Posted by catinwater on March 17, 2011 · 2 Comments
You’ve probably heard it a lot. Eating shrimp is bad for the environment. It’s quite possibly one of the most delicious and worst things you could eat coming from the sea. Trawling rakes up an astounding level of bycatch, as much as 50 percent of all waste fish caught by commercial fisheries, according to a … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on March 1, 2011 · 1 Comment
Night vision video of wild fishing cats, long-tailed monkeys flying through the trees, the mountain of 300 peaks This video by the research team working with fishing cats in Thailand makes you want to be there, or at least makes you want to help this endangered species. You can help the fishing cat by pledging … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on February 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
In cat speak, “Hubba hubba.” Lek, meet Electra. Electra, meet Lek. They might only be able to peek at each other right now in side-by-side enclosures, but soon, these two fishing cats could just help their species get one more kitten away from extinction. The Smithsonian Institute’s National Zoo debuted their newest addition to the … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on February 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Support the Kickstarter project to document them in the wild here. The fishing cat is up and running! We have 90 days to raise the first round of funds for the CAT in WATER expedition. Check out our Kickstarter project and watch the short video. You can also learn about all the paybacks in store … Read more
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