The
fishing cat, a semi-aquatic wild cat found inhabiting the wetlands,
rivers, streams, oxbow lakes and mangrove swamps of SE Asia is twice
the size of a domestic cat. It is threatened by pollution, destruction
of wetlands, and depletion of fish stocks. It is possibly extinct
in Pakistan and India.
A part of the Soul Nebula (IC1871) with cloud formations sculpted
by intense winds and radiation and lit by glowing gas from the region’s
massive young stars. |