My beautiful Russian Blue boy Mishka, doing a spot of bird watching. More cat pics: / / / / / / / /
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WILD & FREE / / Honey (named after the colour of her eyes) and her three cubs were very obliging to rest on this ridge whilst they scanned the plains for breakfast. Taken in the Masai Mara early one morning about half an hour after sunrise, this is one of my favourite images and I find myself always coming back to it. / / (Masai Mara – Kenya) / / The world’s fastest land animal, the cheetah, is a unique and the most specialized member of the cat family and can reach speeds of 70 mph. Unlike other cats, the cheetah has a leaner body, longer legs, and has been referred to as the greyhound of the cats. It is not an aggressive animal, using flight versus fight. With its weak jaws and small teeth, the price it paid for speed, it cannot fight larger predators to protect its kill or young. The cheetah was once a common animal found on five continents, but is slowly losing its race for survival and is now classed as an Endangered Species! Check out more info here / Cheetah Conservation Fund / / / / / / / / / / / / /
This was the first mating action of the morning for these lions, which is usually the most violent (as you can see here)! We were really lucky to find them just after first light while the park was still empty! / / / (Samburu National Park – Kenya) / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
WILD & FREE / / Just a bit of fun! / / This lion was posing for the cameras!! / / Hope it makes you smile as much as me! / / / (Masai Mara – Kenya) / / >< / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
When my daughter came to me with our kitty sleeping / on the dust pan, I ran for the tripod! We were at another / site then, (in a contest), and I told her that if we won, / I’d give her the camera. They took longer than expected / to ship it and ended up giving us the top camera there / to make up for it. Needless to say, her camera is better / than mine now. :-/ (And I have to “get permission” to use it! Ha.)
Dreamy shot of a lazy leopard chilling on a Sunday afternoon. Submitted to the Sold! group. / Sold 1 Poster, Mystery Buyer Leopards are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae. The leopard is a large carnivore of the cat family, Panthera pardus, widely distributed in Africa and Asia. It is commonly yellow, buff, or gray, patterned with black spots and rings. The rings, unlike those of the New World jaguar, never have spots inside them. Black leopards are commonly called panthers, a name sometimes used for all leopards. They are not a distinct species but merely a color variant caused by melanism, or excessive pigmentation. Close inspection reveals the typical spotting, which is obscured by the darkness of the background. Leopards are somewhat smaller than lions and tigers; the largest males are about 7 ft (2.3 m) long, including the 3-ft (90-cm) tail. Leopards are solitary, largely nocturnal, and good climbers; they hunt both on the ground and in trees. They prey mostly on small animals such as monkeys, rodents, and birds. Leopards are found in much of Africa south of the Sahara and in parts of Asia from Israel to Korea and Indonesia. They are listed as threatened or endangered throughout their range, owing primarily to loss of their natural habitat and to illegal killing for Oriental folk medicine. Be sure to check out these other wild cat images:
A friend got a sweet kitten and it fell asleep in my lap. This is my favorite picture of all the pictures I took of the kitten that day. Her name is Sheba.
digital photography, the Bestiary series – Subu the lion, Colchester Zoo, Essex, England… / Only available for sale from the Phoenix Appeal
As is. He was so interested in his paw that he let me get close…...my Sweetie!! Cats are cats not dogs or very furry people. They’re true to themselves and their world view. I respect and love them for this surety of purpose, even though their “catness” confounds and frustrates me sometimes. This particular cat, my Sweetie, is the absolute cat-est cat I ever met! / Canon Powershot IS 2S
Snow Leopard / Endangered Species / Canon EOS 30D DSLR The Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia),sometimes known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia from Afghanistan to Lake Baikal and eastern Tibet. The taxonomic position of this species has been subject to change. In the past, many taxonomists included the Snow Leopard in the genus Panthera, with several of the other largest felids, but later it was placed in its own genus, Uncia. However, a recent molecular study places the species firmly within the genus Panthera, although the exact position remains unclear.[3] Along with the Clouded Leopard, it represents an intermediate between so-called big cats and smaller species, as it cannot roar, despite possessing an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone, which was thought to be essential in allowing the big cats to roar. However, new studies show that the ability to roar is due to other morphological features, especially of the larynx, which are absent in the Snow Leopard.[4] Well known for its beautiful fur, the Snow Leopard has a whitish-tan coat with ringed spots of dark, ashy-brown and rosettes of black. Its tail is heavy with fur and the bottom of its paws are covered with fur for protection against snow and cold. The life span of a Snow Leopard is normally 15–18 years, but in captivity they can live up to 20 years. Although the Snow Leopard is internationally regarded and legally protected as an endangered species, currently there exist no effective measures to stop poaching and loss of habitat in Jammu & Kashmir. The Snow Leopard population of Jammu & Kashmir has increasingly come under pressure as a result of poaching for furs, loss of habitat caused by deforestation and dam projects, and loss of food sources caused by similar environmental pressures. In both Pakistan and India-administered Jammu & Kashmir, this threat to the Snow Leopard has developed. The armed conflict of the last 8 years in Jammu & Kashmir has further exacerbated this problem as the soldiers and armed resistance groups have shown little regard for species preservation. The instability has also allowed for an illegal trade of furs. A 1994 raid on a group of traders in Srinagar that hauled more than $1 million worth of furs and garments made from 1,366 of the world’s most endangered wild cats, tigers, snow and clouded leopards and Bengal tigers indicated that the lack of effective measures to preserve endangered species has deteriorated further as a result of the 8 year old conflict. Cases like these reveal that the poaching of wildlife in Jammu & Kashmir’s forests and in other Himalayan regions has returned with a vengeance that threatens some of the world’s most beautiful and exotic animals after a period of curtailment of such poaching in recent decades. Under this situation, the Snow Leopard is directly threatened. K.E.W.A. advocates that strict conservation measures be put in place in Pakistan and India-administered Jammu & Kashmir. Habitat protection, captive breeding, stiff penalties for poachers and international buyers of illegal furs, and public education must all be a part of such an undertaking to save the Snow Leopard. But such an effort would require major involvement of international organizations. The rarest and most beautiful of the great cats, the snow leopard…is wary and elusive to a magical degree, and so well camouflaged in the places it chooses to lie that one can stare straight at it from yards away and fail to see it. Yet the snow leopard’s talent for invisibility has not kept it safely out of the sights of hunters, who continue to kill the cat for its “coat of pale misty gray, with black rosettes that are clouded by the depth of the rich fur”. Elusiveness also has done little to help the snow leopard cope successfully with an ever-increasing influx of tourists, sheep herders, dam-builders, and other humans eager to make use of the spectacular landscape. The result is that the snow leopard, despite its remote home high in the Himalayas, has become one of the most endangered of the large cats.
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Close-up of Scottish tabby cat grooming as she washes her paw with the greatest of concentration. After eating, grooming is the cat’s most observed ritual, followed by napping …
My cat Oreo / Oct 2008 / Nikon D80 w/ 24-120mm VR Featured in Black With a Hint of Colour – Nov 28, 2008 / Featured in Color Me a Rainbow – Apr 9, 2009 / Featured in Paws n Claws – August 26, 2009 1st Place in the Challenge “Avatar challenge” in Black With a Hint of Colour – Jan 5, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Best of FEATURED Black Works” in Color Me a Rainbow – Apr 16, 2009 / 7th Place in the challenge “Rescued and Adopted Cats” in Paws n Claws – Jun 21, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Black, White or Black & White Cats only” in Paws n Claws – Aug 22, 2009 / 5th place in the challenge “BLACK AND WHITE But not” in Canon vs Nikon – August 29, 2009 / 1st Place in the challenge “Cats (Black Background Only)” in Paws n Claws – November 2, 2009 Group Avatar in Black With a Hint of Colour – Jan 5, 2009-Feb 1, 2009
Savannah More to come in this series :D CLICK FOR FULL VIEW Canon 400D / Canon 100mm USM Macro lens / 500/500 Studio Lighting / Post processing: Desaturated slightly /
Alaska [ Seal bi-colour-RagDoll-18weeks] Canon 400D / Studio lighting / f/stop 2.8
a little fun in photoshop and a big hooray for 2am galavanting with MissMiller
A couple day young kitten at the NSPCA. Take a look at her Milk Mustache, she was just fed through a tube. A worker was kind enough to hold her up for me so I could take a photo. Featured in: Tabby Time ~ 3 per day, June 2009 / Thanks to all Hosts Featured in: Street & Shelter Cats, June 2009 / Thanks to all Hosts Featured in: For the Love of Cats, June 2009 / Thanks to all Hosts Featured in: Sleeping Creatures, July 2009 / Thanks to all Hosts #2 in the Kitten Challenge, Paws n Claws Group #6 in the Cuddle Up Kitty challenge, All Soft and Cuddlies Group All proceeds will got to the NSPCA The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
650+ views as of Nov. 16, 2009 Winner of the Cutest Kitten Challenge, / November 13, 2009. Featured in Paws ‘n Claws July 2, 2009 & in Cats & Dogs July 3, 2009 Mickey is the newest member of our family and is now 9 weeks old. She is such a little ham! Gus, our resident feline, now 5 years old, only beats her up occasionally…instead of daily! Given a bit more time I think they will become the best of friends. We’re not entirely positive yet but do believe Mickey may be deaf. Pet Portraits / Black & White Gallery / / / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
Canon REbel xt Canon L 70-200 /
This is Odin….he lives at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Odin is an 8 year old White Bengal Tiger who was hand raised, his trainer is Lee Munro. Odin is 10 feet long from nose to tail and he loves to swim; he is the star of the exhibit “Odin’s Temple of the Tiger”. Odin’s mother was the first White Tiger born at the park. I was so taken by this guy, he is so handsome and has such a personality. The face he is making here is actually keeping the water from going up his nose. A century ago there were about 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are just 2,500 adults, with the Bengal / variety almost extinct. None has been seen in the wild since the last white tiger was shot and killed in 1958. Deviantart Daily Deviation, 2009-08-06 Winner of the Best Featured Work Challenge / 11/10/09 – 368
Canon 350D / F/5.6 / 1/10seg / ISO-100 Winner of the Eyes are Green challenge in the Amateur Photographer’s Association / Featured in Paws and Claws 2nd Novemeber 2009 / Featured in Cats and Dogs 3rd November 2009 / Featured in the Amateur Photographers Association 18th November 2009 332 views at the time of entering the 100+ group
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