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African serval cat dies following capture after escaping, roaming around Vernon Hills for hours
It was about as big as my 75-lb. pitty and was seriously ... Officials also confirmed it was not the same serval cat that went missing in downstate Illinois near Decatur last month as that serval ...
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Woman’s Maine Coon Cat Is So Big He Gets Mistaken for a Bobcat
The Serval—a Saharan desert wildcat—formed the basis of the Savannah cat, which supplanted Maine Coons as the world’s largest breed of domestic cat and has a long body, long legs ...
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Can a Serval Cat Kill a Human? Why You Should Consider Leaving Them Alone
According to The Dodo, during a birthday party at the Potawatomi Zoo in Indiana in 2018, a serval cat bit a toddler on the ...
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Giant Orange Siberian Cat Who Loves Human Food Hilariously Ruins Dinnertime for Everyone
Clyde is a very handsome, giant orange Siberian cat. When he's not able to eat what his humans are eating for dinner, he ...
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Why Declawing Tigers Or Other Big Cats Is Bad For Their Health
The investigate this question, researchers examined the muscle anatomy in more than a dozen big cats — from smaller species such as bobcats, servals and ocelots, to lions and tigers — to shed ...
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32 high-maintenance cat breeds
They are big-time outdoor cats ... The breed inception took place in the 1980s when an African wild cat breed called a serval was crossed with a domestic cat. Crosses can be between a number ...
The Most Popular Exotic Cat Breeds
Exotic cats bring a touch of the wild into our homes while maintaining the friendly demeanor of domestic pets Many people are drawn to these breeds for their unique appearances and charming personalit ...
Colorado ballot measure to ban big cat hunting raises clashing conservation concerns
Colorado wildlife experts are at odds over whether a ballot measure to ban the hunting of certain wildcats would help or hurt ...
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Living with Big Cats
Despite our fascination with them, the number of big cats in the wild is declining. Lions currently occupy 10% of their historical range with less than 20,000 left in the wild. Snow leopards are ...
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In big cat ballot measure, a divide that sees hunting as a foundation of wildlife management or a brutal relic
In the state’s territorial days, hunting of the state’s three wild cat species — bobcat, lynx and mountain lion — could ...
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West Africa’s forgotten felines endangered by conflict and research gaps
“There is a very big lack of research on all aspects of ... “Like other spotted cats, servals are likely to be targeted for their skin, as this was the only body part found in the markets ...
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Global pet trade in wild cats is a threat to their survival
Many of you have contacted us to express concerns about the exotic pet trade, so we asked Dr Niki Rust, Technical Advisor in Wildlife for WWF-UK, to give us her views on the issues. If you’ve ...