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Can sand cats be domesticated?

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These solitary creatures don't live in groups like other wild cats do. (Photo: Paul and Cathy/Flickr). Unlike lions with their prides, sand cats spend most of the year on their own. They only pair up to mate and usually have no more than five kittens per litter. 5. read more

If you had a sand cat from a young age, you could probably get it reasonably tame (though you would, as with many wild animals, have to get it at an age where really it is too young to be away from its mother and its forced to be dependent on you - not great for the cat). read more

sand cat x domestic hybrids Anecdotally, there have been two attempts to breed Sand cats with domestic cats in the USA, however the Sand cats apparently died without producing F1 offspring. Being adapted to arid climates, Sand cats are delicate in captivity and prone to respiratory infections. read more

Al Ain's zoo has 31 Arabian sand cats - 16 males and 15 females. The smallest member of the cat family found in Arabian Peninsula, the sand cat also lives in North Africa and central Asia. "You can't help but be mesmerised by the way the sand cat moves," says Mr Al Qamzi, an Emirati. read more

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