Blog - Wild Cats World

WANTED…..

Published January 6, 2020 | By Web Master

For a huge new project, in the not too distant future, we are searching for serious people, passionate about wild cats and wildlife, with open minds. More specific, volunteers who have experience with construction work, as in fencing, building enclosures and other construction or building jobs. You should be able to travel to South Africa and stay for longer than a few weeks.

In other words, we need YOU!

Write to info@wildcatsmagazine.nl with your motivational letter and reference letter.

We are looking forward to hearing from you.

The Wild Cats World team

Merry X-Mas & Happy New Year

Published December 18, 2019 | By Web Master

Team Wild Cats World and all wonderful wild cat ambassadors love to express our gratitude for your wonderful support throughout another year. A year with lots of difficulties to overcome, plans to make, changes taking place. Another year full of love and care for the resident wild cats and species in our sanctuary and conservation programs.

What kept us most busy and still is: the fight for the African leopard. With the “disappearance” of our female Olive on her way to the wild, we discovered many shocking things which are huge threats to the wild leopards. So a courtcase and lots more will be happening next year and also lots of other ambitious plans to start with.

But we will keep you up-dated by posts on social media and this website.

For now: have a blessed Christmas and a wonderful 2020 in good health!

Wild Cats vs abuse, trade, hunting and exploitation

Published November 28, 2019 | By Web Master

Yes THIS (see photo!) is exactly what we think about all the animal abuse… exploitation, trade, bone and Hunting ‘industry’ in South Africa.

Thanks to the best Leopard ambassadors we have been working for most of 2019 on a huge scale Investigation as for the mentioned before. Name and shame and revealing time soon…

It is scary that everybody somehow and in some way is involved in this business. Foundations, welfare organisations, conservation… huge laugh, in fact the biggest threat to Wildlife as it appears now. Learnt so much past time… hard to describe. Yes the book will be there in the end too!

Thanks to Caib our volunteer from Scotland for the great picture, Chui @ Wild Cats World.

Volunteering at Wild Cats World

Published October 21, 2019 | By Web Master

The main focus during your stay will be to learn everything about diet, husbandry, living conditions and hygiene practices in order to prevent diseases. You will learn all this while assisting the caretaker or owner giving the best care to African wildcats, Black-footed cats, Caracals, Cheetahs, Leopards, Servals and a group of feral cats.

BUT… we of course want to give education as well. We want our volunteers to leave knowing all important facts about all species you worked with.
Also about the lions of which we initiated the rescue of 10 animals from Canned Hunting, not in our care but safe and sound. So, we added this special item to the volunteering program, soon to start.

For more info write to info@wildcatsmagazine.nl

Availability from April 2020 and months after – this year until April 2020 we have no availability anymore: full house.

Our wild boys Solo, Beau & Bahati

Published July 12, 2019 | By Web Master

Soon we’ll have more info about them and Olive.

To volunteer at Wild Cats World

Published July 12, 2019 | By Web Master

Are you a passionate (wild) cat enthusiast? Are you keen to work with African wildcats, Black-footed cats, Caracals, Cheetahs, Leopards, Servals and feralcats?

Would you love to assist our caretaker giving daily care (and more) to all cats at our sanctuary/conservation projects? And are you looking forward to hear more stories about how we fight for the survival of the mentioned species (but also the other wild cat species around the world), the rescue of many cats and the rehabilitation work we support at several other places in South Africa?

Please write to info@wildcatsmagazine.nl for more info how to volunteer with us. Or go to our volunteering page.

We welcome volunteers for longer and shorter periods of time. We still have availability this year during a few months, but do hurry to write us and book your dates.

See you soon at Wild Cats World!

Olive Foundation

Published May 5, 2019 | By Web Master

In memory of Olive (and all others), one of the many victims of South Africa’s disrespect to wildlife: poached and stripped. Olive Foundation, by Wild Cats World, raises funds for all activities fighting against poaching, stripping, trading, hunting…..snares. As well as to rescue her three friends out of the same “hell hole” and construct a nice and safe home for them.

Olive Foundation – in memory of Olive, Cleo, Phoenix & all other
victims to poaching.

Please do support Olive Foundation with this essential work. Her death being not in vain, we hope she will be the symbol of the rescue of many big cats and other wildlife awaiting the same ill fate.Thanks.

Paypal: info@wildcatsmagazine.nl
Banktransfer to: Stichting WIld Cats World
ABN Amro Bank
Bussum, Netherlands
NL22ABNA0517247135
Reference: Olive Foundation

One to Read: Wilde Verwandte by Wolfgang Schwerdt

Published March 21, 2019 | By Web Master

For German speaking/reading wildcat enthusiasts. In this book author Wolfgang kindly pays attention to Wild Cats World and our conservation projects for the leopard, black-footed cats, etc.

In short….

Marbled cat, Sumatran tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, or black-footed cat.
They all have one thing in common: they are on the brink of extinction.
Since the emergence of the first civilizations, they are hunted, as well as admired. The wild species and their natural habitat are decreasing rapidly
everywhere in the world.

In this book a cultural and historical journey of the early years of the 17th century, in which the fictional ship cat Rotbart (a tomcat) experienced his adventures, until modern times with its present challenges, causing the so-called sixth mass extinction of Earth’s history. The wild cats are related to the Rotbart, the hero of the story.

The reader will take a journey into the world of divine rulers, cultural heroes, man-eating cats of prey, unscrupulous traders, historic eradication campaigns and passionate conservationists. Because the cultural history of anthropogenic biodiversity is characterized by greed, power, scientific passion, religious beliefs and a heavy dose of stupidity of the species, ancestors of Homo sapiens.

A different journey meeting the “wilde Verwandte”

TM and TCM incorporated by WHO – appeal to WHO members to guarantee the protection of endangered plant and animal species

A great cause we are committed to – please do sign & share as much as you can.

Future & Leopards

Published March 13, 2019 | By Web Master

In case you are wondering what we are up to at this moment? It might seem quiet as for our projects and sanctuary but you can consider it to be “Calm before the storm”.

Behind the scenes lots of work is in progress, we are not allowed to share any info about just yet. Once we can, rest assured, you will hear loud and clear what we have been up to the past few months. This concerns a big revelation, which will hopefully cause some commotion and increased awareness of conservation.
Apart from that we are still having meetings with new people, Officials, and organizations to come closer to our final mission. As this still needs a lot of time, and can only start after the revelation, we better not share info about it just yet. We wait to give any further up-dates until the time is ride.

The boys “going wild” (see photos) were sighted in January this year and are doing well, as well as all the cats and species we have in our sanctuary. Focus for coming time will be the South African leopard project & our South African sanctuary with African native species.

The other projects for now are put on hold for several reasons. An up-date will follow as soon as we can.

In the meantime, thanks so much for following and supporting us and the wild cats.

SOS LEOPARDS

Published January 2, 2019 | By Web Master

The #1 project Wild Cats World currently supports is a leopard rescue of a badly injured wild male leopard. This fundraiser is to give him the essential medical care.

The injuries result from snares on a farm that have done a lot of damage. He is badly injured but is in good hands now. This project is in association with a Leopard Rescue, Rehab & Release program in the Mpumalanga district, South Africa.

Please, support us! Funds are badly needed. So far, all funding was provided for by the vet and the Rehab program. But if we want to continue this badly needed work, we need every penny we can get. See the link below.

It is also possible to donate by Paypal.
Email: info@wildcatsmagazine.nl

PLEASE HELP THIS LEOPARD!!!! DONATE & SHARE!!!

Video of the 2nd operation.