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Asiatic Golden Cat by Linda More
Not much is known about the Asian Golden Cat. It is a rather elusive predator, and most of what is known about it has been found out in captivity. The Asian Golden Cat lives throughout Southeast Asia, ranging from Tibet and Nepal to Southern China, India, and Sumatra. It prefers forest habitats interspersed with rocky areas, and is found in deciduous, subtropical evergreen, and tropical rainforests. The Asian Golden Cat is occasionally found in more open terrain. It ranges from the lowlands to altitudes of up to 3000 meters in the Himalayas. The exact population of the Asian Golden Cat is unknown. It is hunted for its fur and, increasingly, for its bones in traditional Chinese medicine. However, the greatest risk posed towards the species is habitat destruction. There are few of these felines in zoos, and they do not breed well in captivity. If you would like to buy a card, print or poster just go to ‘buy/preview’
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tiger by mlgkats
tiger from the zoo / thanks for your help julie / / *** / All The Materials Contained May Not Be Reproduced, Copied, Edited, Published, Transmitted Or Uploaded In Any Way Without My Permission. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. / © melynda galbraith (mlgkats) 2008: using this image for any purpose and in any way, without prior permission, may lead to legal action. please check out my good friend Henk Stolk work he is a very talented artist henk stolk www.stolkphotography.com / check out his own web site as well
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Power and Grace by BarbBarcikKeith
18×24 pastel on pastelboard. The original is sold. / This was taken from a photograph by Rita Groszmann with her permission. The cat was a resident in California at the time. For some reason, the piece almost did itself.. it was almost like I was watching it come together from another vantage point. Really enjoyable.. time flew!! Scientific Name: Panthera tigris / Size: Male Bengal: Head to tail tip 8.8-10.2 feet (2.7-3.1m); Female 7.8-9.4 feet (2.4-2.8m) / Weight: Male: 396-573 pounds (180-260kg); Female: 287-353 pounds (130-160kg) / Distribution: India, Manchuria, China, Indonesia / Habitat: Varied, including tropical forest, snow-covered evergreen forest, deciduous forests, mangrove swamps and drier forest types. / Diet: Deer, wild pigs, buffalo, antelope, and gaurs (wild oxen) / Reproduction: After a gestation period of 13-16 weeks, female gives birth to 2-4 cubs / Longevity: About 15 years (to 20 in captivity) / Population: Estimated at below 2,500 / Status: Endangered (information from The Big Cats ) Completed 1998 I FINALLY found the original scan of this piece.. and here you have it..
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Thirsty by Anne-Marie Bokslag
What caused The White Bengal Tiger to be endangered? * / Poachers. They also used to be killed as a part of a sport carried out by Indian and British royalties. What is the current population of the animal and how does this compare to the past? / It is estimated that only 5,100 to 7,500 individual tigers now remain in the entire world. Wild white tigers are very rare, and today they can only be seen in zoos. As of June 1998, there were 30 white tigers in U.S. zoos that participate in SSP (species survival plan) programs. / What is the solution to this problem? / Various programs have been set up around the world to help the tiger population increase. / What individuals or groups are actively involved in solving this problem? / - WWF- World Wide Fund for Nature – CITES, the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora – Emergency Rapid Response Fund / What are they doing? / They are intensifying their activities involving the monitoring of illegal trade in tiger parts as well as stepping up their support to anti-poaching activities in tiger habitats. White Tiger (Panthera tigris) is a tiger with a genetic condition that nearly eliminates pigment in the normally orange fur although they still have dark stripes. This occurs when a tiger inherits two copies of the recessive gene for the paler coloration: pink nose, grey-mottled skin, ice-blue eyes, and white to cream-coloured fur with black, grey, or chocolate-coloured stripes. (Another genetic condition also makes the stripes of the tiger very pale; white tigers of this type are called snow-white.) / White tigers do not constitute a separate subspecies of their own and can breed with orange ones, although all of the resulting offspring will be heterozygous for the recessive white gene, and their fur will be orange. The only exception would be if the orange parent was itself already a heterozygous tiger, which would give each cub a 50% chance of being either double-recessive white or heterozygous orange. / Compared to orange tigers without the white gene, white tigers tend to be larger both at birth and at full adult size. This may have given them an advantage in the wild despite their unusual coloration. Heterozygous orange tigers also tend to be larger than other orange tigers. Kailash Sankhala, the director of the New Delhi Zoo in the 1960s, suggested that “one of the functions of the white gene may have been to keep a size gene in the population, in case it’s ever needed.” / Dark-striped white individuals are well-documented in the Bengal Tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris tigris or P. t. bengalensis), may also have occurred in captive Siberian Tigers (Panthera tigris altaica), and may have been reported historically in several other subspecies. White pelage is most closely associated with the Bengal, or Indian subspecies. Currently, several hundred white tigers are in captivity worldwide with about 100 of them in India, and their numbers are on the increase. The modern population includes both pure Bengals and hybrid Bengal-Siberians, but it is unclear whether the recessive gene for white came only from Bengals, or from any of the Siberian ancestors as well. / The unusual coloration of white tigers has made them popular in zoos and entertainment that showcases exotic animals. The magicians Siegfried & Roy are famous for having bred and trained white tigers for their performances, referring to them as “royal white tigers” perhaps from the white tiger’s association with the Maharaja of Rewa. / It is a myth that white tigers did not thrive in the wild, where small groups had bred white for generations. India once planned to reintroduce them to the wild. A.A. Dunbar Brander wrote in “Wild Animals In Central India” (1923): “White tigers occasionally occur. There is a regular breed of these animals in the neighborhood of Amarkantak at the junction of the Rewa state and the Mandla and Bilaspur districts. / However, most white tigers are now bred in captivity, often by inbreeding parents and cubs to ensure the presence of the recessive gene. Such inbreeding often also leads to birth defects. / For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_tiger This picture of a white tiger I took in Ouwehands Animalpark in Rhenen in The Netherlands. It’s one of the better zoos, the animals are in the open air and have lots of space. Featured in the Endangered Species group and in For the Love of Cats group. Canon 350D / Canon Zoom lens EF 90-300mm 1:4,5-5,6 USM / Shutter Speed 1/250s / Aperture value f/4.5 / ISO 200 / Focal lenght 90mm
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Don't make me angry.... by Anne-Marie Bokslag
I made this picture in LA Zoo. It was on the end of the day and this beautiful big cat was waiting for his dinner. Featured in For the Love of Cats group
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Underwater superstar! by flyfish70
This is Fedor. He is one cat that loves to swim, and loves to do it under water for his food. He was a beautiful site, and talk about a cat that loves his trainer, Fedor loves his trainer and shows it when out on show.
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Halloween Gift by Sarah Grace
This beauty was having so much fun playing with the pumpkin. She would sneak up on it, bat it, roll it, chew on it, just like a house cat plays with her toys.
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A Path Not Chosen by WayoftheWarrior
I went for a walk tonight, in the fog, hoping it would conceal my troubles. I have chosen many paths in my life and for reason. As i walked tonight I realized I was on a path I did not choose. I continue to struggle for survival, for food, for shelter. This place I roamed as a young one seems a lot smaller these days. I have young ones also, I fear things are even going to be harder for them as they grow up. I usually wear a face thats shows pride and honor. I think if they could see my face right now they would see one of concern and worry. We try to conceal these things from the ones we love, but at what point do we tell them the truth. All I can do is teach them as i was taught, and together we will have to walk this path not chosen.
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Tiger by Wzard
Taken at Melbourne Zoo
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"Survivors" - Oil Painting by Avril Brand
“Survivors” is an oil painting showing two orphaned cheetah cubs from Namibia who were rescued soon after their mother was trapped by a farmer. Their little faces depict the sadness, fear and uncertainty the future holds for them. Original oil painting on canvas: 20×30 inches Cheetahs are the fastest land animals on earth, reaching speeds of up to 100 kph (70mph). Beautiful and sleek, they are the smallest of the big cats and their prey is often stolen by other predators. Highly threatened, these animals are in great need of protection. They need plenty of space for hunting and that space is steadily being reduced by human expansion. Out of all the big cats, the cheetah is the least able to adapt to new environments. It has always proved difficult to breed in captivity, although recently a few zoos have managed to succeed at this. Once widely hunted for its fur, the cheetah now suffers more from the loss of both habitat and prey. For more facts about cheetahs, please visit http://www.cheetah.org and http://www.dewildt.org.za/index.htm Wildlife, landscapes and Irish Life paintings by Avril Brand Clare Art Blog
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Juma & Shiba by Judy Yanke Fritzges
The King and Queen of the Pittsburgh Jungle…a modern day love story! Juma and Shiba are both 18 year old lions at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. They are pampered with store-bought poultry for dinner. Camera: Nikon D80
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If looks could kill..... by Macky
Male Leopard – Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Box of Bliss (Cat Man of Kuala Lumpur) by ApeArt
Jamil rescues cats from the streets of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Every night he takes about 14 cats out on his moped where they sit for about 4 hours. He then collects money for his feline friends, of which he has over 70. This box of cats, which was on the pavement, contains the large ginger female, who is a “wet nurse” to any orphans which turn up. The first night I visited I thought the ginger kitten on the right was small. But the next night the ginger kitten on the left had turned up and he is tiny! He was rescued from a gas station. If you are interested in this then please see my other pics: Cat Man of Kuala Lumpur, Cat Man Too and Moped Cats of Kuala Lumpur.
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Cuteness Plus by Lucindawind
oh dear I really wanted to take this one home … photo : by me & courtesy of the kittens at theToronto Humane Society Canada this is one of the hundreds of kittens that I take care of at the shelter all proceeds from any of my sales will go to … TorontoHumaneSociety
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katy by mlgkats
feral kitten ,has found a good him /
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Cookies' Reflection by tigerwings
Reflecting…. I caught Cookie at a great moment as if she was saying she was bored, and caught her reflection in the glass.
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Mr Sir: Face-to-CatFace by Lenny La Rue, IPA
Mr Sir and I live in the same place. Not the same apartment number but one wall away. He’s not my cat and I’m not his human so I don’t want any flack about people starting to look like their pets! It just happens to be that we are the only two black things in the complex. Naturally he looks up to me [because he’s short] for social guidance since I’m the senior member of our unofficial duo. And I try to keep him straight about stuff like the proper hair/fur dye for pesky gray whiskers and how to talk to women without having a hand down the front of your pants. (He’s got that one down since he doesn’t wear pants but I still watch him to make sure he doesn’t do any backsliding). Mr Sir isn’t his full name and I can’t remember it. Something like Mr Sir Rudolph the 14th maybe. He answers to just the “M” and “S” sounds so you can call him “Ms” and he’ll answer. And boy will he answer! This hairy furball talks more than a 12-year old girl with permission to use the home phone. And like humans, he has dozens of sounds/words and uses them all for maximum effect. Hunger? Here come the whine that will make a Siamese want to kill him. Bored? Every hear a cat grumble to itself? Disquieting to say the least. “Hello! I wanna visit!” As clear as a human child learning to talk, you look at him in wonder. Well, this week, Mr Sir made the leap from neighbour to houseguest. I come home and the single ‘mew’ is waiting at my door. Why? Did he get mixed up and think I was his owner (a Caucasian female at least 25 years younger than I) or forget what his apartment number is? Hands full, I have a choice: put down everything and pacify him until he gets bored and grumbles walking away, or; open the door and watch him race inside before me. Until he rips up something, fails to talk when he needs to go outside, or fights me for food, I guess I can stand a visitor for about 15 minutes while he explores and talks to me about how messing a housekeeper I am. Ungrateful. Simply ungrateful. Soon the warnings will be in the newspapers, the radio, the Internet, and the television. Mr Sir who’s sorta like that ‘indoor/outdoor’ carpet and covers the floor in both places, will be sequestered to his proper home and left to exercise his vocabulary upon everyone within earshot. It’s not his fault but it’s another variation of “Strange Fruit” so being black has its serious and unique risks. While I won’t be swinging from a lynching tree cuz I’m a ‘black cat’ (musical slang for a jazz musician), Mr Sir could be because Halloween is coming and there are people (who shouldn’t even be called ‘people’) who do terrible things to black cats. Mr Sir won’t be visiting for a while as he adjusts badly to becoming an ‘inside only’ feline. And I won’t have to fight him for the right to come into my own apartment first (or not to bat my keys in the doorknob or attack the mantis I’m shooting, but that’s another story). We will be forced apart for a bit but that’s OK. He may be horrifically annoyed I get to be outside and he doesn’t but he doesn’t know about “strange fruit” and I hope he never learns. Some disasters need to be keep ‘human only’. After all, why should a talking cat have to talk about crap like that??? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / 50% of any profit made from the sale of this piece will go directly to the buyer’s choice between PAWS, PETA, and the SPCA.
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Oh Yeah... by eelsblueEllen
Carlos getting his “rub” on. Flipped once.
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Yuk! That Tastes Horrid by missmoneypenny
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Adorable Lola by Gloria Abbey
Always curious…always loving.
About This Group
“For The Love of Cats” is a group for people who enjoy the beauty of cats, from the wild to the domestic house catFor The Love Of Cats group Opened.- November 09, 2007.
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“For The Love of Cats” is also aware of the homeless cat problem,
Far too many of them are sent to the over crowded shelters
So If you are looking for a cat or kitten the animal shelter would be the first place to look as they are usually Vet checked Vaccinated and the most important reason being that you will be saving life one of these beautiful creatures.
If you are looking for a cat for showing yes by all means buy from a breeder but not a petstore..
but if you just want a good pet the animal shelter is the place to go…
And just another little note I wish more people would realize..
“A cute fluffy kitten is NOT just for Christmas it is a long term committment”
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