You think your job sucks?
(July 2nd, 2009)
Well! Try applying for this one: “Bath assistant for lions”.
In those recession times, I guess I’ll stick to engineering…
(July 2nd, 2009)
Well! Try applying for this one: “Bath assistant for lions”.
In those recession times, I guess I’ll stick to engineering…
(June 25th, 2009)

Do not taunt, mock, imitate, dis, nag, insult, jeer, teese, needle, offend, outrage, sneer at, revile, upbraid, impersonate, deride, slander, razz, pester, satirize, rib, agitate, alarm, badger, disturb, upset, incite, vex, torment, browbeat, displease, scare, irritate, distress, provoke, goad, bully, kid, snub, confront, laugh at, infruriate, threaten, disaparage, scoff at, ridicule inflame or goad the tigers.
But, it this really a tiger on the photo?
(June 22nd, 2009)
Automatic hidden camera triggered by movement has shot still frames, half a second apart. The result is this great video of a snow leopard in the wild.
Assistant Director of Science Kim Murray, SnowLeopard.org.
(June 18th, 2009)
If you love saber-tooth cats, if you love drawing, if you want to associated both, it’s time you visit the DragoArt.com web site. They have a nice tutorial on how to draw one of these extinct big cats.

You will learn to draw in step by step construction, the Saber Tooth Tiger from the movie called 10.000 B.C.
(June 13th, 2009)
Go put a small ad to recruit in such a job opening:
Circus looking for a permanent position as “big cat bath assistant”.
Experience not required.

The lion and the bath
(June 6th, 2009)
Cheetahs are impressive hunters thanks to their capacity for high speed chases that leave nearly no chance to a surprised victim. But, it is also a very fragile animal which is usually not able to defend its prey. Here is a very common situation: The gazelle he just caught is immediately stolen by the much more powerful hyena that took the opportunity to grab a fresh kill with minimal risk.
Life is unforgiving in Africa savanna.
(June 4th, 2009)
Springtime brings many new animals to the parks and zoos, not only new visitors. Boston.com “The Big Picture” publishes some photographs from zoos and aquariums around the world from the past couple of months.
A Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) roars as it feeds at the zoo of Zurich, Switzerland.
(AP Photo/Keystone, Urs Flueeler)
(May 28th, 2009)

(May 21st, 2009)
Sometimes, for endangered species, it becomes necessary to forget re-introduction in the wild, but mere life preservation becomes critical. This is even more important for large carnivores like the cheetah because they need a lot of space and a large quantity of preys asociated to well-developped habits and sophisticated hunting techniques.
Since the cheetahs are also endangered, some of these big cats need to be supported even when they no longer can be freed to the wild world. Here comes the Cheetah Conservation Fund (CCF) that provides protection for injured, old or orphaned cheetahs. About 30 of them.
And you can help them financially, if you are ready to sponsor a cheetah.
(May 10th, 2009)
A nice drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, showing a lion and a man.
Source: Bibliodyssey.
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