Comments on: African Wildcat

By: Susan Sposato

Susan Sposato — Sun, 14 Aug 2022 13:44:10 +0000

I’m pretty sure that I have one. Some horrid person left a litter of 5 newborn kittens on the side of a road
They were rescued and I adopted two of them.
I believe that they have different fathers because, one is a tuxedo tabby but, the other one looks exactly like a felis lybica.
So much so, that I swear the photos of these wild cats are photos of him.
Even the vet is stumped as to his breed.

He is the most beautiful, loving kitty! He’s so exotic looking!

By: Jade

Jade — Sat, 30 Jul 2022 03:24:34 +0000

I am pretty sure I had one in northeast Kenya. His name was Jazz. I rescued him as a couple day old orphan, my yellow labrador/Rhodesian ridge-back cross helped me raise him. He was a hybrid because he was white & black, but he had the longest body & legs I have ever seen. His head would reach the kitchen counter when he stood up. Big pointy ears too. He killed everything! Kept snakes & mice down around the house. & even as a kitten he pounced on a full-size pigeon, it took him up into the air for a bit & then, crashed into my Labrador’s mouth. She had watched the action & decide to help Jazz kill it. Funniest thing I have ever seen. He was raised by my lab so he would sleep around the house & yard like a fat labrador. Even adopting the front legs splayed out either direction with his head down the middle position. He could definitely put the hurting on you. At night he’d get these moods to chase you down like a mini cheetah & tear up your calves & thighs. Just shred you up. Normally he was very affectionate, but at night you had better be paying attention. I swear he almost gave me a heart attack on some occasions.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Mon, 24 May 2021 00:09:05 +0000

I have been priviledged to have 2 African wild cats as our family pets .One in 1982 in Newcastle KZN. The 2nd one I found on a golf course also in KZN. Sadly both now are gone.The most recent one we had for 11 years+sadly just passed away.Both of them had such lovely characters. The only differences to domestic cats I found was that their back legs were exceptionally strong+if you went to play,those back legs+claws got a bit more serious than domestic cats, also they were very fadt at snake catching! Luckily I have lots of photographs of them+their beautiful markings.

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Fri, 06 Nov 2020 22:29:38 +0000

In reply to Pamela-anne Dolan. Some experts can tell from the patterning on the cat but the most conclusive answer would be to do genetic testing.

By: Pamela-anne Dolan

Pamela-anne Dolan — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 06:56:16 +0000

How do you tell the difference between a african wild cat and a hybrid

By: Alessandra Berardi Arrigoni

Alessandra Berardi Arrigoni — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:56:39 +0000

Hello. I would like to let you know that Felis Lybica also lives in Sardinia (Italy), where it is commonly known as “gattu areste” (wild cat). For some scientists, this elusive animal living in woods of the large island is a Subspecies of Felis Lybica (Sardinian Felis Lybica). I live with one of them, found when he was a 10-day old kitten, and later revealing to be a wildcat. I call him “Doctor Cat and Mister Wild”. He is very sweet to me, but would assault whoever comes in the house, so I made separated indoor and outdoor areas for him, to keep visitors safe. He understands a lot of different sentences, and is a very affectionate creature.

By: Pat Bumstead

Pat Bumstead — Sun, 01 Apr 2018 20:29:14 +0000

In reply to http://Www.saveacat.org.

Sorry but there are no population numbers for any of the wildcats, including the African Wildcat and Gordon’s Wildcat. The African Wildcat lives in such a huge range in so many countries it would be impossible to study them all.

By: Www.saveacat.org

Www.saveacat.org — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:18:39 +0000

Where can I find population numbers for African Wildcats in different regions ?

By: Les Mitchell

Les Mitchell — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 01:16:40 +0000

Thanks for the up-dates, very interesting so is the flag count