Essex County cougar finally caught on camera?
Step aside Bigfoot, take five Nessie, and make way for the Essex County cougar. After the Amherstburg area has been abuzz for weeks with stories about unsubstantiated cougar sightings, the big cat seems to be on the move. But now, Bigfoot-style...
Cougar sightings reach fever pitch
Windsor Star
But now, Bigfoot-style, there are photos. Jim Dufour from South Woodslee thinks he saw a cougar Friday in his back yard. While he was scratching his head trying to figure out what the animal was, it occurred to him to snap some pictures.
Behold, the world's first known "strawberry" leopard
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The big, pink-hued cat — which makes its home at South Africa's Madikwe Game Reserve — is affected by erythrism, a poorly understood genetic condition that causes him to either overproduce red pigments or underproduce dark pigments in his coat.
Spain saves endangered European cat
The Magazine
By mageditor
Conservationists in Spain were forced to do something drastic to keep their beloved big cat alive! Conservationists rounded up 100 lynx and have been breeding them in special centers. Now, they're being released back into the wild for the ...
Endangered species: Snow leopard shot dead by villagers in Kashmir
The Express Tribune
Kashmir is home to two of the world's big cats, the common leopard (Panthera pardus) and the snow leopard (Uncia uncia), a cat so secretive few have been privileged enough to get a glimpse of it in the wild. A businessman of the area, Waseem Khursheed, ...
Alleged cougar tracks unconfirmed, Amherstburg cops say
Windsor Star
By Julie Kotsis, The Windsor Star April 18, 2012 7:01 AM Amherstburg resident Whit Tucker says he woke up Monday, April 17, 2012, to discover large "cat-like" paw prints covering his Howard Avenue driveway. He's hesitant to say whether he thinks ...
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Wow! the Enythristic leopard is very beautiful indeed.
I am shocked however that this animal is wild and has survived into adulthood.
Just shows the resilience of big cats, even when displaying such a blatant impractical mutation.
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