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Snow Baby Leopard has been named Gobi

admin — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:36:00 +0000

Over 35,000 participated in the online voting to give the Woodland Park Zoo’s 11 week old baby snow leopard his new name, Gobi (after the Mongolian Desert). Gobi’s twin sister was previously named Batu, which means honest in Mongolian. read original story

The baby snow leopards have grown a great deal since I posted their last video. They’re still totally adorable and look at the size of the paws already!

Check out their latest pics in the Zoo’s photo gallery

Baby Snow Leopard needs a name

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:33:54 +0000

Two endangered snow leopard cubs (a male and a female) were born on May 25th, 2009 at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA. The female cub has been named Batu, which means firm, hard and honest in Mongolian.

The zoo is conducting a poll to name the male cub. Voting is open now, you can go to the zoo Web site and pick from one of four names:

- Gobi (go-bee), for the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
- Boke (sounds like poke), which means strong
- Irbis (ear-biss), which means leopard
- Vachir (voch-err), which means thunderbolt

Voting ends at midnight on Aug. 12. The winning name will be announced with the cubs make their public debut on August 15.
Click here to go to the Zoo website.

SNOW LEOPARD CUBS AT 4 WEEKS

SNOW LEOPARD CUBS GETTING THEIR 6 WEEK VET CHECK-UP

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Coffee made from beans in cat poo

admin — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:00:14 +0000

Kopi Luwak is a rare and expensive coffee, costing as much as $200 a pound, that is prepared using coffee cherries that have been eaten and partially digested by the Asian Palm Civet (picture below), then harvested from it’s feces. Yes you read correctly – from it’s feces!

A few hours after the civet eats the coffee cherries and digests them, the beans come out in it’s poo. The beans are picked up off the forest floor and are then cleaned and roasted. Because of this “all natural” processing, the coffee is said to have a rich and heavy flavor, with hints of caramel or chocolate.

Kopi Luwak is featured in the 2007 film, The Bucket List
Morgan Freeman’s character responds when asked about Kopi Luwak, “Never catch me drinking that shit.” Don’t think I want to try it either!

Picture of Civet

Common Palm Civet

Lion hugs and kisses woman

admin — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:00:05 +0000

Woman rescues lion from travelling circus and nurses him back to health. See this beautiful big cat show his appreciation by giving her a big hug – amazing!

Also see the amazing story of Christian the Lion
Buy the book on Amazon: A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion Originally published in 1971 – fully revised and updated with new photos – Hardcover edition

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The Amazing Story of Christian the Lion

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 22:46:11 +0000

In 1969, two Australians, John Rendall and Anthony “Ace” Bourke purchased a lion cub from Harrod’s department store which they named Christian. They cared for the cub until he grew too large for their apartment. Christian the lion was then reintroduced into the wild in Africa.

Two years later, after Christan had successfully adapted to his new life in the wild, John & Anthony travelled to Kenya to visit him. They were discouraged from doing so – being told the animal was now wild and would not remember them – but that didn’t stop them. What occurred was the most amazing reunion.

You can watch other videos about Christian the Lion on Animal Planet here.

Buy the book on Amazon: A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond between Two Friends and a Lion Originally published in 1971 – fully revised and updated with new photos – Hardcover edition

Also see the video of the lion hugging and kissing the woman who rescued him

Leopard falls in well, rescued

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:00:39 +0000

A wild leopard wandered into an village in India and accidentally fell into an open well. The rescue was meticulously planned and executed.
Read Article: A wild leopard rescued from a village well in Gujarat

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Pics from our tour of the Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:55:57 +0000

We toured the Big Cat Rescue Santuary in Tampa, Florida. This is a must-see attraction for all cat lovers. At the time of this writing, admission is $25 per person for an hour and a half walking tour. The big cats reside in “cat-a-tats”. Three feet out from each “cat-a-tat” stands a waist high fence. This is how close you are to the big cats! Most of them eagerly ran to the fence to greet the guide – you can tell how well loved and treated these animals are to the staff.

Here are some of the photos from the Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary:

Bobcat

Black Leopard

Serval

Ocelot

Banjo the Bearcat

TJ the Tiger

Jaguar

Tiger

Lynx

White Tigers – not a natural species in the wild

admin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:15:03 +0000

We’re in Florida (Gulf side) on vacation this week. Today, we’ll be touring the Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary in Tampa.

Did you know that the white tiger isn’t a breed but actually a genetic defect caused from inbreeding? Watch this video – it’ll really open your eyes about these beautiful creatures.