Posts Tagged ‘Friday’
What am I sappy cat blogging?
March 23, 2018
It’s not the first time Pittsburgh Animal Care and Control Officer Steve Costa has gotten a call about a bobcat, but it’s the first time the call was accurate.
“We get calls, but they usually end up being a Maine coon or a domestic cat,” Costa said.
What am I sappy cat blogging.2?
March 16, 2018
Hobbes went to the vet this morning (for well cat care). It was, however, a little traumatic for him and he needed some time to chill when he got home.
What am I sappy cat blogging?
March 9, 2018The smallest cat in the Americas is struggling under huge pressure as clear-cutting destroyed its habitat and farmers defend their chickens with deadly force.
The güiña wildcat of Chile is also known as the little tiger cat, little spotted cat, or Chilean cat. It’s absolutely as adorable as those names make it out to be, reaching about half of the size of a domestic cat at adulthood. It’s also listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, which shows “a high risk of endangerment in the wild” and is just one step shy of being endangered.
According to the IUCN, there are only about 10,000 individuals left in the wild. It’s got to this point because much of Chile’s tropical rainforests, which form most of the güiña’s habitat, have been chopped down for farmland in the last decades. The tiny feline is also at risk from human persecution over fears that it might hunt livestock.
However, new research led by researchers from the University of Kent, UK, shows the animal is able to survive near human settlements on agricultural land. The biggest threat it faces, the paper reports, is being squeezed out when large farms are broken down into smaller ones.
The cat is viewed in a bad light in such communities, mostly out of fear that it will kill chickens. Large, farms that practice intensive agriculture on wide, open fields do provide adequate environments for the güiña. As farmers break these entities down into smaller farms, they also switch to less intense agriculture and rely more heavily on livestock — setting the stage for a conflict with the tiny carnivores.
What am I sappy penguin blogging?
February 23, 2018
With the absence of land predators at the South Pole, the penguins there are unafraid and curious about the giant orange penguins that sometimes visit – and maybe need a little help.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 