William Blake’s famous poem expresses incredulity that such an animal could ever have been created. Continue reading “Tyger Tyger, burning bright”
Category: Cats
Cats – by someone less well known than T.S. Eliot
One of the 20th century’s great English poets, A.S.J. Tessimond’s work was rediscovered in the 1970s and has since received great acclaim. Continue reading Cats – by someone less well known than T.S. Eliot
This is an ex-tiger!
Monty Python’s 1969 “Dead Parrot Sketch” is a classic, but it has tragic overtones. Continue reading This is an ex-tiger!
Tiger, tiger…
At the beginning of the 19th century there were 40,000 tigers in the world. Today, around 4,000 are left in the wild, more than half of them in India. Continue reading Tiger, tiger…
The Iberian lynx: Prehistoric feline grace
Until recently the survival of the Iberian lynx, one of the world’s rarest wildcats, was in doubt. But conservation efforts are finally paying off. Continue reading The Iberian lynx: Prehistoric feline grace
Snow leopard: A close encounter of the rarest kind
Getting up close and almost personal with one of the world’s most beautiful and inscrutable big cats. Continue reading Snow leopard: A close encounter of the rarest kind