We’d like to welcome Paragon Bengals as returning advertisers to the website. Paragon are located in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. They currently have brown (black) rosetted bengals and silver (black) rosetted kittens avaiable. Further information is available on the breeders ad or on the breeders website.
More than eight thousand conservationists and policy makers are currently in in Barcelona, Spain, for the IUCN World Conservation Congress.
Held once every four years, the gathering is viewed as a landmark event where future conservation strategies are developed.
Amongst the motions being debated on Saturday, was one about the Iberian lynx, of which there are only probably around 1500-200 remaining in the wild.
The problem is the one that threatens more species than any other; habitat loss, as wild animals give ground to man.
In this case, the plaintiffs are simply asking Spain and Portugal to give greater priority to the lynx’s preservation - which presumably means restricting the intensification of agriculture, urban development and road building.
Two Amur tigers have been transported from Edinburgh Zoo to a new enclosure at the Highland Wildlife Park, near Kingussie.
The pair named Yuri and Sasha have previously reared six cubs.
Edinburgh Zoo said the wild population was in its healthiest state since before World War II, but remained at serious threat of extinction.
It has previously been proposed moving Edinburgh’s polar bear, Mercedes, to the Highland park.
Edinburgh Zoo have replaced the Amurs with a young pair of Sumatran tigers.
The new arrivals - named Tibor and Chandra - are just over a year old and arrived from Heidelberg Zoo in Germany.
Sumatran tigers are also a critically endangered species.
Doug Richardson, animal collection manager at Highland Wildlife Park, said staff were excited to have the Amurs in their care.
He said: “The arrival of the tigers is the latest step in the evolution of the Highland Wildlife Park and one that I am sure will help to raise our profile both within and outside of the Highlands community.”
Scott Armstrong, VisitScotland’s regional director, said the move would increase visitor numbers at the park.
He added: “Due to the current economic climate, it’s a great time to explore what’s on our doorsteps and these tigers will mean a unique experience for both locals and those venturing from further a field.”
September was a strong month for website activity. We received 9972 unique visitors (the highest this year), 14659 visits to the site and 87464 pages were viewed (our highest this year). We’ll be looking to build on these figures in the last 3 months of the year
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On Safari - the annual Bengal cat show organized by Pam Knowles and Les Hall will be held on October 03rd - 05th in Marshall, TX! More details coming soon!
