Wolves and Bobcats, Oh My!

Art by Susan Detwiler - from Big Cat, Little Kitty

What could be better for Wolf and Cat (The Blog) than a blog that features really cool photos of . . . wolves and a cat?

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Murmur Creek Observatory!

Would they? Could they? Do they?

Photo by Scotti Cohn

There's been a bit of a stir among wolf enthusiasts about the portrayal of our "darlings" in the movie The Gray, starring Liam Neeson. 

To find out whether the movie does wolves a terrible disservice or presents them as they really are, Marc Silver interviewed Daniel MacNulty, a wildlife-ecology professor at Utah State University whose research on Arctic wolves is funded in part by the National Geographic Society.

The article makes for fascinating reading:

Would Real Wolves Act Like the Wolves in The Gray?

"Mr. Mom"?

Male tigers double as mothers for their cubs

Photo by Scotti Cohn

"Pictures taken at the Ranthambore National Park on Saturday evening by wildlife conservator and photographer Balendu Singh show that the male tigers do double up as mothers for their cubs." ~ Bhanu Pratap Singh, The Times of India

Wolf OR7 Enters California

photo by Scotti Cohn

 “Whether one is for it or against it, the entry of this lone wolf into California is an historic event and result of much work by the wildlife agencies in the West,” said DFG Director Charlton H. Bonham. “If the gray wolf does establish a population in California, there will be much more work to do here.”

Read more at the Department of Fish and Game NEWS.

The Last Lions

 Jouberts share vulnerability of species during ‘Big Cat Week’

 “One of the alarming things for us, which was the sort of genesis of this film and this ‘Big Cat Week,’ actually, is that we discovered that in our lifetimes, lion numbers have dropped from 450,000 down to 20,000, and the leopard numbers are from 700,000 down to 50,000,” said Dereck Joubert.

The two-hour premiere of “The Last Lions” airs Dec. 16.

BIG CAT WEEK Episode Guide

From Panthera's November 2011 Newsletter

New Results of Island-Wide Survey Give Hope to the Sumatran Tiger

Links to images of Sumatran Tigers:

http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/animals/mammals/sumatran_tiger

http://www.tigersincrisis.com/sumatran_tiger.htm

http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/sumatrantiger/sumatrantiger.html

Will El Lobo Survive?

For an update on the Mexican wolf recovery effort, read this excellent article by Jess Edberg, Information Services Director -- International Wolf Center:

Mexico’s work on recovering wolves