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.
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
Tuesday, 21st March 2017Early-onset progressive retinal atrophy associated with an IQCB1 variant in African black-footed cats (Felis nigripes)
Oh, A. Pearce, J.W., Gandolfi1, B., Creighton, E.K., Suedmeyer, W.K., Selig, M., Bosiack, A.P., Castaner, L.J., Whiting, R.E.H., Belknap, E.B., Lyons, L.A., 99 Lives Consortium- Thursday, 9th June 2016
Feline panleukopaenia virus in captive non-domestic felids in South Africa
Lane, E.P., Brettschneider, H., Caldwell, P., Oosthuizen, A., Dalton, D.L., Du Plessis, L., Steyl, J., Kotze, A. 
Saturday, 30th September 2017Land use effects on gut microbiota of Black backed jackal
Effect of host traits and land-use changes on the gut microbiota of the Namibian black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas)
Monday, 6th June 2022Research into the mortality of black footed cats in South Africa
Causes of mortality in a population of black-footed cats in central South Africa
