Tag: cats

united-nations:

Thursday‘s first-ever International Jaguar Day is an opportunity to reflect on the important conservation efforts underway aimed at guaranteeing the jaguar’s survival.

The jaguar is the third largest big cat in the world, yet 50% of jaguar species have been lost due to human activity, including land clearing for development and agriculture, as well as poaching. Today, 90% of the remaining jaguars live in the Amazon rain forest.

Our colleagues at the United Nations Development Programme are working with governments and local communities in Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Ecuador to conserve the jaguar’s natural habitat and monitor the activities and well-being of the big cats.
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📷: UNDP Ecuador / Victor Utreras

flamingkat:

deanpleasepassthegravy:

forestbeneathme:

keepmywhiskeyneat:

wyvernchild:

lavender-ice:

please.

That is the exact spot my parents found a stray kitten. Nice little addition to the family, but would have been a terrible addition to the pavement had she not been very vocal OTL

No joke, the place where that cat is resting in this picture is called a “dead cat hole” it’s an automotive term.  Don’t believe me, look it up.

This is also where I found a stray cat, she was up in there during a thunderstorm and I begged my dad to let me being her inside and that’s the story of how I got my first cat.

Please don’t skip over this without reading it and making a mental note. Even if you don’t have a car, tell your parents or whoever, and make sure to do this. You think that’ll never happen but that’s what everyone thought who had this happen and didn’t check, and that poor cold cat met with a terribly sad end.

REBLOG WHETHER YOU LIKE CATS OR NOT

beautiful-wildlife:

Cheetah Cubs by © franslanting

When cheetah cubs are two months old they are irresistible to watch. Siblings are sparring partners around the clock. But the odds against their survival are not as appealing. More than half of all cheetah cubs do not survive their first four weeks of life and most of the rest do not make it beyond their first year. Cheetahs can’t climb trees like leopards, they can’t dig burrows like hyenas, and they’re not social like lions, so they are always vulnerable no matter where they are.

beautiful-wildlife:

Cheetahs, Serengeti by © franslanting

Two young cheetah brothers are crouching down to drink from a water hole in the Serengeti. Cheetahs may be able to survive for long periods without drinking water and rely instead on the blood from their prey, but they don’t pass up an opportunity to drink when they can. You can tell they are still young because of the ruff of fur along their necks, which disappears when they mature.