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The Felid TAG

Read Big Cat Rescue's Daily Updates on Wildcats in the Wild at Field Projects

(Feline Taxon Advisory Group) posted it's recommendations at: www.FelidTag.org

The short version is that of the 28 species of small cats, there are not enough unrelated animals, or no place for them in the wild, and based upon those findings, the zoos are being told to discontinue their conservation efforts with 20 of these species so that they might have some chance at saving the other eight. You can visit their site at the link above, or check out each of the species listed on our pages to see the addendum to the information that states the plan for the cat selected.

Cats like this will soon be no more than a memory to those of us who were fortunate enough to have known them.

All Felid species were assigned to one of five management strategies: Species Survival Program Population (SSP): Studbooks will be maintained for the species. Species will have intensive management for long-term genetic and demographic viability. Participating institutions will be asked to sign a Memorandum of Participation (MoP). Compliance by participating institutions is expected. Coordinator with his/her management group will make breeding recommendations and develop a master plan on a regular basis.

Population Management Plan Population (PMP): Studbook will be maintained for the species. Species will be managed for genetic and demographic viability,  although not as intensively as the SSP species. The long-term objective is to maintain a PMP population. PMP Coordinator encourages institutional compliance and offers breeding recommendations. No Mop, master plan, or management group is required.

Display/Education/Research Population (DERP): Species in this category  are only held at a few institutions and are important display species for those institutions. No studbook is recommended, but individual animals will be tracked in a registry by the institutions holding the species.

Phase Out Population: (POP): Species in this category are not recommended   for breeding/acquisition. Phase In Population: (PIP): Species in this category are not currently in AZA institutions, but the TAG hopes or plans to import founders.

Not Recommended (Not Rec.): Species in this category are not currently in AZA institutions, and the TAG ecommends that the species not be brought into an AZA program.