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Extractions: CATS! WILD TO MILD THE MODERN ARK For some species, the captive (zoo) population may be their only hope for survival. Captive breeding by zoos and other organizations is an important part of conservation and species survival. It has helped us to prevent the extinction of the Przewalski's wild horse, the Arabian oryx, and the California condor and to reintroduce these animals into the wild. Captive-born animals can also be used to supplement wild populations that are endangered. Currently two species of cat are being bred in captivity for reintroduction to the wild: the European lynx and the Florida panther . There are also plans to supplement the population of Russia's Amur leopard , whose population numbers only about thirty-five animals. Planned Parenthood The main obstacle in captive breeding is inbreeding. High levels of inbreeding produce physically abnormal or weakened young. Matings between closely related animals can be avoided if zoos and breeding organizations work together and share their animals. Zoo biologists keep close track of the family trees for each of their cats, and these data are used to develop a Species Survival Plan that ensures that genetic diversity is maximized. In 1985 there were only seventeen North Chinese leopards in North America, sixteen of whom were related. The following illustrates a program designed to breed and maintain this species through the cooperation of North American and European organizations.
Tiger Touch - Leading Edge Cub Research less dangerous big (cats) cub rearing protocols. defense against the furthererosion and loss of many endangered or threatened species of large felines. http://www.tigertouch.org/cubsprot.html
Extractions: John Williamson - Tiger Touch, Inc. In the U.S. there are approximately 150 zoos accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association that are the front line of defense against the further erosion and loss of many endangered or threatened species of large felines. Their survival plan is almost brutally simple; keep the genetic carriers in isolated captivity until a species management program decides the need for additional specimens. While this is better than rapid species extinction, it offers little to the welfare of the animals, very limited genetic variability, and inadequate gene pool size. Government, having few clear guidelines, limited effectiveness, and often serious conflicts of interest with respect to conservation and species preservation in particular, has abdicated its power to literally hundreds of Non Government Organizations (NGO's) whose survival plans range from fencing off natural habitat, hiring small armies to protect the remaining wildlife, endless studies, to negotiations with governments to become signatories to various agreements purported to solve the pernicious problem of plain old poaching. The NGO's themselves range from highly rational to patently off-focus. One thing they have in common, however, is incessant pleading for money to support activities that are all but impossible to achieve or evaluate within our lifetime.
Extractions: What is a Living Resort Home Back A provides the best living environment attainable for captive felines to include security, food, enrichment, and medical care, with extensive habitat dimensions and education that is both entertaining for the felines and the people visiting the facilities. Our goal is to create a place that brings people and animals together in nature while serving as a nature- based learning and observation site representing and teaching the stewardship needed. Back to top Back Home
Great Cats Of Texas, A Living Resort of natures rarest and most endangered and threatened felines originally found A few examples of such endangered Texas felines are the Jaguarundi, http://www.greatcatsoftexas.org/index1.html
Audubon Nature Institute Inc: support researchersÂ’ efforts to preserve threatened and endangered (cats) forfuture generations. Among the adoptable felines is a cat called Ivy May. http://www.auduboninstitute.org/rcenter/getinvolved.php
CPAWS Education - Edu-Action Library - Walking The Line reduces the (cats)Â’ advantage, and the relatively mildmannered felines Abundant in Canada, wolves are considered endangered or threatened south of http://www.cpawscalgary.org/education/edu-action/2002-1003-endangered-species.ht
Extractions: Edu-Action Listserv Edu-Action Library Walking the Line October 3, 2002 Context: A draft bill to protect endangered species is in legislative limbo right now, but our Prime Minister could kick it back into play. Have interested students write to him, encouraging him to protect their natural heritage by passing the Species at Risk Act (SARA) as soon as possible. Right Honourable Jean Chretien October/November 2002 THE GRIZZLY Unlike the United States, which safeguards species under the federal Endangered Species Act Species At Risk Act As their name suggests, woodland caribou live in mountain forests, where they dine on arboreal lichens, grass, forbs and huckleberry bushes. In early winter, the animals move to lower elevations to avoid deep snow. As the season progresses, however, they climb back up to ridges above 6,000 feet, where their oversized hooves trod the now-hardened, 6-to-12-foot-high snowpack to reach otherwise inaccessible lichens far up in the trees. Except for mountain goats, woodland caribou are the only large animals that tough out winter in the high country. Authorities in British Columbia seem particularly uncertain about how to handle the grizzly hunting question. In February 2001, officials in the province issued what was to be a three-year moratorium on killing the bears. But with the ink barely dry on that edict, a newly elected provincial government lifted the ban that July.
Energy Resources in cat predation, says people often take the stance that felines killing In California, several species of endangered birds are threatened by (cats), http://www.maproyalty.com/stanford/killer_among.html
Extractions: There's a killer on the loose, stalking victims out of public sight and mind. Operating under the guise of the garden-variety house cat, this predator is responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of birds every year. So many birds are being killed by cats and collisions with urban America that fully a quarter of the winged species are in decline, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Millions of birds die when they slam into glass office buildings or sliding-glass doors. Millions more meet their end on auto windshields. Still millions more die in crashes with communication towers, power lines and wind turbines. As reported in The Times (Dec. 8), windmills in the Bay Area's Altamont hills are taking a high toll on local birds, including golden eagles. But house cats are the slaughter machines. One study concluded that free-ranging cats kill at least 7.8 million birds each year in rural Wisconsin alone. And that excludes urban areas. Another study in Michigan concluded that a single pet cat killed at least 60 birds in an 18-month period.
Hybrid Big Cats In felines, blue means a slategrey colour. Genetically, it is a form of the reason some endangered species are further threatened by hybridisation). http://members.aol.com/jshartwell/hybrid-bigcats.html
Extractions: HYBRID BIG CATS #1 WHAT ARE HYBRID BIG CATS? Zoos and menageries once bred exotic-looking hybrid big cats to attract the public just as hybrid small cats (Bengal, Chausie etc) are now bred as pets. The bigger and more ferocious looking, the better the public liked it. Hybrids are unlikely in the wild. Where big cat species have overlapping territories, they usually have different lifestyles to prevent them from coming into conflict - conflict being more likely than romance. The few claims of natural hybrids have not been properly substantiated. To deliberately breed hybrids, the parent cats are raised together to overcome any natural enmity between their species. Some hybrids occur accidentally where different cat species were housed together for convenience; the keepers did not realise that the cats would - or even could - mate. It is claimed that lionesses must be sedated in order to mate with a leopard or tiger. The urge to mate can be so strong that a lioness in heat may willingly allow a smaller leopard to mate with her. In "The Variation Of Animals And Plants Under Domestication" Charles Darwin wrote: "Many species of Felidae have bred in various menageries, although imported from diverse climates and closely confined. Mr. Bartlett, the present superintendent of the Zoological Gardens (18/17. On the Breeding of the Larger Felidae 'Proc. Zoolog. Soc.' 1861 page 140.) remarks that the lion appears to breed more frequently and to bring forth more young at a birth than any other species of the family. He adds that the tiger has rarely bred; "but there are several well-authenticated instances of the female tiger breeding with the lion." Strange as the fact may appear, many animals under confinement unite with distinct species and produce hybrids quite as freely as, or even more freely than, with their own species."
Species Information Feline Species. There are 36 species of wild (cats). The sixcategories are Critically endangered, endangered, Vulnerable, Near threatened, http://www.cathouse-fcc.org/catsinfo.html
Extractions: There are 36 species of wild cats. In early March 1996 the Felid TAG (Taxonomic Advisory Group) had a conference. At this meeting a revised felid taxonomy was officially agreed to. As you may have noticed in the past, many different books gave different taxonomies - for example, the snow leopard being in 'panthera' or 'uncia', all small cats being 'felis' vs many different small cat genera, etc. The new taxonomy agreed to basically divides the former Felis and Panthera groups into 13 and 4 genera respectively, for a total of 18 genera (13 in the Felidae subfamily, 4 in the Pantherinae subfamily, and 1 in the Acinonychinae subfamily). There are still 36 species (the Iriomote cat is officially a subspecies of Leopard cat, and the Canadian, Eurasian, and Iberian Lynxes are officially different species, not subspecies). Most species are further divided into subspecies, based on physical distinction and/or geographic separation. I have only gone into detail about the leopard subspecies, as these groupings are fairly well agreed upon. Most cat species' subspeciation is a topic of debate. Separate pages for some of the species below describes their IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List status. The Red List takes into account overall world-wide populations, so even if a cat is endangered in one country or state, as a species it may not be listed as endangered. The six categories are: Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, Near Threatened, Least Concern, and Data Deficient. (Information taken from the Autumn 1995
DOMESTIC CAT PREDATION IN FLORIDA The adverse impacts of (cats) in Florida is best documented for threatened and The endangered Piping Plover is at risk from cat predation on beaches where http://www.abcbirds.org/cats/states/florida_intro.htm
Extractions: DOMESTIC CAT PREDATION IN FLORIDA State Cat Predation Intro California Florida Hawaii Domestic cats are efficient predators that have a serious impact on Florida's native wildlife. Photo: Dr. Gil Ewing Background: Florida's native wildlife species are threatened by the growing number of free-roaming owned, stray, and feral domestic cats. The adverse impacts of cats in Florida is best documented for threatened and endangered species, especially beach and cotton mice, the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, and the Florida Scrub-Jay. Cats also kill birds with populations in decline, such as Black Skimmer, Least Tern, and the endangered Piping Plover. Disease spread by feral cats may threaten the endangered Florida panther and other wild animals. Florida Cat Populations: Nationwide, cat owners keep an average of two cats per household. However, in the south, there is an average of 3.2 cats per household. Mild weather permits cats to spend more time outdoors and stray and feral cats may live longer. In some areas, large numbers of un-owned cats congregate in "colonies" at garbage dumps or feeding stations where food is left out for them. Cat colonies vary from simple groups of cats, to colonies where volunteers attempt to manage the colony (see "Managed" Cat Colonies in Florida
