Saving the Golden Cat
Read Big Cat Rescue's Daily Updates on Wildcats in the Wild at Field Projects
Dr. Jim Sanderson is someone who shares our belief
that the money should go to the 
animals
and not be wasted on salaries and benefits for those who are doing the fundraising. If
you contact him and say you want 100% of your donation to go to the Golden
Cats in the wild, that is exactly what will happen.
Dr. Jim Sanderson has been responsible for igniting a passion in local peoples for the Golden Cats when he took the first photographs ever of them in the wild. He works with teams of local scientist to camera trap and gather information on these rare wild cats all around the world. He goes a step further and gets the people in the area to take pride in their natural resources so that they will help to protect these small cats that are on the brink of extinction.
Dr. Sanderson is working to establish six high priority long-term research sites in Bolivia, Borneo, Cambodia, Chile, China, and India. He also supports the efforts of alliance colleagues in Argentina, Brazil, India, Sarawak, Suriname, and Vietnam. Sustained camera photo-trapping efforts will enable him to monitor the populations of small cats and to detect changes in their population trends. Dr. Sanderson's resourceful methods - carrying out arduous research with very limited resources - are the hallmark of a true entrepreneurial scientist.
To read more about this conservation effort and see never before seen photos of the Asiatic Golden Cat in the wild go to: http://www.wildnet.org/smallcat.htm
One way to help save wild animals in their native habitats is through Eco-Tourism and our friend, Hamadi, founder of African Wildcats Adventure Safaris, assures us that his guides respect the animals and that his company is taking active steps to protect Kenya's wildlife and habitat. If you are thinking above a trip to Africa, check out WildcatsSafaris.com
Download this 2008 report documenting 1,158 endangered and threatened exotic cats being illegally, yet openly sold in Myanmar markets. The Wild Cat Trade in Myanmar
To make a donation to help save them in captivity:
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