The main threats facing the big cats are all anthropogenic, or human caused, and fall under the categories of poaching or trophy hunting,...

The seven large bodied cats are in the Felidae family (Turner, 1997). They are composed of three genuses, Panthera, Puma, and Acinonyx....

In the United States the Association of Zoos and Aquariums has Species Survival Plans, to help animals in captivity be a spokesperson for...

Climate change is impacting all wildlife, including the snow leopard. Just within the last 20 years the Tibetan plateau, which has about...

Happy International Snow Leopard Day! October 23rd is International Snow Leopard Day. The Global Snow Leopard Ecosystem Protection Plan...

Snow leopards are suffering from habitat loss caused by encroaching human population, development of infrastructure, roads, and mining...

Prey loss is another big threat that snow leopards face. Snow leopards occur in environments with relatively low productivity, leading to...

Poaching is a major threat to snow leopards. Snow leopards are being poached and forced into the illegal wildlife trade for their fur and...

The Snow Leopard is known as the ‘mountain ghost’ because they are so elusive and mysterious (Panthera Snow Leopard, 2020). Their...

International Cheetah Day is celebrated on December 4th. December 4th was chosen because it was the birthday of Khayam, one of the first...

Ecotourism is nature-based tourism that educates people with minimal-impact management and contributes to conservation (Buckley, 1994;...

The illegal pet trade is an increasing threat impacting cheetahs. For thousands of years the elite of the ancient world had cheetahs in...

Prey loss is another threat impacing cheetahs. Humans are overhunting cheetah prey species (Panthera Cheetah, 2020). Development and...

Cheetahs face poaching, retaliating and preemptive killings as a threat (CCB About Cheetahs, 2020). The spotted cheetah coat is sought...

Habitat loss is one of the big threats facing cheetahs (CCF About, 2020; Mara-Meru Cheetah Project, 2016). Cheetahs need plenty of space...

It is believed that there are only 7,100 cheetahs left in the wild (Panthera Cheetah, 2020). The International Union for Conservation of...

International puma, cougar, and mountain lion day is August 26th! The biggest threats facing pumas are habitat loss, wildfire threats,...

Florida panthers are the only pumas that live on in the eastern United States and are only found in southern Florida (NWF Florida...

Prey loss is another threat facing pumas. Pumas will follow their prey, but when there is no prey left they begin to move closer to...

Poaching or trophy hunting and depredation permits have all impacted the puma population across the United States. Between 1907 and 1972...