Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 4/7/21)

 Park manager claims she received death threats after tiger killed worker in Gqeberha

News24

The killer tiger has since been relocated to a big catfacility in the Free State. READ | Siberian tiger that killed a Gqeberha predator park employee ...

Re-introducing cheetahs in India: What are its advantages and is this a first?

Oneindia

This is probably be the first time in the world, when a big cat will be ... Cheetahs were the only large mammal to become extinct since Independence.

Indian brothers escape leopard attack by smacking birthday cake in the big cat's face

Daily Pakistan Global

Indian brothers escape leopard attack by smacking birthday cake in the big cat's face. 05:56 PM | 3 Jul, 2021. Indian brothers escape leopard attack by ..

CHINA: Chinese Mountain cat is not the ancestor of domestics

 Elusive Chinese Mountain Cats Aren't Domestic Cats' Ancestors

Smithsonian

A new genetic study involving the elusive Chinese mountain cat of the Tibetan Plateau has determined that this wild feline did not give rise to a ...

CAMBODIA: Golden cat caught on trailcam

 Asiatic golden cat caught on camera in Ratanakkiri

The Phnom Penh Post

"The research study was to gather important data about the presence of wild animals and classify management areas in natural protected areas," he said ...

Optical illusion: lion with leopards face

 

Hybrid Animal? Lion With 'Leopard's Face' Allegedly Photographed in Safari

Nature World News

Of course, she didn't merely happen across a new kind of large cat. Instead, the optical illusion of a lion-leopard monster was created when the ...

UK, Cheshire : mystery creature captured on CCTV in Holywell

 Big cat-like creature captured on CCTV in Holywell

LeaderLive

STAFF at supported living accommodation were stunned when their CCTV captured what appears to be a big cat. The footage was recorded at Green

CAMBODIA: A lion on TikTok

 Cambodian authorities seize pet lion after spotting it on TikTok

The Albany Herald

The Big Cat Public Safety Act would largely ban people from owning lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, cougars and jaguars as house pets. Zoos and ...

Indian subcontinent newsdump (w/e 27/6/21)

 After mysterious tiger deaths, MP forest department to collect blood, swab samples of big cats

Times Now

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

Times of India

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

Greater Kashmir

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 New Indian Express

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

Telangana Today

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 ...

Times of India

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

Times of India

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 ...