dozens of people have come forward with their encounters with the long-time local legend of a panther lurking in the bush land around the New England and North West.

On Sunday, a big cat research put the call out for panther sightings in the region, and The Leader has been inundated with stories.

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NEWSLINK: Controversy rages over reported mountain lion sightings in northern York County

In today’s world, social media can spark discussions, skepticism and all-out controversy.


After sharing a friend’s Facebook post about a potential mountain lion (also referred to as cougar or puma) sighting in central Pennsylvania, Stacey Griffiths' personal page was flooded with so many interactions, she started the Central PA Mountain Lion Sighting page.


After a few posts, Stacey found that there were plenty of people who shared her desire to find out what has been prowling around area woods. But there were others chalking up her efforts as an attention grab and a hoax.

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NEWSLINK: Madhya Pradesh tigress released in Odisa's Satkoshia

After keeping in enclosure for more than 40 days, translocated Bandhavgarh tigress Sundari was released in Satkoshia Tiger Reserve by the authorities there. 

Madhya Pradesh government was in a fix over further translocation of the tigress as a wildlife activist had shot a complaint to National Tiger Conservation Authority(NTCA) accusing Odisha forest officials of subjecting Sundari to undue hardships by keeping her in an enclosure for over a month.

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VIDEO: Two sets of endangered animals born at Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation

It's been a busy but exciting year at the Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation where this summer two highly endangered big cats had their first litters.
Here's an up close and personal look at the three new cheetah cubs and clouded leopard now calling North Central Florida home.


On June 6th the owners of the Carson Springs Wildlife facility got the good news they'd been working towards for 7 years, their female cheetah had delivered 3 healthy cubs.


Barry Janks, a co-founder of Carson Springs Wildlife Conservation Foundation explained why this successful birth is so exciting. "Cheetahs are the number one hardest animal to breed in captivity I think there were 192 born in captivity in the entire world in 2016 and 138 survived.

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ARTICLE: Are Cities Making Animals Smarter?

The goldfish were the first to vanish. Every so often, a few would go missing overnight from the office’s tiny outdoor pond. But goldfish were cheap, so no one in the building—an environmental nonprofit in the bustling, sweaty center of Colombo, Sri Lanka—bothered investigating.

Then the dragon koi began to disappear. Lustrous and ethereal, each of these whiskered Japanese carp cost around 10,000 Sri Lankan rupees, or $65. In a fit of extravagance, the building’s landlord had bought 10. Soon, he had seven. Then three.

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