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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Scientists writing in the journal Historical Biology say they have proved that a big cat once prowled the British countryside. A mysterious animal in a museum's underground storeroom helped the team prove that a non-native "big cat" roamed around the British countryside a century ago. The scientists analyzed the animal's skeleton and mounted skin and found that it was a Canadian lynx, which is a carnivorous predator more than twice...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the early 1990s, Florida’s panther population was on the verge on being completely wiped out, with an estimated 20 to 25 of the big cats left in the state. To reverse the trends of this dire situation, Florida conservationists introduced eight female Texas pumas in an effort to mate them with local panthers in 1995. The result has been deemed a success as the big cats have rebounded in a big way over the past 17 years,...

Second Annual Trick-or-Treat for Big Cats Campaign Also Features New Opportunity for Schools -- The Big Cats School Challenge Fun, Interactive Trick-or-Treat Campaign Launches Online at www.CauseAnUproar.org WASHINGTON , Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This Halloween, Nat Geo WILD is challenging trick-or-treaters of all ages to help save big cats from extinction by collecting money (along with their candy) for National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative. By trick-or-treating...