Tigers are roaring in the Srisailam-Nagarjunasagar tiger reserve literally.
In a sense, the reserve forest that earned the moniker as a safe haven for wild cats is living up to its name.
Home to 72 tigers now, the big cat population is set to go up in the forest that spans across five districts.
This roaring revelation has come to the fore after the final phase of camera trapping exercise, which concluded on June 12.
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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
Thursday, 2 July 2015
ARTICLE: Photographer Steve Winter's dangerous quest to photograph 'big cats'
Steve Winter, one of the world's pre-eminent wildlife photographers, did not capture an animal on camera until he was 34 years old.
On a work trip to the Costa Rican rainforest, his inaugural wildlife subject was a turtle.
"It was of a marine turtle coming back into the sea at dawn after laying its eggs under the sand on a beach."
NEWSLINK: Vintage jewellery designer fined £2,000 for selling illegal big cat claws
A vintage jewellery designer popular with Kate Moss has been fined £2,000 for selling illegal big cat claws in her shop at an upmarket London department store.
Annina Vogel was seen selling antique Victorian panther, leopard and lynx claws by a customer in December 2013 at her boutique in Liberty on London's busy Regent Street.
The shopper became concerned when she heard the assistant refer to 14 items as 'tiger claws' and reported the company to the council's senior trading standards officer.
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
ARTICLE: How Facebook Changed the Lives of Rescued Big Cats Forever
Tigers splashing in pools...
Lions and mountain lions surveying their kingdom from lofty heights...
Bobcats and servals curled up in hammocks enjoying the breezes...
A jaguar and leopard stalking each other as they play hide and seek in the tall grass...
Lynx catnapping under evergreen trees...
Tiny hybrid wild cats enjoying the company of others in their custom-designed wild habitats...
A rare, endangered clouded leopard recuperating in our on-site hospital from another major surgery she's survived...
These are the sights we see as we make our daily rounds. And we never take one of these special moments for granted! But, we also know all of it comes at a tremendous price. It averages over $50,000 every single month to provide this quality of life to the 100+ wild cats we've rescued.
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Lions and mountain lions surveying their kingdom from lofty heights...
Bobcats and servals curled up in hammocks enjoying the breezes...
A jaguar and leopard stalking each other as they play hide and seek in the tall grass...
Lynx catnapping under evergreen trees...
Tiny hybrid wild cats enjoying the company of others in their custom-designed wild habitats...
A rare, endangered clouded leopard recuperating in our on-site hospital from another major surgery she's survived...
These are the sights we see as we make our daily rounds. And we never take one of these special moments for granted! But, we also know all of it comes at a tremendous price. It averages over $50,000 every single month to provide this quality of life to the 100+ wild cats we've rescued.
Read more...
ARTICLE: Are Mountain Lions Solitary Hunters...Or Party Animals?
A researcher studying the social behaviors of mountain lions will present his findings on Thursday, June 18, in the first of a series of summer talks co-sponsored by the University of Wyoming and the National Parks.
Mark Elbroch is a wildlife biologist with Panthera, a conservation group studying big cats and their habitats. He says new technology like GPS collars and remote video cameras have given him unprecedented access to the lives of mountain lions.
NEWSLINK: Lion expert to explain altruism in big cats
Most people would cower when confronting a mountain lion.
The mental image many have of the carnivorous cats is teeth bared and claws ready to shred, but Dr. Mark Elbroch of Panthera’s Puma Program knows their compassionate side.
NEWSLINK: Plan to boost numbers of rarest big cat in the world
The Amur branch of wildlife organisation WWF Russia has announced it is ready to start work on creating a new population of an endangered leopard.
Under a plan to help conserve the rare Amur leopard, cubs will be created from some of the big cats currently living in zoos around the world.
They would then be nurtured and raised in a special way to prepare them for life in the wild, before being released into the Lazovsky Nature Reserve, in Primorsky Krai.
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