Mountain Lions are Native to Nebraska Mountain lions are native to Nebraska. European settlers eradicated the big cats through hunting, poisoning and trapping in the 1800’s and in the 1990’s, over one hundred years later, the cats began to come back into Nebraska from neighboring states. Today, an estimated 22 lions roam Nebraska, predominately in the northwest. No One Has…
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The Amur Tiger Adapted to Survive Harsh Cold Winters The Amur tiger, you might know this cat by the name Siberian tiger, lives in the coniferous, scrub oak and birch woodlands of the Primorsky Krai region of the Russia far east. This tiger has adapted to live in a the harsh cold climate where extreme cold temperatures and deep snow…
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The tiger (Panthera tigris) is the world’s most favorite animal according to a survey carried out by Animal Planet. This poll of more than 50,000 people in 73 countries chose the tiger, the world’s largest and most threatened with extinction of the big cats. When asked to explain the overwhelming appeal of the tiger, Dr. Candy d’Sa, an animal behaviorist,…
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The new year has arrived and with it came a new responsibility for Eddie and me. It is time for us to follow Gracey’s paw prints caring about all cats big and small. Even though we are still kittens, we have grown a bit and learned a lot from Lazy Leopard and Bad Kitty. They have been guiding us and…
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As the year draws to a close many of us might take time for reflection. It is befitting to think about changes we would like to see for the better when the clock strikes midnight and the clean slate of a new year begins. Out with the old, and in with the new. These past few months I heard way…
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Annie’s Message Just a few short months ago, I was waiting for my forever home in a cage with Eddie at the Grayson County Humane Society. Donna and her team took really great care of us. They made sure we were loved, received snuggles and attention so we would be socialized and ready for adoption. The Grayson team makes sure…
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Annie and Eddie are waiting for Santa Reindeer are popular during the Christmas season. We see them in movies, in Christmas displays, on holiday greeting cards and of course pulling Santa’s sleigh. But in northern Scandinavia, reindeer are a part of everyday life for the Sami people of Lapland. Lapland is the Arctic homeland of the indigenous Sami people of Norway,…
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The Oxford University Press chose the word “selfies” as a 2013 Word of the Year! I am sure not one of us has escaped being exposed to the seemingly endless stream of self portraits captured on mobile devices. While most folks try to pose showing off their best side, many of the selfies come out, well a bit out of…
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Panthera’s Leopard Program Is Saving Lives Two years ago we wrote about a new idea to help save the wild leopard, one of the world’s most persecuted big cats. The beautiful fur of the leopard is highly sought after and to make matters worse, today the demand for leopard skin is increasing among members of South Africa’s Shembe Baptist Church,…
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Normally I welcome the feeling of stillness that accompanies winter’s first blanket of snow, but I feel downhearted. The below average temperatures are not welcome at my door. Early morning hours are a favorite of mine with just a hint of sunlight creeping in and glistening off the snow covered ground. But today, I see only gray. Looking out the…
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Annie and Eddie See Snow!
The Cheetah is Racing for Survival
The Cat Signal! Walking into the Alley Cat Allies Conference in Washington D.C. last month, the first thing I saw was the lighted image that represents Alley Cat Allies. The beautiful image led the way up the stairs to the conference where over 350 people caring about community cats had gathered to learn what we all can do to…
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