Links

Contents:

1. Wild Cat Information
2. Wildlife Organizations
3. Mailing Lists
4. Other Feline Facilities
5. Miscellaneous

Wild Cat Information

• Small Cat Conservation Alliance Jim Sanderson heads this website, he is the King of small cat conservation projects all over the world!
• Wild Cats Digital Libraby Put together by the Cat Specialist Group of the IUCN, lots of conservation literature in one place.
• Big Cats On-Line Great resource site.
• Iranian Cheetah Society Iranian cheetahs, caracals, leopards, and Eurasian wildcats.
• Persian Leopard of Armenia
• Cats! - From Wild to Mild An encyclopedia of information for each individual species, including photos and links. Put together by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
• Bagheera's Lair Fantastic interactive educational site!
• AZA Felid TAG The Felid Taxon Advisory Group within the American Zoo and Aquarium Association.
• The Cheetah Spot Cheetah information of all kinds.
• Exotic-Catz.com A large site of great resources for responsible private ownership.
• King Of Beasts A great site with lots of lion information.
• ISEC International Society of Endangered Cats. A feline conservation group based in Columbus, Ohio.
• IUCN-Cat Specialist Group This world-wide group organizes guidelines of conservation and captive breeding of all wild cats.
• Cat Conservation Center Online - Cat Action Treasury Nonprofit fund for the conservation of wild cats in their natural habitats, supporting priority projects of the World Conservation Union's Cat Specialist Group.
• International Snow Leopard Trust
• Kod Kod Study Kod Kod's (aka Guigna) are being collared and studied in S. America by Dr. Jim Sanderson.
• Asiatic Lion Information Centre
• African Lion Working Group
• Hornocker Wildlife Institute A Siberian Tiger project and extensive cougar research.
• Cheetah Conservation Fund
• Bigcats.Com Great cheetah resource site, along with other cat information.
• Florida Panther Society
• Mountain Lion Foundation
• Eastern Cougar Research Center Documented information on the rumors of wild cougars repopulating the eastern U.S.
• Africat A valuable project in Namibia working with indigenous cats there.
• Feline Conservation Federation An organization that promotes responsibly private ownership of wild felines.
• Caring For The Scottish Wildcat Information on the last remaining wildcat of Scotland.
• Wildlink International An NGO studying the possibility of "recreating" the Barbary Lion subspecies.

Wildlife Organizations

• Wildlife Conservation Network 100% of donations go to field projects. Organizer of the fantastic "Conservation Expo" in CA every fall.
• World Wildlife Fund
• Wildlife Conservation Society
• ISIS International Species Information System
• Cyberzoo
• AZA Homepage American Zoo and Aquarium Assosication.
• CITES Homepage Convention for International Trade in Endangered Species.
• AAZK American Association of Zookeeper's Homepage.
• Wildlife Rehabilitator's Homepage
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Homepage
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Animal and Health Inspection Service
• National Geographic
• Discovery Channel Multimedia
• Conservation International
• Electonic Zoo Lots of animal info.
• Zoonet Outstanding page!
• Wildnet Africa Resource page of African Wildlife Reserves.
• Predator Defense Institute
• Ark Animals Behavior and training articles.
• ASA American Sanctuary Association, accrediting reputable rescue sanctuaries.
• Save China's Tigers The only organization working to support projects to save native cat species in China.

Mailing Lists

• E-Zoo's List Page A list of all animal-related mailing lists available. And a searcher to find any list.
  
• Wildcats Mailing List A forum for discussions concerning in-situ and ex-situ (in the field and in captivity) conservation of wild felines. This list does not allow discussions directly promoting 'pet' ownership.
• Felines Mailing List Excellent resource for anyone involved or wanting to learn about all non-domestic cats. This list does allow discussions involving private and "pet" ownership of wild felines.
• Feline Conservation Forum Discussions about wild cat research and conservation, hosted by BigCats.Com.

Other Feline Facilities

• De Wildt Cheetah Centre Excellent facility in South Africa that also breeds other indigenous endangered species.
• Sierra Endangered Cat Haven Beautiful new zoo in CA, featuring wild felines exclusively.
• Mountain View Farms Conservation and Breeding Center Facility in Canada specializing in rare endangered small felids.
• Oakhill Center For Rare & Endangered Species, Inc. They are an AZA "related organization" breeding facility.
• Feline Conservation Center They breed endangered cats.
• Tiger Haven, Inc. A great site for a rescue compound in Tennessee. See the five colors that tigers come in!
• Animal Ark A wonderful wildlife sanctuary.
• Noah's Exotic Wildlife Shelter A sanctuary in Idaho.
• Leopards, Etc. A private cat facility that takes their cats into the local classrooms and does outstanding education programs.
• Wildcat Valley Resort A wonderful resort to visit and meet some cats!
• Project Noah, Inc.
• Ridgeway Trust for Endangered Cats A small feline breeding facility in the United Kingdom.

• Tiger Missing Link Foundation Check out their American Tiger Registry.
• Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge A rescue facility run by Tiger Missing Link Foundation.
• Keepers Of The Wild A rescue facility.
• Wild Ones Sanctuary A rescue facility.
• Big Cat Rescue A large sanctuary in Florida, formerly called Wildlife On Easy Street. They have a book available on the details of private ownership.
• Shambala Preserve A rescue facility founded by actress Tippi Hedren.
• Cattales A rescue facility.
• Valley Of The Kings Another rescue facility, formerly JES Exotics.
• Wildlife Waystation A huge (1000+ animals) facility run by Martine Collette in Southern California.
• Carnivore Preservation Trust
• The Cat Survival Trust A feline facility in England.
• Rocky Mountain Wildlife Conservation Center Another rescue facility.
• International Exotic Feline Sanctuary Another rescue facility.
• Turpentine Creek Another rescue facility.
• White Tiger Foundation
• JNK's Call Of The Wild Sanctuary Another rescue facility.

Miscellaneous

• Animal Spirit WAC Board Member and Animal Communicator and Reiki practitioner. Find out what your cat is feeling and thinking!
• Sanctuary Supplies Caging, enrichment toys, diet, etc.
• Animal Management Resources, Inc. Training supplies, enrichment items, training books.
• Cougar Hill A single site that has a page on many great projects and facilities, all in one place.
• Monkey Madness This page has the regulations for every state in the U.S. (still under constructions) regarding ownership of wild animals.
• Moorpark College's EATM Exotic Animal Training and Management Program.
• Cheetah Films & Photography Films, books, photography. By one of our WAC volunteers, Roxanne Bittman.
• Far & Wild Safaris Highly recommended if you are interested on going on safari to Africa.
• Africam Realtime webcams all around S. Africa.
• Island Press Island Press publishes a wide range of environmental oriented books. This site is more than an online catalog. Titled "Eco-Compass", it divides many topics and issues and points the way to more information.
• Dappled Cat Africa Wildlife Art. Beautiful watercolors!
• Kathy's Kreations Plush animals that are extremely realistic.
• Checks In The Mail Click on CRES-Kat Kraze under the Browse button there. Gorgeous wild cat checks with proceeds going to the Center for Reproduction of Endangered Species.
• Serengeti Catalog Shop for specials from the mail order gift company, Serengeti.
• Animal Photos By Noel Specializing in photo key rings and magnets for gift shops.
• Rogue River Equine Solutions Check out their "Solution Flooring System" Innovative product to eliminate mud, dust and dirt where captive animals live. Designed for horses, but works great for big cat enclosures too.

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