Alex Ritson

It's basically habitat loss.

Thailand, like many other countries, expanding.

And these are very ecologically sensitive areas where these cats live.

So plantations and agricultural lands coming up.

So they're habitat loss.

was forcing them to disappear.

But it is still there in Indonesia and also in Malaysia, in some parts of Malaysia.

Well, they're very happy about they've rediscovered this in Thailand.

But they're also worried about because of the pace of development in different places.

And that's why they say, you know, we need to protect this habitat.

And what is interesting is, you know, cats do not normally like water.

But this one, it lives very close to water.

And then it kind of catches.

I was watching some of the videos and how it was hunting fish and, you know, going into the water without fear.

And it is just like the Labradors.

Like, you know, you have a kind of web on the feet so that it can negotiate water.

It is one of those few cats which can negotiate water.

It's smaller.

It looks like a cat, but then it's nocturnal and also very elusive.

That's why it is very special.