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Felidae Conservation Fund
| Phone: | 4152500425 |
| Fax: | 4153661756 |
| E-mail: | zara@felidaefund.org |
| URL: | www.felidaefund.org |
| Country: | United States |
| Address: |
14 Cove Rd Belvedere California 94920 |
| Fields: | Any Field |
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The Felidae Conservation Fund aims to protect the 37 felidae species and their habitats globally by supporting and participating in international conservation, partnering in excellent science, and generating powerful education and outreach programs.
Felidae supports strategic research studies that clearly define a process to understand more about human impact on wild cats and steps we can take to minimize the devastation. The goal is to prevent further extinction of felidae species, and to preserve complete ecosystems around the world. Our contributions build new outlooks toward wild cats and the preservation of global ‘wildness’.
Felidae Conservation Fund is committed to spawning compelling educational messages through stories, visuals and outreach campaigns that pilot a healthy coexistence of humans and felidae species around the world.
Despite political tensions between the governments of Iran and the U.S., scientists from both countries are working cooperatively to save the endangered Asiatic Cheetah. As a result of poaching, habitat degradation, and loss of prey species, the once-numerous animals have been reduced by some estimates to fewer than 100--making them one of the world’s most imperiled big cats. A unique project is underway in Iran to capture six Asiatic cheetahs, fit them with compact GPS tracking collars, and release the animals back into their habitat. The data gleaned will provide vital understanding about corridors of movement that need to be protected. The Felidae Conservation Fund, based in Belvedere, CA, is collaborating in the multi-national project, which is being led by the Bronx, NY-based Wildlife Conservation Society. Other partners are the Iranian Department of the Environment, the United Nations Development Programme, and the Zoological Society of London. To support the Asiatic cheetah field work, Felidae Conservation Fund will host a cocktail benefit fundraiser on April 12, 2007, from 6:30 to 8:30pm at 209 Golden Gate Avenue in Belvedere. | |