Animal protection groups want to outlaw private ownership of big cats. They say that with an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 large cats kept as pets in the United States, the problem is out of control.

Exotic animals are intriguing for a variety of reasons, leading some people to covet them. But these wild creatures are not ...

A woman said her pet cat is so big that people often mistake him for a big cat - and he will get even bigger. Chastity Hobbs, 26, adopted Maine Coon Kusa in July 2022 when he was just three months ...

The Big Cat Public Safety Act is an urgently needed solution to the problem of big cats kept as pets in unsafe and abusive circumstances. Wild animals imprisoned in basements or backyards not only ...

Felix the cat isn't afraid to show this big kitty who has the larger ego Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously appeared on ...

Big Cat Behaves Like a Domestic Pet and Chases Laser Pointer Around. Published May 19, 2021 at 11:08 AM EDT. By . Rebecca Flood is Newsweek's Audience Editor for Life & Trends, and joined in 2021 ...

There ain’t no meowntain high enough for this big cat. Yuliya Minina, from Stary Oskol, Russia, claims her 3-year-old Maine Coon cat Kefir is “the largest cat in the world.” In one Instagram ...