Big Cats - help conserve lions, tigers, snow leopards, jaguars, cheetahs...

Why are big cats endangered?

Big cats are under threat from a loss of habitat as people take over more of their home land, conflict between people and wildlife as they both want the same resources - land and water.  Big cats are also under threat because of poaching and illegal wildlife trade.  Like so many other endangered speices, these examples show human activities have badly impacted on their numbers.   And some are threatened by war...

Visit the Big Cat Sanctuary's website here.

How to Help Big Cats

All is not lost - there are many ways to help, and finding out what big cat conservation groups are doing and seeing how you can help is a good way to get started in making a difference to these majestic and beautiful big cats.  Here are just a few of them....

General big cats

• Fauna & Flora, big cats conservation
• Bornfree Foundation, big cats conservation
• Big Cat Sanctuary, Kent (currently raising funds to bring five lions from Ukraine to safety in Kent) 
• Panthera
  
• Great Plains Big Cat Initiative (protecting big cats across Africa)
• Wildcats Conservation Alliance  (wild tigers and Amur leopards)
  
• Felidae Conservation Fund uses innovative research, education, and technology to heal the relationship between humans and all types of wild cats

Cheetahs

• Cheetah Conservation Fund
• Zoological Society of London
  

Jaguars

• Northern Jaguar Project
• Fauna & Flora, Jaguar Conservation

Tigers

• Tiger Awareness
• The Sumatran Tiger Trust
• Environmental Investigation Agency Tiger Campaign
  
• Tigers4ever 
• Nepal Tiger Trust

Snow Leopards

• Snow Leopard Trust
• Snow Leopard Conservancy

Lions

• Living with Lions
• Global White Lion Conservation Trust
• Bornfree Foundation
• Lionaid  
• Lionalert 

Amur Leopard

• Wildcats Conservation Alliance

Scottish wildcats

• Saving Wildcats