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Extremely Rare Wild Cat Is the Oldest of Her Kind in Human Care but There's a 'Catch'

Not all wild cats are lions, tigers, pumas, and the like. Plenty of wild cats are just as small and cuddly-looking as our domesticated house cat friends; sometimes even smaller (though ...
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Domestic cats pose interbreeding threat to little known wildcat ancestor

Domestic cats are hugely popular as pets, yet little is known about their ancestor, the Afro-Asiatic wildcat. This species, Felis lybica, is the most widely distributed wildcat in the world, ...
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Alley Cat Rescue African Wildcat Conservation Program Achieves Domestic Cat Sterilization Milestone in South Africa

MT. RAINIER, Md., Dec. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Alley Cat Rescue's African wildcat conservation program operates in South Africa to protect the unique wild cat species (Felis lybica) from ...

Modern Cats Were Domesticated Only 2,000 Years Ago

Perhaps also surprising, the remains of cats and artistic depictions of them have been observed in various archaeological ...
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Tabby’s likely ancestor & Earth’s most widespread wildcat is an enigma

The Afro-Asiatic wildcat (Felis lybica) is the world’s most widely distributed small wildcat, but it’s also one of the least studied. The cat’s conservation status is listed as “of least concern ...
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Where did house cats come from? Ancient DNA shakes up their origin story

The origins of domestic cats — centuries before they conquered the world’s sofas and internet memes — have long been murky. Now, ancient DNA is helping to fill in the blanks, and the findings ...