Save Big Cat Habitat

about the big cats

Around the world species of big cats, such as jaguars, snow leopards and tigers, are declining drastically due to habitat loss, poaching, disease, and human-wildlife conflict.

about the Wildlife Conservation Society

The Wildlife Conservation Society saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo. Together these activities change attitudes towards nature and help people imagine wildlife and humans living in harmony. WCS is committed to this mission because it is essential to the integrity of life on Earth.

how your clicks turn into donations

Our advertisers sponsor this site and make your donations to the Wildlife Conservation Society possible. Every day that you click to protect big cat habitat, you are generating a true cash donation, made possibly by the advertisers you see on the page. Care2 pools all of the daily donations and delivers these funds to the Wildlife Conservation Society on a regular basis.

how your click helps big cats

Your daily click helps the Wildlife Conservation Society fund the research and on the ground conservation projects that protect critical habitat and save species from extinction. In 2009 alone, with your help, Wildlife Conservation Society has:

• developed new software to track endangered tigers through rapid identification of tiger individuals by their unique stripe patterns;
• helped create new national parks in Camaroon and Afghanistan
• led camera-trap photo censuses of endangered jaguars in Ecuador and cheetahs in Algeria, providing basic population data critical to understanding and protecting these magnificent big cats.

Learn more about the Wildlife Conservation Society's mission and critical work to save habitat for big cats and other wildlife.