Rare Chinese Cat Captured on Film
Triggered by body heat, a remote camera recently captured this image of the elusive Chinese mountain cat at about 12,300 feet (3,750 meters) on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in China’s Sichuan Province. A total of eight images of the feline represent the first time the mountain cat has been photographed in the wild, said Jim Sanderson, a cat specialist with the Wildlife Conservation Network who led the team that snapped the rare shots. A paper about the cat will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Science.
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“There’s no interest in its conservation because it’s poorly known, but now perhaps this will change.”
I am biased by my love of cats but I hope this helps conservation efforts.
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January 29th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Hey,
I love cats very much and I try to get as much information about these amazing animals.
It was very interesting to hear about the chinese cat.
danit
February 20th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
“The tiger population has dropped from nearly 3,600 five years ago to about 1,411, the government-run Project Tiger said recently…”
June 1st, 2008 at 9:20 am
“this study gives us hope to think that little hidden cameras might help us better understand where these charismatic cats and other rare animals roam…”