Now that Xmas is nearly over here is a little message

... from me. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!!!!!!!!!

The List on how u can tell how fast they are coming

up to Extinction.

1 - Extinct
2 - Extinct in the Wild
3 - Critically Endangered
4 - Endangered
5 - Vunerable
6 - Conservation Dependent
7 - Near Threatened
8 - Least Concern

Hope that helps understand all animals that u c on Wikipedia with these 8 ratings, no 1 is the highest and no 8 is the lowest, for example, the Caspian Tiger is a no 1 and the Leopard is the no 8 or in other words the Caspian Tiger is extinct and the Leopard has the least concern symbol.

Some facts about big cats that are depressing

Tiger (Endangered) : Quickly disappearing from the wild, only 1,300 to 1,500 Indian tigers remain in India--a decline of over 50 percent in 5 years.

Jaguar (Near Threatened) : Amazon rain forests are among the last places on Earth where jaguars, the largest and most powerful cats in the Western Hemisphere, can be found in their natural splendor.

Snow Leopard (Endangered) : WWF helped lead a study that revealed a dramatic decline in populations of this magnificent species over a 10-year period.

Lion (Vunerable) : In Namibia--where vulnerable lions roam--WWF supports conservation approaches that are premised upon sustainable ecotourism, habitat conservation efforts, and more.

Amur Leopard (Critically endangered) : Recent studies revealed four new litters of Amur leopards. Yet this species remains the most endangered of all the big cats--with only about 35 remaining in the wild--and poaching continues.

Cheetah (Vunerable) : WWF has been working for almost 40 years with communities in the spectacularly rich ecoregion of Coastal East Africa, part of the cheetah's habitat.

I think thats discusting, and of course ppl are chopping down by my guess the Amazon rainforest, the only place in the world to see the Jaguar living in the wild in its true colours. I think that chopping down the Amazon rainforest would make the Jaguar one of the coolest big cats, by my guess extinct and of course the Indian Tiger. Here is some information about some of the other cats.

Since I wont be here on Xmas and Xmas is this ...

... bloggers birthday I would like to wish everyone of the ppl who come to this and all my bloggers a merry xmas and a happy new year. I have got a special picture for the first year and its not got any cats or dogs unfortunatly. It is a picture of a megamouthed shark, the second biggest shark in the ocean, the first is the whale shark and the third is the basking shark. I am thinking next year it will be a tiger or maybe a big cat, I would like to know ur oppinions on what next years picture should be. Plz email me ur ideas and I will think about it personally in my own time not when I have to do jobs or something, if all of us help out we can make this blog a place for all people to be wether u like cats and dogs or not. I am thinking about next years picture, how about a fishing cat for example. Here is that special picture for the first year and a picture of a fishing cat.
Hope u like those pictures, I know I have decided the second and third year, I was just thinking about it recently and then it came to my mind, the second year is the fishing cat and the third year is my favourite fish, the Elephant Fish, the fourth might be a cetacean or something like that.

Bad news for Humpback Whale Fans

China is planning 2 go on a hunt to kill 50 of the worlds most rarest whale (the Humpback Whale) and it ends in April. NZ Greenpeace and another company who like endangered animals are planning 2 do all that they can 2 stop this killing catastrophe. In my point of veiw, China has been the worst country I have ever seen 2 disregard animals, one of the main animals that gets killed everyday is my favourite big cat, believe it or not this big cat is called the tiger.

Another blog ya need 2 know about ....

.... one of my blogs. Its goin 2 be released 2 a friend at Xmas time for a quick Xmas prezzie. I might make a few for a friend but this is the first one I have made so far. Will keep ya updated on the time and track.

The website is as detailed below this caption -
http://awhaleanddolphinwebsite.blogspot.com/

If u have any comments or questions plz contact me on my other blogs and so on and so forth.

The comp has finished ....

.... the worlds cutest animal is the Panda e.g Panda Bear.

Whats ur favourite animal???

... it depends, u only have these 5 choices

1-Polar Bear
2-Dolphin
3-Panda
4-Penguin ... and
... 5-Snow Leopard

Which one would u choose?? Well its up 2 u, WWF is doing a servay to find the worlds most cutest animal, here is that website where u can vote for one of those 5 animals. I will get it up 2morro.

No 2 of big cats - The Snow Leopard

Sorry guys, I am so sorry that this took 2 long. I have not had any comments about how long this would take and wether it would be up by 2008 but im still sorry about this having to take so long, I have been busy with other stuff but the good news is that its here, a report on the Snow Leopards. Thats start with a cute picture so we can get in the mood about Snow Lepords.

1... 2... 3... isnt it adorable but there is more pictures 2 come. Snow Leopards are the coolest cats in the universe apart from the tiger but boy arnt they cute. I luv them to pieces and they are by far the emperors right hand, the one that the emporer can trust because of its beauty and loyalty.
This is why they r the emporers right hand, just look at the picture right now and u can see in its eyes that it trusts u 100 percent. Here is a picture of some Juveniles and then after that I will tell u about another blog that has tigers and of course snow leapords on it, its not hosted by Blogger at all. I will also tell u where Snow Leopords live.
Snow Leopards live in the Himalayas which is a range of mountains in Asia. I dunno how these big cats are surviving in the wild or what their population is 2day but I definatly know that they r still out there waiting for us to save them. Here is that website I was talking about.

http://paraklesis.com/nikkis_pics/

I do not normaly c that there are blogs posting about this cute animal, as well as the emperor of the jungle 'the tiger' but this girl sure has. If she eva visits this blog I would tell her one thing, "u r doing an amazing job promoting the big cats in Asia and I really like ur blog, 10/10 for it as far as ratings go"

Murphy turns 1 - 5th of August

Murphy is now oficially 1. Happy Birthday Murphy. He got a big bone as a birthday present for being such a good doggie, even Possum joined in the fun by getting a big bone for being at his party. U can see photos of these so cute dogs on this website

www.vallhund.co.nz

Well I have 2 go and develop another couple of articles for this blogger and the rest that I have got on Blogger.

Male 3 legged tiger caught on camera traps

If u r interested in tigers and camera traps, here is a website 4 u. Yes its another website from WWF, whom which I am a loyal fan 2 since I get their newsletters on a weekly buisness, or a daily buisness as I would say. They have got pictures of a 3 legged tiger on camera traps, they suspect that this tiger either clawed or scratched its way out of a trap because they found a tigers lower foot in a bear trap. Thank goodness that if it was that tiger that did it, it survived with only a minor injury rather than staying there and waiting for poachers to kill it. Well heres the website so I can do more to a list on my animal lovers blog k.

http://www.panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/index.cfm?uNewsID=108160

Hope u find the news as interesting as I have. Well I gotta go. If any of u wanted to know if I had a fantastic time in Australia, well I did if u really wanted to know.

Not another report of Animal Cruelty again ...

This one I found on the same night but this one is not by Skunkfeather but by a entirely different person. For starters what is a pet food company thinking about putting pain killers in pet food for instance. I dunno but I am so glad this doesnt happen in New Zealand. Here is this website.

http://www.christianforums.com/t5497438-texas-lab-finds-pain-medicine-in-pet-food.html

Hope u dont enjoy reading this but get the importance of checking on your pet food ingredients list to see what ingredients are in the pet food instead of buying it and feeding it to your pet.

Not another report of Animal Cruelty

One of my good friends Skunkfeather from Christian Forums.com has found another report of animal cruelty. This one is more serious than the first count of animal cruelty. This one has been chucked out of a car and has a broken rear leg. Good on ya Skunkfeather if u r reading this report of Animal Cruelty.

http://www.christianforums.com/t5486922-another-kitten-this-one-thrown-from-a-car.html

Hope u look at this website and realise what a cruel world it is out there for animals of all sorts.

Rumors in Australia

There has been a rumor and it has got to do with a big cat in Australia. It could be true but it couldnt be true. This rumor is that there is a big cat roaming in Australia wild. I will tell ya when I see more stuff about this. There is a pic at the bottom of this page of one, its the black panther. Heres another one to add 2 ur plight.

Goin to Australia

Since I am going to Australia soon I thought about putting a article on the top dog around there, the Dingo. Heres a picture of it.

What a perfect stance on a rocky hill. It is native to Australia and if you ever go near a Auzzie island u will see tame dingos coming closer to u not behind a zoo safety fence. Here is a website I found from Wikipedia again about the Dingo just for Auzzie and Dingo as well as dog lovers around the globe. Good on you Wikipedia for doing a good article on the dingo, a cool dog with a cool sense of personality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo

Well thats all I have to say about this cool animal.

Another big cat blog

As I was going to this website, which adress I forgot I typed the wrong adress but it was lucky since I found another blogger about big cats just like this one is. Here it is if u have not seen it.

http://big-cats.blogspot.com/

Good on ya to the creator who created this blog. U have done a wonderful job with ur blog. I would give it a 10/10 because it is so good but it has a article on tiger poaching. Well done for putting that article on your blog, I never knew that tiger poaching was such a dangerous sport that people have done.

Nu top 10

Have or going to edit this blogger to make room for the other contestants, the dogs. Have put 2 top 5s up and u can see that ones for the dogs and the others for the cats. The felines (cats) have taken the top bunk meanwhile the canines (dogs) have been shoved down below.

Feline top 5

1 - The Tiger
2 - The Snow Leopard
3 - The Cougar
4 - The Cheetah
5 - The Ocelot

Canine top 5

1 - The Wolf
2 - The Dingo
3 - The Jackal
4 - The Fox
5 - The Dhole

Will update the website next week if im lucky. The next update on them is in January 2008 or December 2007.

Just thought 2 tell u and remind u that ....

I have 2 other blogs

One 4 stuff about me ....

http://awordfromhazel.blogspot.com/

... and another 4 animal luvers.

http://hazel-animal-lover.blogspot.com/

If u want to look at them just click on link and it will take u straight 2 those websites. If u also want to post a comment on any of my blogs u have my permission 2 do so.

A did u know fact from WWF

I got this email today from WWF since I have subscribed to WWF Newsletters, and at the end it came with a 'Did u know?' fact which was this :

"At current rates of loss, many of the world's species of wildcats could become extinct in the next 25 years. Wild canines are declining just as quickly."

How shocked and appauled was I to read this fact, its so horrible so I thought hey I might want to put this on my blog. If u guys want to send a pre - written letter to your congress (government) about the 'Great Cats and Rare Canids bill'. There was support for it in I guess the American government. I tried to do it but I couldnt because of the 5 digit ZIP code so if u want to do it heres the web adress u go to.

http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/R?i=Y9TpBUMBqiDBIXn6UGnHJQ

Well I hope u have luck with it. I didnt have luck with it but if u want to send it its your choice.

(In other words canids are a group of dogs, check out this website because it has info on canids

http://en/wikipedia.org/wiki/Canidae

Hope u enjoy that website, I am a fan and loyal member of Wikipedia :). Check out that website but just a hint 4 all u cat fans out there -:~:- if u search felidae there u will come up with a whole list of cats of all sizes.)

The Amur Leopard - The Rarest Big Cat

I just thought to tell u all that I am just promoting a big cat. Only 20 in the wild right now, I learnt that from Planet Earth. It lives in America and its name is the Amur Leopard.

Here is a few pics and some websites I picked out just 4 u so u can learn more about the rarest big cat in the world.

http://www.amurleopard.org - Its amazing with this website that they are trying to promote and save this facinating big cat.

http://www.amurleopard.com - Look at this website. You might find it fancy, at the bottom of it though there is a email that you can email to find out more about how you can help this poor animal from becoming extinct. Found the top sentence facinating but a bit sad.

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/species/about_species/species_factsheets/amur_leopard/ -

I have not read this but check out this website. If u click on the threats icon u can see some horrible info that I will not tell u about but its the cold hard truth, here is the basics - 80% of its territory gone in 13 years - how appauling is that.

http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn11708-amur-leopards-now-one-step-closer-to-extinction.html - Sad news for this big cat. I read it all but there is still hope in this world just like a New Zealand person helped saved the Black Robin at the number of 1 breeding pair.

http://www.amur.org.uk/leopards.shtml - I havnt got some pics up yet but check out this website. It also has links to protecting both the Amur Leopard and the Siberian Tiger. Good pics as well.

Now 4 the pictures since the websites I have done are quite good. 10/10 for the one with the pics.

Mums Websites

If u guys want to know my Mum a little more than you do well heres some facts about her :

1 - She breeds Sweedish Vallhunds, an ancient Viking cattle dog
2 - She carves and paints NZ native animals, depending on what you like, and either puts them on TradeMe, does commisions 4 other people or she sells them at the gallery (PS : U have to live or have a friend who lives in New Zealand to aquire 1 of her paintings)
3 - She cares about animals just like me
4 - She is a good mum to me, my other 3 sisters and my brother
5 - She is really nice to me and sometimes she gives us treats which we all like and adore (thanks mum for giving us treats
6 - Even though people might not like their mums or get to know them, she and I are good friends as well as mother and daughter.

Want to find out more or see pictures of her check out my 1st blog by the name of :

A word from Hazel - http://awordfromhazel.blogspot.com/

Well heres her 2 websites which u might want to check out :

http://www.petadowle.co.nz/
http://www.vallhund.co.nz/

Well gotta get back and get this blogger to my animal luvers website since I am advertising her websites there as well

Animal Cruelty

This is a serious story about animal cruelty that cat luvers should read. Here it is : http://www.christianforums.com/t5339511-new-cat-with-seven-4-day-old-kittens.html. Well read the blogger. This forum is for all Christians only. If you want to post me a comment about this article I will give my promise to put it on the website 4 that person to see. Well thats all I gotta say.

The King Cheetah

There are species today which facinate me, one is the King Cheetah. Its got stripes and spots and Animal Planet as well as myself agree that this cat is the most magnificent and beautiful of big cats in the world. Well thats all I have to say about this facinating big cat. Here is a picture of it if u want to look at it and see what it looks like.

The Plight of Wild Tigers.

If u r tiger fans like me and u want to learn more about the dangers that wild Tigers are facing today check this website out. http://www.worldwildlife.org/tigers/ Its got cool info on Tigers and its by WWF. WWF r making a picture of a tiger with pictures of people around the globe and I put one of myself on it, and after the tiger picture is full as they can get it, well its kinda a petition because after maybe the tiger picture is full they are going to send it to the Goverment of China so they can see for theirselves how many people luv the tigers so they can put a end to awfull stuff. If u want to enter this competition and if u want to see the pictures on the web of people who like tigers on that tiger mosaic I was talking about heres the website to go to. http://www.worldwildlife.org/tigermosaic/?enews=enews0407c Just click on da picture of the tiger with pictures coming out of it. Well thats all I gotta say.

'Eye of the Leopard' on Discovery Channel

Did any of u guys see the programme 'Eye of the Leopard' on Discovery Channel on either Saturday night or Sunday morning on Sky? I did (although I missed more than I could handle as I went for a trip to Lawrence to buy stuff with my pocket money I get every week at the local 4 Square.) and it was awesome. It shed light into the plight of the leopard and they said if the eye brings life and hope then the leopard is the eye of Africa. U guys can comment on it when ever u saw it ok, I want to hear your views on the story that they shot (thats if u ever watched it like me and my family). I hope u like the picture of the Leopards down below this sentence.

Well I gotta go and check my other blogs and see what production brings in a blogger state of life which the production is comments from my blogs.

Wahoo ... a new big cat

Recent news has spread throughout the world (I guess) is there is a new big cat hitting the streets of Borneo. This new cat is the Borneon Clouded Leopard. My Mum said something and I totally agree with her, this thing is that this cat is not so beautifuller and cooler than the tiger but it is better than the rest. Here is a photo of this cool big cat that has been hitting our news.

Its the pride of good feelings to find such a rare treasure and big cat like this ok. My guess is that Tigers and Borneon Clouded Leopards totaly rule. It is the king of the Borneon jungle because its the top predator of where it lives. If u want to learn more about this cool big cat check out this website. It is a news report on this cool cat.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/spot-the-difference-its-a-new-leopard/2007/03/15/1173722619693.html

Well thats all I have to say about this cool big cat. Catch u guys later. That was my coolest statement of the week.

Good news for Tigers and Leopards ...

Found a email that I forgot about which said that people in Indonesia have caught some guys who do more major bust in leopard skins and tiger skins than I can count. They have caught the people, taken the bust of tiger skins and leopard skins of their hands. They might be charged with almost serious prison sentences and by my right they will if I was the judge of that court which I am not. It was in a email from WWF, actually that email was 1 of my WWF newsletters. Thanks for that WWF. If u are reading this u r making a good decision for people and animals around the world because of this information that I was really suprised and happy to see that I saw in the info ok. Good old WWF for doing this and making the world a better place for tigers and leopards all around the globe.

Woopsies ...

I cant find a picture of the book but I can find a picture of him if anyone wants to have a look at it. It is to be posted on 'a word from hazel' Hazels 1st blog and the other one 4 animal luvers around the globe which is Hazels 2nd blog.

A tribute to Arthur William Badden Powell.

Have any of you heard of the guy by the name of Arthur William Badden Powell?? Well I have and he is a wonder to my eyes. He died at the age of 86 or 85 (dunno when his birthday was) on the 1st of July in the year 1987. If he was alive today he would be 106 or 105. Will post the final details on this as soon as I know when his birthdate was ok. He is the founder of Scouts and his wife of course is the founder of Girl Guides. He was also a conology person **conology is a study of sea shells**. He named more than 1,000 different species of molusc, sub species or species. He was a marvelous person when he lived. If any of u want to know more about NZ animals that I have not told u about get out a book called Powells Native Animals of New Zealand the 4th edition or the book called Native Animals of New Zealand - edition 3. It is a must read for all ppl out there who want to learn more about New Zealands native animals and fauna as well. Well thats all I have to say about this guy. When I reccomend this book I definatly recomend it and that is my final word. If u have any friends who would luv to learn stuff about NZ animals when they are in a different country or in New Zealand this is the book for them. Wish I could have a picture of the book but I will soon do it on another part of this blog with the pics soon OK. The pics will be posted only on Animal Luvers blog if anyone wants to see these pics. It is not yet done but it will soon be. I promise u that ok.

No 4 of Top 5 Wild Cats

This cat is the fastest cat in the world. It is also known to be the fastest animal on land, i dunno about the fastest animal either in the sea or on the land. Its name is of course the Cheetah.

This cat is far by the coolest cat I have ever heard of. Theres a joke that I know which includes this animal

Q : "What big cat do u never play cards with?" A : "The Cheetah."

It has a real big cat personality even though its not a big cat at all. There is something I have to say, rather than climbing up trees and jumping down trees, the cheetah would rather jump up trees and climb down them. The cheetah makes a bird like call instead of a roar because its legs and body is developed 4 running at high speeds like it does when it is hunting prey. I absolutly love this cat because of its strength to do speeds. It runs at short bursts but even that doesn't put me off at all.

No 5 of the Top 5 wild cats I luv

Here is the 5th one in it. I thought about this animal and realised that it is the rarest cat that I could find (Not included a species of leopard that I will show you as the days get shorter instead of longer). Check it out. Its name is the Ocelot.I found this cat as I was looking at endangered cats in a magazine 'Total Girl' and of course the tiger was no exception and this one came up to me as the 2nd coolest cat in the magazine I found. I dunno about the range of this cat but it has appeared to me as a new cool cat of the century, of 2006. Who knows it might be the 2nd or 3rd of the top 5 cats not the top 1st cat because the IndoChinese Tiger is one of the worlds greatest cats I have seen so far in my entire lifetime. This cat is also known as the painted leopard if u see it in zoos. It has 2 or maybe 1 Ocelot Cubs in a litter. The classified species is at least concern on the endangered list. If u want to see the Ocelots range click on the link in this sentence and it would lead u straight to it. Well thats all I have to say about this remarkable cat. As U have learned so have I and its been a remarkable journey learning all about the Ocelot.

My 3 blogs.

A note from Happy Hazel

Please, if you have any comments or questions about this blog please feel free to go ahead and say them. If they are not up to your standards of your blogs I can easily change them so they meet everyones standards. Its no trouble at all to me. Keep on bloging.

5 big cats that I love.

Since I have done something about 20 New Zealand animals on my animal blog I thought I would take another turn and do 5 Big Cats that I have loved in 2005 to 2006. I will always publish it every year so here they are.

1 - The Indo - Chinese Tiger
2 - The Bengal Tiger
3 - The Snow Leopard
4 - The Cheetah
5 - The Ocelot

Well those are my 5 top big cats. I thought about the big cats I loved the most and one of them I put there for choice since it is not nearest to extinction but in this year or last year it shocked me by the point of its extinction. Will put photos of these animals on there soon. The Cheetah and the Ocelot are cats, but not big cats -Panthera- so I have changed it to my cat website, big or small, I will put them on this blog.