as therapeutic agents, as guard and hunting dogs. Moreover, in many developing countries, both dogs and cats have become part of human families, regardless of the social class (Figure1). The benefits of having a pet animal are undisputed...
At the same time, top predators – including wolves (Canis lupis), cougars (Puma concolor), and bears (Ursus americanis) –were viewed as a threat to settlers and their livestock and extirpated (Arnett, 2000). With the loss of local predators and traditional practices to keep herbivore ...
Caption:the British big cat as imagined by Francis (1981), and as reconstructed by Reginald Bass. The animal is supposed to have a puma-like head on a leopard-like body but I always think that this image makes the head look too humanoid. Image: Francis (1981). As is so often the ca...
Amur leopard(Panthera p. orientalis) Black panthers in the Americas (jaguars) The offspring of jaguars can be either black or spotted. Two spotted jaguars who mate will only have spotted cubs. A black jaguar would have either two black jaguar parents or one black and one spotted jaguar parent...
We were itching to see a puma, and he assured us they were regularly seen there, as the sign would indicate, but it was not to be. Truth to tell, puma’s don’t want to see people, and so well camouflaged are they that you could walk right past one and not know it. There are...
Connecticut considers the following animals to be dangerous and, as such, prohibited: the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx, bobcat, wolf, coyote, and any species of bear. Those found in violation of the law face a fine of up to $100 for each offense....
Connecticut considers the following animals to be dangerous and, as such, prohibited: the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx, bobcat, wolf, coyote, and any species of bear. Those found in violation of the law face a fine of up to $100 for each offense....
Connecticut considers the following animals to be dangerous and, as such, prohibited: the lion, leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx, bobcat, wolf, coyote, and any species of bear. Those found in violation of the law face a fine of up to $100 for each offense....
thesespeciesare also calledblack leopardsandblack jaguars, respectively. In addition, the term is sometimes used to describe dark-colouredbobcats,lynx,jaguarundis,tigers, andpumas(cougars), even though reports of black-coloured representatives of some species, such as thepuma, have not been confirmed...