Officials
issued a permit for her to kill the big cat, but Varga said that's the
last thing she wants to do. “I'm not going to go out and hunt her,” she
said.
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
Wednesday, 12 November 2014
US SIGHTINGS: Cougars may be back on the prowl in the area
Cougars
may be back on the prowl in the area
Monday, 10 November 2014
NEWSLINK: Dead bobcat found hanging from Tennessee high school goalpost
Dead
bobcat found hanging from Tennessee high school goalpost
Dan
Lawson, the director of schools from the county, said police were informed and
animal control removed the big cat from the school's practice
field.
AUSTRALIAN SIGHTINGS: Legendary panther spotted on Austinmer bush track
Legendary
panther spotted on Austinmer bush track
''I
thought it was a big tree kangaroo or feral cat but with the
big tail, and how lightning fast it was, it wasn't that. This thing
should be in a zoo.
NEWSLINK: Safari Lion Zoo in Chile lets the brave tickle a big cat's belly
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Sydney
Morning Herald
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Safari
Lion Zoo in Chile lets the brave tickle a big cat's belly
Rancagua,
Chile: Dare ya, double dare ya, to tickle a lion's belly. A zoo in Chile gives
thrillseekers a chance to do just that, albeit while comfy and ...
Saturday, 8 November 2014
NEWSLINK-New virus posing serious threat to tiger population
A new study has found a new virus called canine distemper virus (CDV) is threatening the population of tiger in the wild. The study done by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and its partners has suggested that CDV could push the tigers toward extinction.
The impacts of these virus was evaluated on the Amur tiger population in Russi's Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Zapovednik (SABZ), where the numbers of tiger went down from 38 individuals to 9 in the years 2007 to 2012. In 2009 and 2010, six adult tigers died or disappeared from the reserve, and CDV was confirmed in two dead tigers.
WCS veterinarian Martin Gilbert, said that though it was found that CDV led to the death of tigers they started the study in order to understand the risk posed by the virus to the whole populations.
The model of the study was based on tiger ecology data collected over 20 years in SABZ. During the study, the researchers found different ways by which tigers could be exposed to the virus and how these impact the extinction risk to tiger populations over the long term.
According to WCS Russia Program Director, Dale Miquelle, tigers faced several threats throughout their range like poaching to competition with humans for their natural habitat and it reduced the tiger populations making them more susceptible to diseases such as CDV.
According to experts, small tiger populations are more likely to get affected from CDV than larger populations.
-NEWSLINK- ENGLAND- Big cat sanctuary holds annual fall festival
BRIDGEPORT — Blue-eyed beauty Acari cradles a pumpkin with her paws.
Crunch.
Pumpkin pieces fly as the white tiger flashes her teeth, chomping away at the holiday treat. A large chunk gets caught in her teeth, but she quickly shakes it away.
Crunch. Crunch.
“She’ll tear it to shreds,” said Heidi Krahn, executive director and founder of the Center for Animal Research and Education (CARE) in Bridgeport. The nonprofit group provides a sanctuary to 41 exotic cats, including tigers, lions, leopards and cougars.
This weekend, people can see the cats firsthand at CARE’s Fall Festival, the nonprofit’s annual fundraiser. Those attending will see cats tearing into cardboard boxes filled with chicken treats and adults can even play tug-of-war against a tiger (with the protection of a fence between the two participants). The cats will also bob for pumpkins.
“That is going to be a lot of fun for her,” Krahn said, nodding toward Acari. “Tigers like water and obviously pumpkins.”
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/11/07/6270757/big-cat-sanctuary-holds-annual.html#storylink=cpy
-NEWSLINK -SCOTLAND-Anger over big cats kept captive in Aberdeenshire
ANIMAL activists have condemned circus owners for allegedly keeping five big cats caged inside a “beast wagon”.
They claimed the tigers and lions were being kept in cramped and freezing conditions in North-east Scotland, which they said were “heartbreaking” to see and amounted to a “national disgrace”.
However, yesterday Aberdeenshire Council said inspections of the site had found everything in order. A spokesman said health, welfare and security arrangements in place were satisfactory.
Animal Defenders International (ADI) shot a video of the big cats in their Scottish winter home – a trailer parked in a windswept field in Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
The footage shows one of the tigers repeatedly pacing around its cage.
Campaigners say this behaviour is not normal for animals in the wild and indicates they are in distress.
“Even when the circus season ends, these animals are still on show and enduring conditions which deny them their most basic behaviours,” said ADI president Jan Creamer.-READ MORE-http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/anger-over-big-cats-kept-captive-in-aberdeenshire-1-3598488
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