Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation

Ensuring the survival of small wild cats and their natural habitats worldwide, through education and conservation.

[Tashi Dhendup 🐾 @_tashidhendup]

So excited to be here in San Francisco for the upcoming #WCNExpo . I am teaming up with the @smallwildcats to talk about the underrated small felids and Pallas’s cat in particular. Be sure to join the conversation @wildnetorg

[Alvaro García @alvaro_garcia_o]

The poster of our research and conservation project about #PampasCat (L. colocolo) in NW #Peru. Thanks to all the institutions and volunteers for their support! Great team @CindyM_Hurtado!
#ConservationOptimism #DryForest
@smallwildcats @IDEAWILD @corbidi @SavingNature @SERNANP

[Sam Brock @SamBrockNBC]

Harrison Ford’s closing message at @GCAS2018 : “For God’s sake, stop electing leaders who don’t believe in science. Or even worse, pretend they don’t believe in science” for political self-interest. “Never forget who you’re fighting for.”

[Saving Wildcats (#SWAforLIFE) @SaveOurWildcats]

We love this wildcat micro drawing by @SwannShane - great work Shane!

[Anya Ratnayaka @urbanfishingcat]

#fishingcat and #otter tracks on the same path at our study site. Two fish eatung predators walking about early morning, just hours apart.
Photographed by our volunteer Thejani Tennakoon at Diyasaru Park #colombo #srilanka #urbanfishingcat

[Anya Ratnayaka @urbanfishingcat]

Our boys are in @TheAtlantic!
A provocative theory holds that city life is challenging urban animals to become smarter than their rural counterparts. @PaulBisceglio chased down a mysterious wild Cat in Sri Lanka to investigate: https://t.co/uK2eiHfoFi

[Re:wild @rewild]

Researchers were able to use camera traps to get more precise population data. #Caturday https://t.co/b1QusvxDbS

[Cindy Hurtado @CindyM_Hurtado]

A female #Pampascat? and this is not in the Andes?
This little female was our third pampas cat capture in the #Sechuradesert! Unfortunately, with only 1.65 kg we couldn't fit her with a GPS collar. #wildlife #pampascatconservation

[Anya Ratnayaka @urbanfishingcat]

Female #fishingcat seen in #Battaramulla, #SriLanka after being disturbed from her nap. How cool is #colombo’s #urbanwildlife! Thank you Rajanya Udurawana for the filming this fishing cat, and Danusha Ganewatta for sending it over! @Global_Wildlife

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

An interviewee demonstrating how an #AfricanGoldenCat was trying to ambushing and attack his goat, before he came to the goat’s rescue. Only 5/24 households loose their livestock/poultry to AGC and other #wildlife!
Text: Badru Mugerwa, #Bwindi #Caracalaurata Project

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

Two of our partner projects in Asia are hosting events to celebrate #fishingcatfebruary! Check out the posters to learn more! @Global_Wildlife @wildnetorg @iseccanada
#smallcats #smallwildcats #fishingcat #rustyspottedcat #junglecat #india #srilanka #conservation #wildlife

[Anya Ratnayaka @urbanfishingcat]

It’s that time of the year again! Where we celebrate our favourite feline! #Colombo, are you ready to get quacking? @Global_Wildlife @smallwildcats @wildnetorg
#urbanfishingcatproject #fishingcatfebruary #srilanka #urbanwildlife #fishingcat #smallwildcat #endangeredspecies

[Snow Leopard Trust @snowleopards]

Livestock kills by #snowleopards are a source of conflict with local #mountain communities, which pose a major threat to this big cat. Community-run livestock insurance programs are part of an innovative solution to this problem. Learn more: https://t.co/HJyagYKltY #conservation

[Re:wild @rewild]

Facebook being used for illegal reptile trade in the Philippines https://t.co/C8SeW4QSCV via @Mongabay

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

Congratulations @NilouRaeesi! https://t.co/jx6iAMiKhV

[Rufford Foundation @ruffordgrants]

New project: Niloufar Raeesi Chahartaghi - Carnivores -https://t.co/sAficHO9Yb

[American Museum of Natural History @AMNH]

Like sauropods, large living herbivorous reptiles such as Galapagos tortoises eat plants without benefit of chewing. An inner “fermentation tank” in the gut holds food for up to 11 days, giving bacteria plenty of time to break food down and extract its energy.

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

Listed as Least Concern the Serval occurs widely through sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of tropical rainforests and the Saharan desert. It specializes in preying on small mammals, birds, reptiles and arthropods. Major threats include wetland habitat loss and degradation.

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

The caracal, Caracal caracal, is listed as Least Concern in the #IUCNRedList. Its geographical distribution covers a wide range of environments, and it is subject to different pressures and threats that vary in extent and severity, resulting in different local population trends.

[Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation @smallwildcats]

Did the last #AfricanGoldenCat change colour? Or are we just amazing at Photoshop? Nope! The AGC is actually one of the 11 melanistic wild cat species found around the world!
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Photograph by the Bwindi Caracal aurata Project.
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#smallwildcats #wildcats #wildlife #wildlife #cats