Kittens and Cat Pictures and news

These adorable lion and tiger cubs appear to have confused their future roles of Kings of the Jungle to that of a pair of sheepdogs instead. The cute cubs have taken to chasing after the sheep on their ranch and rounding them up in a style akin to One Man and his Dog. The cheeky [...]

Nekama, a baby North Chinese leopard, emerges from a basket at her official presentation to the media at Tierpark zoo on March 15, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. Nekama was born on January 7, 2011 and currently weighs 4.5 kg. source:  zimbio.com

A zoo in the German town of Schloss Holte-Shtyukenbrok has become a world wide attraction after the arrival of three beautiful albino lion cubs. These lion cubs have become local celebrities. These three wonders of nature are remaining among the litter of 7 cubs. The zoo staff has been working round the clock to look [...]

Two lionesses stalk their male counterpart before launching an extraordinary attack on the stunned lion. The dramatic set of photographs capture in startling detail the moments two females trade blows with the bigger lion. The females were out hunting when they spotted the lion, and fearing he might be competition, they gave a show of [...]

Monkey decided to become a mother…Anjana the chimpanzee is well qualified to be a kitten-sitter. Since orphaned puma cub Sierra turned up at the zoo, Anjana has helped her human carers with all the feeding, cuddling and chasing duties. The chimpanzee, who is five, has lived her whole life at The Institute of Greatly Endangered [...]

Big cats are notoriously fearful of swimming in open water so to catch three lionesses taking a leisurely dip is a treat wildlife photographers can wait a lifetime for. One such lucky snapper was Per Gunnar Ostby, who managed to capture the three big beasts enjoying their swim one crisp, dawn morning on a trek [...]

Peeking out from among these puppies this tiny kitten may look a little out of her depth but in fact she is right at home. Shakira, the five month-old Serval cat, was welcomed into this unlikely clan after she was rejected by her mother from a local zoo near Munich, Germany. ‘Shakira came to us [...]

Like a cat peering into a goldfish bowl, Akaasha the tiger cub is transfixed by a dolphin staring back at her. Curiosity got the better of both Akaasha and Mavrick, a 14-month-old dolphin who’s probably more used to a crowd of human faces gazing into his glass tank at a Californian theme park. Staff were [...]

As far as lifelong friendships go, Muschi thinks her  large and loveable friend Maeuschen is  the cat’s pyjamas. The feline, which struck up the unlikely friendship with the 40-year-old Asian bear eight years ago, now can’t bear to be apart from her friend. In fact, the pair are so close that zookeepers at Berlin Zoo [...]

Buster is a rare white Bengal tiger cub who feels the call of the wild just as any other wild animal. The difference is that he responds to the call by clambering through a kitty trap door and wanders around the conservatory where he has lived since birth. The eight week old cub was born [...]

How would you like it if your father bit off your head just because you wanted him to play with you? These photographs taken by an amateur photographer at San Diego Wile Animal Park, captured the reactions of a male lion who lost his patience at being chewed and tugged and irritated by his cub, [...]

As they say, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This was most evident when a lioness flew in to a rage after hearing another lioness call out to her mate. Unfortunately for him, the unsuspecting male lion, not realizing how livid his mate was, got too close for comfort. Tantamount to ripping his [...]

They say a leopard never changes its spots. But there is this one leopard that proved this wrong. This adult female leopard was hunting for food around the village of Sonaigalli, in the vicinity of the city of Gauhati, in Assam, India, when she accidentally fell into a well. Villagers in the area were aghast [...]

At the age of two, Tanvir is said to be nimble, ingenious and totally without fear. In fact, he’s supposed to strike fear in people’s hearts – because he is a Bengal Tiger. A resident of Noah’s Ark Zoo Farm, Wraxall, Bristol, Tanvir’s reputation is now shot to bits and he has been labeled a [...]

I never though I would live to see the day I would bear witness to three of the most feared and deadly animals live harmoniously together in the same cage. Believe it or not a bear, lioness and a tiger are coexisting peacefully together in a reserved national park that I had visited recently. It [...]