Conserving Wild Cats

Panthera was founded in 2006 with the sole mission of conserving the world’s 36 species of wild cats. Utilizing the knowledge and expertise of the world’s top cat biologists, Panthera develops, implements, and oversees range-wide species conservation strategies for the world’s largest, most imperiled cats – tigers, lions, jaguars and snow leopards.

By working through partnerships with local and international NGO’s, scientific institutions, and local and national government agencies, Panthera has brought together a critical mass of passion, expertise, and large-scale strategic thinking. Join us in ensuring a long-term future for the world’s wild cats.

100% of your donation goes to the field – where it matters most!

Panthera guarantees that 100% of your donation goes to field conservation of wild cats. We are able to make this promise because all our administrative, office and salary costs ‘overhead’ are covered in their entirety by Panthera’s founder and Chairman of the Board, Dr. Tom Kaplan.

That allows Panthera to make the unique promise that every cent from every other donation will indeed be directed to the field and, in many cases, be matched by additional programmatic funds contributed by Dr. Kaplan.

Wild cats are some of the most beautiful, iconic, and charismatic species roaming the planet. From the jaguars and pumas of the Americas, to the lions, leopards and cheetahs of Africa, and the tigers and snow leopards of Asia, these top predators span many of the world’s wildest landscapes.

But with their habitat increasingly lost and fragmented, their prey often wiped out, and the cats themselves killed as pests or hunted for their body parts, many wild cat populations are threatened with extinction.

While the current situation seems dire, Panthera recognizes that all of these cat species can persist and thrive if the correct actions are taken – across their entire range. To learn more about how Panthera is working to save the world’s wild cats please visit the links below:

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