Comments on: African Golden Cat https://wildcatconservation.org Working for the smaller wild cats Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:21:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Pat Bumstead https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/#comment-129912 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 21:48:53 +0000 http://66.147.242.189/~birdcana/wildcatconservation/?page_id=93#comment-129912 In reply to Aria Nelson.

They are not hunted because they are cats. Throughout their habitat, all animals are hunted for food and the Golden Cat is not singled out. The bushmeat trade, where people lay wire cable snares in the forest, is a direct threat to the cats but the snares are intended for all wildlife species.

]]> By: Aria Nelson https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/#comment-129911 Tue, 18 Feb 2020 17:40:47 +0000 http://66.147.242.189/~birdcana/wildcatconservation/?page_id=93#comment-129911 Are the African Golden Cats actively hunted?

]]> By: World's Largest Antelope Photographed in Uganda for First Time - Airiters https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/#comment-129662 Tue, 02 Oct 2018 01:36:19 +0000 http://66.147.242.189/~birdcana/wildcatconservation/?page_id=93#comment-129662 […] According a press release, the bongo wasn’t the only animal caught by the traps. In total, the planted cameras took 18,000 snapshots that recorded 32 mammal species, some of which, like the bongo, had never been photographed in the area before. Forest elephants, chimpanzees, buffalo and leopards all set off the traps, as well as more unusual species including elephant shrews, the weasel-like cusimanse and African golden cat. […]

]]> By: A-Z of animals : Aardvark to Cuscus https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/#comment-116425 Fri, 28 Aug 2015 10:21:49 +0000 http://66.147.242.189/~birdcana/wildcatconservation/?page_id=93#comment-116425 […] African Golden Cat is a medium sized cat and can grow to 90 cm (35 in) in body length and weigh up to 18 kg (40 lb). […]

]]> By: Zookeeper Travels: African Golden Cat | International Society for Endangered Cats (ISEC) Canada https://wildcatconservation.org/wild-cats/africa/african-golden-cat/#comment-110915 Tue, 17 Feb 2015 17:17:55 +0000 http://66.147.242.189/~birdcana/wildcatconservation/?page_id=93#comment-110915 […] See also African Golden Cat […]

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