The domestication and trade of pet cats began about 10,000 years ago ... while Prionailurus bengalensis was a small leopard cat native to China. It wasn't domesticated, but it lived among humans.

China's first pet cats arrived in the country around 1,400 ... people in rural Chinese communities lived alongside native leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis). Researchers have previously ...

On International Leopard Day, FOUR PAWS warns how leopards are threatened by their commercialisation.View on euronews ...

Back in the 1970s, leopard populations plummeted in many ... Fortunately, this has helped to control the number of wild cats sold as pets in this country. In general wild animals make very bad ...