CAT CONSERVATION TRUST & KAROO PREDATOURS
HELP THESE SPECIES - FUNDING NEEDED !!
DONORS WELCOME or COME and Visit us and Enjoy our activities - accommodation ( self or fully catered ), wild cats, game veiwing, photo safari and more. Your funds spent whilst visiting us goes towards supporting our project !
DONORS - for more info click here
We have set up a funding drive to cover the loss of cat food and income for labour due to the worldwide lockdown. Please help if you can.
https://gogetfunding.com/karoo-cats-cat-conservation-trust/
IMPORTANT regarding electronic maps: Please note that there are several apps which DO NOT HAVE OUR CORRECT DIRECTIONS.
Please ONLY USE Google maps (do NOT use the Bloukrans road) or contact us for detailed directions.
DATES TO DIARISE
Karoo Food Festival in Cradock - 27 to 30 April 2023
Fish River Canoe Marathon - 6 and 7 October 2023
RELAX ON OUR TRANQUIL AND REMOTE PROPERTY !
South Africa enjoys seven species of indigenous wild cats. The big cats of Africa, like lions and cheetah, receive much focus and attention through tourism and the fact that they are more easily sighted than their smaller cousins. The small cats form an essential link in our ecosystem, but desperately require the same status as the larger cats.
The Cat Conservation Trust is a non-profit trust that aims to create public awareness of the plight of the small cats through research and education.
We get very little funding - In addition to some funds from the National Lotteries Commission, our public awareness campaign is rarely sponsored and only in small amounts by the Feline Conservation Federation, Rare Species Fund, Honda, Karoo Taxidermy and Taxidermy Africa.
Cat Conservation Trust - Interesting Facts
- Saturday, 1st December 2012
An assessment of caracal population density and human-predator conflict in the Winterberg, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Smith, E. R. (2012). - Tuesday, 31st December 2019
Black-footed Cat Working Group update 2019
Report on surveying and monitoring Black-footed cats (Felis nigripes) on Benfontein Nature Reserve and in Namibia in 2019. - Friday, 30th November 2018
In book: Livestock predation and its management in South Africa: a scientific assessment
The role of mesopredators in ecosystems: Potential effects of managing their populations on ecosystem processes and biodiversity - Monday, 16th December 2013
Impact of farmland use on serval in South Africa
Impact of farmland use on population density and activity patterns of serval in South Africa