At the beginning of the 19th century there were 40,000 tigers in the world. Today, around 4,000 are left in the wild, more than half of them in India. Continue reading
Category Archives: Cats
The Iberian lynx: Prehistoric feline grace
Until recently the survival of the Iberian lynx, one of the world’s rarest wildcats, was in doubt. But conservation efforts are finally paying off. Continue reading
Snow leopard: A close encounter of the rarest kind
Getting up close and almost personal with one of the world’s most beautiful and inscrutable big cats. Continue reading
Nothing nebulous about protecting the clouded leopard
Clouded leopards live in the forests of Southeast Asia. The smallest of the big cats, their fur is dappled with dark, cloud-shaped markings ideal for camouflage. Continue reading
The privilege of making friends with a cheetah
The cheetah, that most elegant of large cats, is synonymous with speed and feline grace. Sadly, only about 12,400 remain in the wild. Of 25 African countries where they can be found, Namibia has the most, with about 2,500. And in Iran only about 60 critically endangered Asiatic cheetahs are believed to survive. Continue reading
Sri Lanka’s beautiful small leopard
It’s not for the leopard to change its spots, but for people to change their attitude towards it and other endangered wildlife. Continue reading
The Arabian leopard
The Arabian leopard is native to the Arabian Peninsula, but fewer than 200 animals live in the wild. Fortunately, the Arabian Wildlife Centre has been breeding it for more than a decade in order to try to save this beautiful animal from extinction. Continue reading
