Hi there, Later this month is Snow Leopard Day on the 23rd October and one of the organisations involved is the Snow Leopard Trust which was founded in 1981. Helen Freeman embarked on a life-long quest to help these remarkable cats, and the Snow Leopard Trust was created to prevent the extinction of the endangered snow leopard in the wild. Mission: "The Snow Leopard Trust aims to protect this endangered cat through community-based conservation projects that are based on an improved scientific...

Hi there, Recently, 6 updated 𝗜𝗨𝗖𝗡 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 were 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀. 🔴 Three species, the Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi), Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes), and the African Golden Cat (Caracal aurata) have been reassessed on the IUCN Red List. Both the Black-footed Cat and the African Golden Cat have remained Vulnerable whilst the Jaguarundi has been uplisted to Near Threatened. 🟢 The first-ever IUCN Green Status of Species assessments...

African Wildcat ~ the Domestic Cat's Ancestor and Hybridisation Hi there, As you may already know the African Wildcat or more specifically the North African Wildcat (Felis lybica lybica) is indicated as the ancestor of domestic cats. This process of domestication is complicated and possibly occurred at different times in different regions. Unfortunately, due to being so closely related to domestic cats, this means that African Wildcats can interbreed with domestic cats and the offspring are...