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One of our new member on wildfact blog "Dr Panthera" (original name Eddie http://wildfact.com/introduction-and-comment/) posted few very good blog post
In his recent blog post he write about "The Dwarfing of Amur and Indochinese Tigers and Asiatic Lions"

Take a look and make put your feedback in comment below the post
http://wildfact.com/the-dwarfing-of-amur...tic-lions/

~~ The Bear: History of a Fallen King
by Michel Pastoureau, George Holoch  http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?i...0674047822 The oldest discovered statue, fashioned some fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, is of a bear. The lion was not always king. From antiquity to the Middle Ages, the bear’s centrality in cults and mythologies left traces in European languages, literatures, and legends from the Slavic East to Celtic Britain. Historian Michel Pastoureau considers how this once venerated creature was deposed by the advent of Christianity and continued to sink lower in the symbolic bestiary before rising again in Pyrrhic triumph as a popular toy.The early Church was threatened by pagan legends of the bear’s power, among them a widespread belief that male bears were sexually attracted to women and would violate them, producing half-bear, half-human beings—invincible warriors who founded royal lines. Marked for death by the clergy, bears were massacred. During the Renaissance, the demonic prestige bears had been assigned in biblical allegory was lost to the goat, ass, bat, and owl, who were the devil’s new familiars, while the lion was crowned as the symbol of nobility. Once the undefeated champions of the Roman arena, prized in princely menageries, bears became entertainers in the marketplace, trained to perform humiliating tricks or muzzled and devoured by packs of dogs for the amusement of humans. By the early twentieth century, however, the bear would return from exile, making its way into the hearts of children everywhere as the teddy bear.This compelling history reminds us that men and bears have always been inseparable, united by a kinship that gradually moved from nature to culture—a bond that continues to this day.

There was a similar thread in the old AVA forum, so I'd like to start a new one here.

Just post all your own available pics of the canines and claws from all big cat species.

The ARD (one of the German broadcasting companies) recently started a new series on volonteers working in African parks: 'Am Kap der wilden Tiere'. I saw the first today and concluded it could be interesting. Here's the link:

http://www.daserste.de/

One of the volonteers who featured had worked in the Hamburg Zoo before he went to Africa. If I remember correctly, a volonteer gets a 3-month contract. I wouldn't say it's big, but in Holland and Germany young people interested in wildlife and prepared to work as a volonteer somewhere in Africa are not few.

http://news.yahoo.com/zimbabwe-most-famo...05794.html

What a shame. Until much more severe penalties are enacted, this wll continue

The real story behind the growth of India's Wildlife Sanctuaries
Take a look at the table below that shows Indian states which have reported an increase in the number of wildlife sanctuaries but a reduction in the total area covered by them (from 2006 to 2014). Thanks to my friend Raval Haresh for this information






Below is the source: http://www.rediff.com/news/report/rediff...150602.htm
its an alarm for indian wildlife sanctuaries

War is coming...
The five Birmingham males have been seen in Majingilane territory( Elephant plains and apparently the territory where the Othawa pride is), killing a buffalo yesterday.




It's amazing(but not unexpected) how much they have grown since they were kicked out by the Selatis and, walking in Majingilane territory and even roaring(a serious and risky move, since roars are mostly used to signal you claim in a territory) shows that change can be coming really quickly to the lion world.
At full force,4 older, more experienced kings vs 5 younger brutes I completely back the Majingilane. They know how the game is played, they know what they have to do and how to win it.
On the other hand, the Birmingham males are at least 6 years younger than the Majingilane.

This is the oldest(4 years old), the blond male, one of the most beautiful young males in the Sabi sands


And it's clear that a 5 vs 2 battle, as usually the Majingilane split when patrolling, is a lost cause for the older males, and eventually this could balance ther outcome of the warfare to the Birmingham side. The same and more can be said if the caught one of them alone..

On the other hand, there is the presence of the two Matimba males. I have been told that both coalitions are slightly related, but since the danger of in-breeding is only real after several generations, maybe the Birmingham males will prefer to tackle this males instead. Granted, both Southern Matimbas are beasts of nature, really big males, but like I always try to point out, number are everything in the lion world.
So what is going to happen? I don't know. But I'm sticking to lions pages in facebook and wildlife blogs to get to know everything about it and, who knows, maybe we get lucky enough to witness it in a video, like 3 and 5 years ago.
Can you imagine the privilege of seeing all of these powerful males fighting and roaring for their territory?...

 

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Some picture comparisons of large hoofed animals would be interresting. Especially such as gaur, bison, water buffalo, and African buffalo. Also camel, moose, horse, and giraffe.

This thread in particularly is dedicated to the American Buffalo (Bison bison).

Looks like this would be a nice place to visit.