The Wild Cats World leopard conservation project in South Africa has started, at this moment we are working hard to get a first huge and natural enclosure ready for the first two ambassadorleopards Feline and Felix. In our photogallery you can follow the start of this project and the building of this enclosure, step by step, by watching daily new added photos.
Leopard Conservation Project - Wild Cats World in association with Daniell
Cheetah Breeding Project (together: Spotted Cats Conservation). Enclosures
designed by Anton Buijen van Weelden & Babette de Jonge (Wild Cats World), built
by Francois Erasmus/African Imprint Outdoor Centre, Kirkwood. Sibblings Felix &
Feline, our ambassador leopards, will be an important part of our Leopard
Conservation Project. They will get a huge, natural new home they would love -
follow the "making of" in this photo album! When they are both sexual mature
they will both have a new partner, with another equal sized enclosure, where
they will get more space & enrichtment than most captive-born leopards. With
their offspring (2nd, 3rd generation?) we like to start re-wilding projects, and
hopefully not in too far a future we will be able to "contribute" leopards back
to their natural habitat - to freedom!!!!! Welfare is most important to Wild
Cats World in every situation: captivity and the wild!!!!
See photogallery
Five young lions arrive in sanctuary "Stichting Leeuw" On thursday April 26th, five young lions arrived in our sanctuary Stichting Leeuw, Anna Paulowna/Netherlands. They still have to get used to their new surroundings and the first time away from their mommy. The lions, one male and female born in August 2011 and one male and two females born in September 2011, in Serengeti Park, Walsrode/Germany. Their stay in our sanctuary is meant to be temporarily. We like to relocate them, and maybe their offspring, back to their own natural habitat; semi-wild but the ultimate goal is: back to the wild and freedom!
The Bornean Clouded Leopard is a medium-sized wild cat (belongs to the
group of small felines though) found on Borneo, Sumatra and the Batu
Islands in the Malay Archipelago and publicised under that name by the
World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on March 14, 2007. The species was
previously found in Java, but has not been recorded there since Neolithic times.
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From bobcats to servals, small cats are spread across the globe. They range in
size from the rusty-spotted cat and African black-footed cat, each of which
weighs around five pounds when fully grown, to the Eurasion lynx, which can
reach an adult weight of 60 pounds. These felids are elusive, some are
nocturnal, others are arboreal, and all are rare and secretative, making them
especially difficult to study. James G. Sanderson, the world's leading field
expert on small cats, and naturalist and wildlife artist Patrick Watson provide
informative andn entertaining answers to common and unexpected questions about
these animals. The authors explain why some small cats live on the ground while
others inhabit trees, discuss the form and function of their coat types and
colors, offer scientifically sound information on human-small wild cat
interactions, and even review the role that small cats have played in
literature, religion, and mythology. The world of cats is as fascinating as it
is diverse. Small wild cats: The Animal Answer Guide shows just how important
and interesting the littlest of the nondomesticated feline family are.
