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Rare Werewolf Cat Found In South Africa

A Lykoi or “Werewolf Cat” has been found under a bush in South Africa. The rare kitten, one of only 35 in the world was found by the Tears Animal Rescue feral cat team hiding under a bush in Cape Town.  Tears reports: The only naturally-born South African Lykoi or ‘Wolf Cat’ on record was discovered by the TEARS Animal Rescue Feral Cat team in The Company’s Garden in Cape Town. Part of a litter of six kittens taken to TEARS for sterilisation in March after the disappearance of their mother – a Short Haired Domestic tabby – the only strange-looking kitten in the litter has since been confirmed as an incredibly rare Lykoi. United States veterinarian and world Lykoi specialist, Dr Johnny Gobble, says, “The little Lykoi at TEARS is the first natural mutation in South Africa reported to me. The Lykoi breeder in SA started with Lykoi cats from another breeder that we began with our lines so those cats were bred and did not occur naturally.” Gobble, fascinated by rare breeds and genetics, was the first breeder of Lykoi in the world from naturally occurring Lykoi. He says that about 20 years ago, these oddball cats were thought to have [...]