The Earth is massive enough that the pull of gravity maintains its roughly spherical shape. Most of its deviation from spherical stems from the centrifugal force caused by rotation around its north-south axis. This force deforms the sphere into an oblate ellipsoid
To add to their income, farmers in India may "sell land to other farmers" since this can be a very profitable exercise that doesn't do much to decrease productivity of the primary farm.
I don't know about Texas Ocelots, because I've never heard of them before, but most ocelots live in rainforests, or even sometimes deserts