Together with the park’s environmental education team, we held a lesson for children where we told the youngest residents of Kosh-Agach about their wild, fluffy neighbor — the manul.
During the lesson, the kids learned many interesting facts about the manul. Together we watched the cartoon “Children of Maana,” inspired by an Altai folk tale, and also practiced drawing a fluffy rock! 😁
Grusha is scheduled to move to a new enclosure on April 29. The zoo shared and showed what this new home will look like.
The new fenced area consists of an area with artificial rocks and a grassy area. Artificial rocks:
This type of enclosure was created because Pallas's cats hide not only in rocky but also in grassy areas.
Nagomu and Apricot are on a walk together!
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I took an emergency day off work today and visited the gang of Bat-Erdene, Altai and Khutga today at their new home. How exciting! We were playing a bit of a game of hide and seek, but with patience they gave more of a show than expected. Very brave 😻
Living in the North of England, I am so happy to now have two zoos (Edinburgh Zoo and Lakeland) that are both two hours drive from me. Manul day trips! 😻😻😻
Naru-kun is staring at Azu-chan, but Azu-chan is cold towards him.
Az and Nar at Kobe Animal Kingdom have entered their mating season and started living together on March 6, 2026. Wish them luck!
According to some manul lovers' X posts, Nar and Az started living together.
Maybe in the afternoon of March 6
I look forward to next spring💕
Traditionally, the mating season for manuls at the Novosibirsk Zoo begins in February and continues through April.
This year, the handsome George, the eldest son of Zelenogorsk, is once again courting the beautiful Mia — a well-known and beloved fluffy lady of sorrow with an alluring look… oh, what a character she has! 😈
It’s not easy for George to find the key to Mia’s heart this year, and even harder to ask her out. He might even end up stuck in a tree again! 😅🙈
Please, support George in the comments!
George, you are the best! 😺
Last November, two Pallas’s cats arrived at Red River Zoo:
💙 Midas, a handsome five-year-old male from Birmingham Z.oo;
🩷 Meera, a fluffy young lady from Columbus Zoo.
Sadly, the wonderful Eva, who had lived here since 2016 and brought many minuls into the world, has passed away. She was 9 years old.
Thus, Red River Zoo is now home to three manuls: Yeshi, Midas, and Mira. 🐾
⚡️ Hooray! A new zoo has appeared on the manul map: The Lakeland Wildlife Oasis in the United Kingdom!
At the end of last week, three brothers arrived there from Port Lympne: Altai, Khutga, and Bat-Erdene.
Let’s take a look on the photos of these young fluffy gentlemen(ul) shared by the Lakeland Wildlife Oasis:
We wish the brothers an easy adaptation and lots of manul happiness in their new home!
Manulovers — is anyone planning to visit the fluffy trio in their new home?
So the manul journeys continue!
Let’s see who went where:
💛 The fluffy señorita Ariunaa from La Torbiera has moved to Zoo Brno in the Czech Republic. There are now two Pallas’s cats living there!
We wonder if Ariunaa has already met the grumpy Siberian handsome Muztau🥰
🤎 The nordic fluffy valkyria Duchess from Nordens Ark has traveled to meet her fiancé Akiko in England, at Edinburgh Zoo.
Poznań Zoo reports that Bożenka the Pallas’s cat has been found! Hooray! 🎉
The zoo announces that Bożenka has returned — safe, healthy, and… looking as if she just came back from a weekend in the city rather than an unexpected escape 😼
According to reports, Bożenka was most likely roaming not far from the zoo grounds. She was spotted near Lake Malta and also around the Olszak Pond area.
The fluffy traveler was eventually found on the zoo grounds near the nocturnal animals pavilion, which is located not far from the zoo’s main entrance.
Most importantly — she is in good condition! 🙏
Bożenka will remain under observation until Monday to make sure everything is truly fine.
Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve, China has shared a rare footage: a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) with the body of a Pallas’s cat (Otocolobus manul).
The reserve notes that cases of red foxes preying on manuls are not common. Within the Sanjiangyuan ecosystem, such behavior is not merely the “law of the jungle,” but rather a reflection of interspecific competition and an opportunistic predatory strategy under conditions of strong ecological niche overlap.
Both the red fox and the manul primarily feed on small mammals such as pikas. However, in addition to pikas, the fox actively consumes carrion and is capable of taking larger prey, including marmots. Although the ecological niches of the fox and the manul are partially differentiated, during periods of resource scarcity the larger and more omnivorous fox may perceive the manul as a competitor. Elderly, young, or weakened manuls are especially vulnerable and more likely to fall victim to a highly opportunistic fox.
Such mutual restraint among mesopredators reflects the self-regulating mechanisms of the high-altitude ecosystem. At the same time, these dynamics are influenced by external factors such as climate change, habitat loss, and other ecological disturbances. All of this forms part of the complex and fragile mosaic of the Sanjiangyuan ecosystem.
However, the exact circumstances under which the fox in the photograph obtained the manul remain unknown: it is unclear whether the cat was old or ill, or whether the fox found it already dead.
Bożenka from Poznan Zoo disappeared from her enclosure.
Today Poznań Zoo reports that during the morning inspection, staff discovered that the facilities where the manul was kept had been opened. According to the zoo, she may have been intentionally released by an unknown individual.
Bożenka’s distinctive feature is the absence of her left eye, which she lost at a young age.
The zoo asks everyone to remain vigilant and carefully look around the area near the zoo and the surrounding neighborhoods.
If you spot the animal, please do not approach her and immediately contact the zoo at +48 663 110 436 or the municipal guard at 986.
Hello to all Pallas's cat lovers.
The site has now implemented a new "translation function into any language."
Therefore, although I am normally a Japanese speaker, I will be posting an article in Japanese (probably the first on this site).
This is a repost of an article posted here in August 2025.
Today, after a month in quarantine (a standard procedure when an animal transfers from one zoo to another), our fluffy beauty Pepe has moved into her exhibition enclosure! 🔥
Her new home is the enclosure where Shu was born and lived in his childhood (he has now moved to a next door, newly built enclosure).
For the first while, the fluffy newlyweds will be switching places so they can get to know each other from a distance first ☺️
We wish lovely Pepe an easy and gentle adaptation to her new home and the most purr-fect introduction to her precious groom, Shu Svenovich the Pallas's cat!
Great news, everyone! With another batch of photos from camera traps installed with our collaborative support in Kazakhstan, we received some truly unique footage — a Pallas’s cat mom with her kittens passing by one of the cameras!
It may look like pure luck that the camera captured these photos, but in reality, it’s the result of the hard work of the people who carefully selected this particular location and applied their deep knowledge of manuls and their behavior in the wild. That expertise is what made this incredible footage possible.
There are already 13 camera traps featured on the website, and we invite you to find the one that captured these photos and enjoy the moment.
P.S. The same camera also filmed a family of birds raising their chicks under the huge boulder in the middle of the frame. It’s such a joy to watch them learning to fly — even if you’re not much of a bird person.
ALERT ALERT! All of the steppe unite! Spell Manulization in the comments with your eyes closed. And if we get at least one person who got it right, Zelenogorsk is proud!
ATTENTION! ATTENTION! All of the steppe, unite! Try writing the word "Manualization" in the comments with your eyes closed. If just one person spells it correctly, Zelenogorsk will be proud of you!
Hooray! There’s a new zoo on the manul map: Bio-Topia in France!
A pair of young manuls now lives here 🥰
Meet Saran, a fluffy Italian lady, the daughter of Fellini and Altana from La Torbiera. She arrived at the zoo first, back in December.
And just recently, her fluffy groom named Aaron joined her. Aaron is the son of Alani and Aysen from Košice Zoo.
We wish these fluffs manul happiness in their new home — and may they fall in love with each other! ❤️