black panther

I just joined so not sure if I’m doing this right but I remember going to gorge around 2011-2012ish and seeing a black panther there just pacing back and forth, and reading about their enclosure that unfortunately makes sense. Anyways, I always thought this was a fake memory I made up until I...

Teo the melanistic jaguar (Panthera onca)

Teo, the melanistic jaguar (Panthera onca)

Mamba the melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus)

Mamba the melanistic leopard (Panthera pardus)

The Black Leopard is a new hardcover book by photographer Will Burrard-Lucas. The subtitle is My Quest to Photograph One of Africa's Most Elusive Big Cats. It was released yesterday and I received it today. It's a high quality hardback just over 200 pages (roughly 8x10 inch). It appears to be...

Black leopard spotted in Africa for first time in 100 years

Interesting short interview piece on research on Malay peninsula with black leopards. For those who do not know, the leopards of this peninsula are almost always black. (Until recently it was thought all of them were black until a camera trap photo showed a normal spotted leopard). Also of...

Hello fellow ZooChat users. First wanted to introduce myself before anything else. Still learning how too navigate forums, but slowly getting my head around it!! Please bear with me (pun intended).. I am a former big cat handler / zookeeper from a zoo here in Australia, but I now run a website...

The Black Leopard which was released from Cordoba City Zoo was today at noon recaptured after being missing for 27 hours. The search involved 150 police, troops and zoo staff. Eventually located in a ravine area close to the zoo it was darted and safely recaptured. Read more and see some...