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Saying Goodbye to Sihil the Ocelot

On Saturday the Cat Ambassador Program (CAP) team said farewell to another icon in the Cat Ambassador Program. Sihil, our 21-year-old ocelot, was humanely euthanized due to a decline in her health. Sihil was [...]

Glass Glass Baby: Birth of Healthy Kittens following Sperm Vitrification for Artificial Insemination

Vito and Elsa, kittens produced from vitrified sperm

A world leader in small cat reproductive research, our Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW) has successfully produced the first non-human offspring – two kittens – using vitrified sperm (semen preserved as glass [...]

Successful Fixed Time Artificial Insemination in the Fishing Cat

CREW continues to make progress in improving the success of artificial insemination (AI) for propagating endangered cats. In recent research, we incorporated treatment with oral progesterone (Regumate) into our AI protocol for domestic cats to down-regulate ovarian function prior to ovarian [...]