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Big Cat Rescue Big Cat Rescue | Wildcats in the wild: Our mission, their future. ๐Ÿพ But our work doesn't stop at the border. Join us in rewriting the future for wildcats.

Big Cat Rescue is on a mission to create a world where wild cats live freeโ€”not behind bars, not on leashes, and never as pets. Weโ€™ve already helped make history by championing the Big Cat Public Safety Act, ending private ownership and public handling of big cats in the U.S. We're now funding conservation projects around the globe to protect wildcats from the deadly threats of poaching, trafficking, bushmeat, and habitat loss. Every dollar you give goes directly to saving wild cats in the wild. Thanks to our investment income covering admin costs, 100% of your donation fuels real conservation work. Weโ€™re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 59-3330495), fully transparent about our financesโ€”check out our records anytime on https://www.guidestar.org/profile/59-3330495 (FL Reg. -11409). Together, we can protect whatโ€™s wild before itโ€™s gone.

๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒ™ Webbed paws. Powerful swimmers. A remarkable hunter that needs our help.For Small Wild Cat We...
10/16/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ
๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒ™ Webbed paws. Powerful swimmers. A remarkable hunter that needs our help.

For Small Wild Cat Week, weโ€™re continuing our spotlight on some of the worldโ€™s lesser-known threatened felines.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ.
Meet the ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐œ๐š๐ญโ€”๐š ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ listed as ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž on the IUCN Red List. ๐Ÿ’›

Found across parts of ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ญ ๐€๐ฌ๐ข๐š, this stocky wild cat lives near ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ. Adults typically weigh around 11โ€“35 pounds, making them one of the ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.

๐Ÿพ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐žr: Fishing cats have ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ž๐›๐›๐ž๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ that help them move through muddy wetlands and swim after prey.

๐ŸŸ ๐€ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐ซ: Their diet includes ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก, ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ, ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐œ๐ž๐š๐ง๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ. They may even dive underwater to catch their next meal!

๐ŸŒ™ ๐€ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ซ: Fishing cats are often active at night and rely on healthy wetlands for food, shelter, and safe places to raise their young.

โš ๏ธ ๐€๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: ๐–๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ, ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง-๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ญ threaten fishing cats across their range. Roads and development can also fragment their habitat and make it harder for populations to survive.

๐Ÿ’š ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. Protecting wetlands, restoring habitat, supporting sustainable fishing practices, and reducing conflict with local communities can help fishing cats thrive. Conservation efforts that safeguard healthy waterways benefit countless other species, too.

At Big Cat Rescue, we believe small wild cats deserve a big spotlight. For fishing cats, protecting their future means ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ญ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐๐ฌ they call home.

Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance

โ€œHappiness is knowing you donโ€™t have to set the alarm clock the next morning!โ€
10/16/2026

โ€œHappiness is knowing you donโ€™t have to set the alarm clock the next morning!โ€

10/15/2026

TODAY WAS THE DAY!! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป
Higo the Ocelot and Itzan the Margay returned to the wild! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿพ

Thanks to our conservation partners, Ocelot Working Group and Selva Teenek Ecopark for their work to prepare these wild cats to go back to the wild to live their best lives where they belong! ๐ŸŒณ

๐Ÿ’› Supporting conservation efforts allows these amazing conservationists to do this sort of rewarding work to see wild cats returning to their rightful home.

10/15/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐“๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฌ ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐›๐ž ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ?

A Texas A&M study challenges assumptions: cattle producers expressed stronger caring values toward wildlife and saw mountain lions as less of a risk than people without livestock.

๐‘ท๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’”๐’† ๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’” ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’” ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’–๐’๐’…๐’†๐’“๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’๐’…๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’‘๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’ ๐’”๐’‰๐’‚๐’“๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’•๐’‚๐’•โ€”๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’”๐’–๐’‘๐’‘๐’๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’š๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’•๐’‰ ๐’•๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’“๐’Š๐’—๐’†. ๐Ÿ’š

Watch the video to explore this surprising connection and what it could mean for cougar conservation.

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https://bigcatrescue.org/conservation-news/paradox-of-domination


๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒ™ ๐“๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐”๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ.For Small Wil...
10/15/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ
๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒ™ ๐“๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ๐ฌ. ๐”๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ ๐š ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ค๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ.

For Small Wild Cat Week, weโ€™re continuing our spotlight on some of the worldโ€™s lesser-known threatened felines.

๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐‚๐š๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐๐ข๐  ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ.
Meet the ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค-๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ญโ€”๐€๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐šโ€™๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐œ๐š๐ญ, listed as ๐•๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž on the IUCN Red List. ๐Ÿ’›

Found in southern Africa, this spotted feline lives in dry grasslands and semi-desert habitats. Adults weigh roughly 2โ€“5ยฝ pounds, but their small size comes with an impressive appetite!

๐Ÿพ A name underfoot: Black-footed cats ๐ ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ง๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ค ๐ฉ๐š๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐š๐๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ซ ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ญ

๐Ÿญ ๐€ ๐›๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฒ ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐Ÿ๐ญ: They can catch around ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽโ€“๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ง๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ, mainly rodents and small birds, to fuel their energetic lives.

๐Ÿ  ๐€๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ž๐š๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ: They sometimes shelter inside ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐-๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ, earning them the nickname โ€œ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ซ.โ€

โš ๏ธ ๐€๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: Habitat degradation reduces prey and shelter. Poisoned bait and traps intended for other predators can also kill these tiny cats, while domestic animals can expose them to disease.

๐Ÿ’š ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. The Black-footed Cat Working Group uses tools such as ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ฅ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ข๐จ ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  to better understand and protect them. Conserving habitat and reducing harmful predator-control practices are vital to their future.

At Big Cat Rescue, we believe small wild cats deserve a big spotlight. ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฌ๐š๐Ÿ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž.

โ€œIf you have the power to make someone happy~do it! The world needs more happiness!โ€
10/15/2026

โ€œIf you have the power to make someone happy~do it! The world needs more happiness!โ€

๐Ÿพ ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐„๐—๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐๐†! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿง’๐Ÿ‘ฆThe youngest school children learning about the importance of saving and coexisting with wildlife tha...
10/14/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐‡๐Ž๐– ๐„๐—๐‚๐ˆ๐“๐ˆ๐๐†! ๐Ÿพ
๐Ÿง’๐Ÿ‘ฆThe youngest school children learning about the importance of saving and coexisting with wildlife thanks to our conservation partners Proyecto AAk Mahahual A.C ! ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ…

๐“๐‘๐€๐๐’๐‹๐€๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐ ๐Ž๐… ๐“๐„๐—๐“ ๐๐„๐‹๐Ž๐–: We are convinced that the future lies in the hands and decisions of younger generations, and that the actions we take today are essential to building a better society and a more sustainable future. ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฆœ

We thank the leadership of Kaambal Kindergarten for their trust and for inviting us back to give a talk about Mahahualโ€™s wildlife. The children met Ani the turtle and learned about wild cats and many other species.

We firmly believe that environmental education beginning in childhood is key to encouraging respect, care, and conservation of the biodiversity around us. ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿพ

Planting the seeds of awareness today means protecting tomorrowโ€™s life! ๐Ÿ’š

Help us help and conserve.

Thank you to IFAW, Big Cat Rescue, Ocelot Working Group, Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation, and Kanantik Environmental Services and Solutions.

Thank you to Gisela Maldonado for helping by donating a green sea turtle specimen, which the children named Ani the Turtle.

๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿพ One island. An elusive cat. A future tied to the forest.For Small Wild Cat Week, weโ€™re conti...
10/14/2026

๐Ÿพ ๐’๐Œ๐€๐‹๐‹ ๐–๐ˆ๐‹๐ƒ ๐‚๐€๐“ ๐–๐„๐„๐Š! ๐Ÿพ
๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿพ One island. An elusive cat. A future tied to the forest.

For Small Wild Cat Week, weโ€™re continuing our spotlight on some of the worldโ€™s lesser-known threatened felines.

Small Cats. Big Challenges.
Meet the ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐จ ๐›๐š๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ญโ€”one of the least understood wild cats on Earth, listed as ๐„๐ง๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ on the IUCN Red List. ๐Ÿ’™

Found only on the island of Borneo, this secretive feline has rounded ears, a long tail and a coat that can be chestnut-red or gray. Hidden within the islandโ€™s forests, it remains a mystery even to researchers!

๐ŸŒŽ ๐€๐ง ๐ข๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐œ๐ž๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฆ๐ž: โ€œ๐„๐ง๐๐ž๐ฆ๐ข๐œ to Borneoโ€ means this species lives naturally ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐„๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก. Protecting Borneoโ€™s forests is essential to its future.

๐Ÿ“ธ ๐‘๐š๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐œ๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐š: The first photograph of a bay cat in the wild was taken in ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ–. Trail cameras now offer precious glimpses into its hidden life.

๐Ÿ”Ž ๐’๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐œ๐ก ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ง: Scientists have yet to establish what it typically eats, and much about its behavior and reproduction remains a mystery.

โš ๏ธ ๐€๐ง ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž: Forest clearing for logging and agricultural plantations destroys and fragments its habitat. Snares and illegal wildlife trade pose additional threats.

๐Ÿ’š ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ž. Protecting forests and supporting research can help conservationists understand where bay cats live and how best to safeguard them.

At Big Cat Rescue, we believe small wild cats deserve a big spotlight. ๐‘จ ๐’”๐’‘๐’†๐’„๐’Š๐’†๐’” ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’–๐’๐’…๐’โ€™๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’•๐’ ๐’…๐’†๐’”๐’†๐’“๐’—๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’–๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’†.

Facts verified with the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group.

Small Wild Cat Conservation Foundation

โ€œIm done with Monday and Tuesday. Iโ€™d like to pass GO, collect $200 and go straight to Friday!โ€
10/14/2026

โ€œIm done with Monday and Tuesday. Iโ€™d like to pass GO, collect $200 and go straight to Friday!โ€

10/14/2026

๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿพ How can a leaf plate help protect a fishing cat?

In Nepal, an enterprise supported by our partner Fishing Cat Conservation Allianceโ€™s conservation network is helping women earn additional income while offering an eco-friendly alternative to plastic plates. These opportunities can reduce pressure on natural wetlandsโ€”and the plastic waste entering them.

๐Ÿ’š Empowering women. Supporting families. Protecting fishing cat habitat. Thatโ€™s community conservation in action!

Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance

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