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We would like to welcome Sun Fire Cattery as new advertisers on the website. SunFire are located in Antioch, CA and currently have a litter of brown spotted and brown marble bengal kittens which will be ready to go to new homes on April 25. See breeder ad for full details, photos and contact info

We would like to welcome BengalsofSherwoodForist as new advertisers on the website. BengalsofSherwoodForist are located in Kuna, Idaho and focus on Brown spotted bengal kittens. They currently have 3 females, Brown spotted, more litters on the way. The cuurrent litter was born March 17th 2008. See breeder ad for more details, photos and contact information.

We would like to welcome Indiancreek Bengals as new advertisers on the website. Indiancreek are located in Harleysville, Pennsylvania. They have Males/females, browns, silvers, snows, pelted and LONGHAIRS available at varying times throughout the year. See breeder ad for full details, photos and contact info. Check with breeder for current availability.

We would like to welcome ‘The Purrfect Spot’ as new advertisers to the website. Located in Bonifay, FL, The Purrfect Spot have litters of brown spotted and brown marble bengal kittens which were born in March and April. They will be TICA registered, up to date with shots and come with a written health guarantee. New pictures posted on the website weekly. Shipping available. See breeder ad for full details, more photos and contact information

A rare North Chinese leopard that is thought to be the only one in the UK is settling into its new home in Kent, according to his keepers.

Tairi has spent the last six days getting used to his new surroundings at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation in Smarden, Ashford.

It is hoped the 22-month-old leopard, who was reared in captivity in Paris, will mate once he turns four.

Chief executive Mark Edgerley said his appetite was bigger than they expected.

He said it was believed that there were just 2,500 North Chinese leopards in the wild and about 100 in captivity.

‘Very fiery’

And according to the breed’s stud book keeper, the leopard is the only one of its kind currently in the UK.

Mr Edgerley said: “It will take him a while to settle in here, moving is very unsettling for leopards and they are a very shy species.

“His appetite is actually bigger than I would have expected, normally they don’t eat for the first ten days or so after moving.”

The centre is an active partner in the European Endangered Species Breeding Programmes (EEP).

Its cats currently include snow leopards, Sumatran tigers, Amur leopards and an ocelot.

The North Chinese leopard was called Tairi after the French Polynesian god of thunder.

Mr Edgerley said: “Already we can see that he is very fiery, which is what we like. We want our cats to be as wild as possible, we don’t want them to be timid.”

It was reported this week that a lynx has appeared in the Italian Alps for the first time in over a century

Authorities in Italy’s South Tyrol region say the lynx, which crossed the mountains from Switzerland, does not pose a threat to livestock in the area.

The lynx was fitted with a signalling collar after being captured in Switzerland in February.

Lynx were wiped out by hunters and farmers in the region in the early 20th Century. They were reintroduced in Switzerland in the 1970s.

On Friday the South Tyrol authorities said the lynx spotted in the area had wandered through the Pejo Valley and had stopped in the Deutschnonsberg area of South Tyrol.

The WWF conservation organisation says there are about 100 lynx in Switzerland, in two main areas: the northwestern Alps, which includes Interlaken, and the Jura Mountains near Lake Geneva.

Lynx are solitary hunters, inhabiting high-altitude forests and preying on small mammals such as hares, foxes and small deer as well as fish.

WWF Italy spokesman Riccardo Nigro told the BBC News website that lynx “are fully protected in Italy”. But he said carnivores such as bear, lynx and wolves could be a risk in some places because alpine communities had forgotten simple preventive measures such as low-voltage fences and dogs trained to defend cattle.

An Italian programme to reintroduce bears to the Alps suffered a setback when one - nicknamed Bruno - ventured into Austria and Germany and preyed on local livestock. Bruno dodged Bavarian hunters for weeks before being shot dead in June 2006.

Dice Bengals, located in Albemarle, currently have a litter of brown spotted and silver spotted bengal kittens available which will be ready to go to new homes on the 27th April. See breeder ad for dull details, photos and contact information.

We would like to welcome Tahoe Bengals as new advertisers to the website. Tahoe currently have a litter of bengal kittens - 3 male, 1 female that will be ready to go to new homes on the 18th April. See breeder ad for full details, more photos and contact information.

We would like to welcome Manzuma Bengals as new advertisers to the website. Manzuma are located in in Romeoville, Illinois and currently have a litter of brown/black spotted bengal kittens (male and female) which will be ready to go to new homes after the 16th of June. They will be TICA registered, current on all shots and worming and come with a  health guarantee. See breeder ad for full details, photos and contact info.