A farmer trapped this sub-adult caracal which was predating on his chickens. A course of antibiotics, 6 weeks in a pre-release enclosure being well fed and he has just been released into a conservancy...
Click on the button further down the page of the news article to see images of caracal, sand cat and African wildcat, taken by the camera traps of the Saharan Carnivore Project...
It has been a long journey for Hobbs, the caracal rescued by Dr Wendy Tait from Brenton On-Sea. Found abandoned at a few days old... (Page Down a few times to get to this story.)
