Posted by catinwater on April 26, 2012 · 1 Comment
Our Thailand fishing cats and the remarkable Namfon and her team get their debut on ABC News. This is not by CAT in WATER, but is basically our project in a nutshell. Check it out!
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Posted by catinwater on November 29, 2011 · 6 Comments
Each day we tromp through fields of high grasses and morning glory covered landscapes to set up Mo’s camera trap and search for evidence of fishing cats. One day after we found fresh fishing cat prints from a mother and a kitten living in the area, bulldozers moved in scraped up the earth in preparation … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on July 6, 2011 · 1 Comment
Here’s a nice video sent to us by one of our readers, Brian Czarnik. Brian took the time to tell us a little more about how shrimp farming and our choices at the supermarket are affecting these spunky water-loving cats. Check it out, and maybe it will help take a load off the anxiety of … Read more
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Posted by catinwater on May 18, 2011 · 3 Comments
If you want to pull at the olfactory heartstrings of a fishing cat, only one perfume will do — Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men. Spray a little of that in a fishing cat’s enclosure, and they’ll make like Pepé Le Pew to whatever’s been dowsed. “The perfume has often been used to help enrich a … Read more
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