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| Welcome
to Big Cat News. This is a selection of news related to big cats and small wild
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| Amur Leopardess Found Dead |
| April 24th 2007 |
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An
Amur leopardess has been found dead just two days after a new census reported
that just 25 to 34 Amur leopards remain alive in the wild (only 7 of them female).
The 77-pound (35-kilogram) cat was discovered on April 20 in Russia's Barsovy
National Wildlife Refuge. " It was shot from behind: the bullet entered through
the caudal vertebra, broke the hipbones and stuck in the abdominal cavity. The
leopard sank to its hind paws and one beat it completely with something heavy
in the head." The killing of a reproductively capable female puts the threatened
carnivore even further from the hundred or more individuals scientists say are
needed to sustain its wild population. The Amur leopard is now the world's rarest
big cat.
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| Man Races World's Fastest Cat |
| April 13th 2007 |
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It
sounded like a joke from the start -- an almost primeval joke. Come watch a 100-meter
race on a grass track pitting the world's fastest land mammal, the cheetah, against
one of Africa's fastest human beings. The cheetah goes from zero to 60 mph in
three seconds, the Ferrari of animals. It can reach a top speed of 70 mph. By
contrast, the fastest human has been clocked at around 9:76 seconds in the 100-meter
dash. Looking at the stats, common sense says there's no way man can compete with
this big cat in any race. But don't tell that to Bryan Habana. The 23-year-old
is one of South Africa's most famous rugby players, a speedy winger who's been
credited with some of the most memorable moments in the sport's history. Habana
runs the 100 meters in about 11 seconds.
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