Hunters heading to South Africa to notch the “leopard” category on Africa’s “Big Five” big-game scorecard will have to take 2016 off.
That’s because the country’s Department of Environmental Affairs announced Tuesday it will not issue permits to hunt the beautiful big cat this season, effectively banning hunting for the year.
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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, 28 January 2016
NEWSLINK: 27-pound bobcat killed near Temple
A local man called and killed a 27-pound bobcat at about 6:05 p.m. Monday on his deer lease near Stampede Creek on the Warren Ranch between Temple and Moody.
The Rev. Rick Reed, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, said it’s the biggest cat he’s ever killed.
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The Rev. Rick Reed, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, said it’s the biggest cat he’s ever killed.
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Wednesday, 27 January 2016
ARTICLE: How Jaguars Survived the Ice Age
The mastodons, ground sloths, and sabercats are all gone. They all slipped into extinction around 10,000 or so years ago, along with an even wider variety of fantastic beasts and birds that fall under the category “megafauna.” But not all the Ice Age megamammals died out. We spend so much time mourning the losses that we often forget the survivors that carry whispers of the Pleistocene world. Among these resilient beasts is the jaguar.
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ARTICLE: Protecting Asia's elusive snow leopards
Tom McCarthy is the executive director of the Snow Leopard Program at Panthera, the global wild cat conservation organization. The views expressed here are solely his.
Barren, wind-swept rock is all I can see through the telescope.
But my Ladahki associate assures me that "shan is there," and I trust him since he is one of the best wildlife spotters in all of the Himalayas.
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Barren, wind-swept rock is all I can see through the telescope.
But my Ladahki associate assures me that "shan is there," and I trust him since he is one of the best wildlife spotters in all of the Himalayas.
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Sunday, 24 January 2016
UK SIGHTING: Schoolboy comes face-to-face with huge black panther when out running
Elliot Evans was terrified when he was stalked with a huge, black panther while out running.
The 16-year-old schoolboy was on his regular run on a village playing field in in Wickham Market, Suffolk, when he spotted the deadly big cat.
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The 16-year-old schoolboy was on his regular run on a village playing field in in Wickham Market, Suffolk, when he spotted the deadly big cat.
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VIDEO: Baby Mountain Lions Try Hard To Act Tough ... And End Up Looking Cuter
Known as P-46 and P-47, the two newest residents of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area were recently implanted with tracking devices after researchers found their well-hidden den.
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Thursday, 21 January 2016
UK SIGHTING: Big cat in North Yorkshire?
These pictures were taken at Low Marishes near Malton. It appears to show a big cat in the field.
They were taken by Highways gritter driver Michael Armitage. He's sent the pictures to North Yorkshire Police too and says he now believes there is something the rumours of Big Cats on the prowl because he's seen it for himself now.
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They were taken by Highways gritter driver Michael Armitage. He's sent the pictures to North Yorkshire Police too and says he now believes there is something the rumours of Big Cats on the prowl because he's seen it for himself now.
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