Desert Sand Cat Facts. It behaves typically like a wild cat and sometimes behaves friendly towards people. Behaviour the solitary sand cat feeds mainly on small desert rodents, hares, birds, reptiles and insects.
Today we decided to share with you the 10 most interesting facts about sand cats. Sand cats leave almost no footprint as they walk across the sand. Sand cats will fall under the umbrella term as a 'wild cat', and most laws ban these animals because of the lethality of 'big cats', despite the presence of smaller species that are not more dangerous than domestic cats.
Number of sand cats decreased drastically in the past couple of decades due to habitat loss, poaching.
One of the smallest of the wild cats, the sand cat is a beautiful desert cat ranging from sahara in north africa to the arid regions of iran and pakistan in west and south asia. They are provided with plenty of hiding spaces and burrowing opportunities, and have access to round the clock medical care. Number of sand cats decreased drastically in the past couple of decades due to habitat loss, poaching. Desertification, loss of vegetation and habitat degradation along with persecution in retaliation for killing chicks have put them at risk.
