Big Cats

Cat Tales: The Story of Ngoye -- A Snare Victim

Panthera | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Leopard, Animal Rights, Wire Snares, Hunting, Panthera, Poaching, Big Cats, Animal Protection, Green News
Panthera

A wire snare is cheap to make, easy to set and deadly for big cats. One recent victim close to my heart is a leopard called Ngoye. She is the central character of a project I started 10 years ago in Phinda, South Africa -- Panthera's Munyawana Leopard Project.

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The Cat In The Mirror (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Big Cats Rescue, Video, Cats, Big Cats Look in Mirror, Big Cats Rescue Video, Big Cats Rescue Florida, Big Cats Mirror Video, Big Cats, Cute Animals, Big Cats Mirror, Green News

Lions, tigers and jaguars are no strangers to extensive grooming habits. But at the Big Cat Rescue animal sanctuary in Tampa, Fla., animal caretakers ...

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Who Needs Security Systems When You Have Lions? This Refuge Does

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Tigers, Video, Serenity Springs Wildlife Center, Tigers Let Out of Wildlife Refuge, Lions, Big Cats, Colorado Springs News, Colorado Springs, Wildlife, Wildlife Refuge, Colorado, Denver News

By Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- With 120 lions, tigers and other big cats on the grounds, the owner of a Colorado refuge didn't thin...

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Rare Mother And Cub Snow Leopard Photograph Taken In Afghanistan

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Snow Leopard Photo Afghanistan, Nature Photography, Snow Leopard Photo, Video, Snow Leopard Cub, Snow Leopard Afghanistan, Afghanistan Snow Leopards, Big Cats, Animals, Snow Leopards, Snow Leopard Mother and Cub, Green News

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has released a rare photograph of a mother snow leopard and her cub in the wild in Afghanistan. The image, ...

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Lions, Wolves And Bears Escape Ohio Exotic Animal Farm; Owner Found Dead

AP | By ANDY BROWNFIELD | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Tigers, Muskingum County Animal Farm, Exotic Animals, Muskingun County Animal Farm, Camels, Ohio, Lions, Animals in the News, Wild-Animal Preserve, Ohio Animal Escape, Video, Wolves, Giraffes, Big Cats, Escaped Animals, Exotic Animals Escape, Bears, Cheetahs, Ohio Animals Escape, Green News

ZANESVILLE, Ohio (AP) -- Officers armed with assault rifles patrolled Zanesville Wednesday morning, a day after police killed dozens of animals that e...

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WATCH: Big Cats Play With Big Toys

Posted 10.22.2011

Read More: Tigers, Video, Threatened Big Cats, Cute-Animals, Urlesque, Big Cats, Cougars, Animals, Mountain Lions, Leopards, Big Cat Toys, Endangered Big Cats, Green News

Big cats deserve big toys. Forget the fancy iPad apps for cats, these big cats at Florida's Big Cat Rescue sanctuary are happy just playing with so...

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WATCH: Sleepy Kitties Come In All Sizes

Posted 08.18.2011

Read More: Lion Sleeps on Handler, Video, Steve Klein, Funny Videos, Lion Handler, Endangered Cats, Lion Sleeps on Man, Big Cats, Endangered Species, Funny Cat Videos, Cedar Cove Feline Conservancy, Lion Sleeps, Comedy News

A few months ago, Cedar Cove Feline Conservancy & Education Center released this adorable video of one of its lions sleeping on top of senior handler ...

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Africa's Wild Cats Captured on Film (PHOTOS)

Millie Kerr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Conservation, South Africa, Big Cats, Namibia, Cheetahs, Wildlife, Africa, Wild Cats, Travel News
Millie Kerr

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Are Big Cat Sightings More Than Myth?

David Mizejewski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jaguar, Tigers, Animal Oddities, National Wildlife Federation, Lions, Animal Planet, Big Cats, Cougars, Leopards, Snow Leopard, Green News
David Mizejewski

I write a blog for Animal Planet called Animal Oddities and I often feature stories of animals that show up in odd places. Despite such entertaining ...

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When Man's Best Friend Is Deadly: 9 Dangerous Pets (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tigers, Venomous Animals, Ostriches, Baby Turtles, Pets, Snakes, Slidepoll, Spiders, Big Cats, Dangerous Pets, Animals, Slidepollajax, Kinkajou, Deadly Pets, Green News

Some people just love having unusual pets -- perhaps for their cuteness or the fact that they're uncommon pets. Even Paris Hilton had her own unusual...

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EMA's: Introducing the Legacy Award

Kevin George | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paramount Studios, Walt Disney, Big-Cats, National Geographic, Values, Gorillas, Environment, Walt Disney Company, Environmentalism, Lions, Environmental Media Association, Media, Legacy, Disney, Cheetahs, Debbie Levin, Green News
Kevin George

The Legacy Award celebrates a vision of bringing environmental messages into entertainment -- television, film and music -- to educate and motivate the public.

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From Desktop to Mountaintop - The Reality of Apple's Newest Icon

Panthera | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Conservation, Mac, Desktop, Kung Fu Panda, Apple, Snow Leopard, Panthera, Cats, Big Cats, Felines, Green News
Panthera

Snow leopards are one of the most distinctive cats - stocky, covered in thick grey fur with large black rosettes, and they have small, rounded ears - an adaptation to minimize heat loss.

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