The official start of the WCW Pallas Cat Conservation Project is a fact now, since the contract with Zoo Lyon have been signed, in order for us to concentrate on in-situ and ex-situ conservation, like with all other projects, or to start with be a support on many levels to the wild Pallas cat, with … Read more
Education, Raising awareness….is one of the most essential projects WCW is keeping very busy with, and is very much focused on. Very essential indeed, as while the full focus seems to be on lions, cheetah and cuddlefarms these days, the leopard species is disappearing so fast in lots of areas, being in much more danger … Read more
The habitats of big cats are diminishing all over the world Forcing them to co-exist with humans in urban environments Meet Lily, the leopard brought to streets of Camden to raise awareness for this issue Enjoy and share this hilarious awareness video!!! https://www.facebook.com/TheWallOfComedy/videos/1156232967816510/?pnref=story
The focus of our project in South Africa at this moment is our co-operation with three incredible Private Game Reserves (names mentioned at final stage) in the Eastern Cape, to have our leopard youngsters (Solo, Olive and later Bahati & Bella) released. The Reserves are very interested in leopards from our bloodlines and our ultimate … Read more
On Thursday 16 Feb 2017, a leopard was hit by a car in Bainskloof Pass near Wellington. The animal sustained severe injuries, including a broken back as well as internal trauma, and sadly had to be put down. The Cape Leopard Trust Boland Project was notified of the incident by partner organisation CapeNature, and a … Read more
Our black-footed cat female Diva once had a litter of three kittens, with on this picture little Boy. Daddy was our late male Blacky. Of course we hope for a repeat now with our new male Spotty. Having worked with/for the species for years now, we know the many difficulties and the challenges. Despite that, … Read more
“Best thing to show you my love, was to let you go!!!” Another (young) victim to the horrible kidney failure. R.i.p. dear daddy Max, we will miss you terribly. We are grateful what you meant to us and you were an incredible ambassador to your species, leaving a legacy of 2 pretty daughters and 1 … Read more
One of our leopardfemales Feline (daddy Felipe) gave birth to two healthy cubs on Tuesday 10th of January 2017. The two girls we have named Bella & Bahati. Our leopardcubs are named after a wild leopardfamily we followed in Kenya for a while. Bella was the grandmother, who had a daughter Olive so that’s why … Read more
Our black-footed cat ambassadors, females Diva & Lilly and male Spotty, are doing fine. It is great to see them so active and enjoying each other’s company. Of course our hope and aim is for our females to be able to raise some successful litters of kittens, but it is up to Spotty to help … Read more
As announced before, in the new issue of the Dutch domestic cats magazine Kattenmanieren, again a fabulous article on WCW and all wild catspecies. In this issue an extra touch of the wild, so also extra pages dedicated to the wild relatives of the domestic cats. Mention of all species, and of course focus on … Read more