The Corbett Foundation
The 2024-25 Annual Report commemorates the 30th anniversary of The Corbett Foundation (TCF), an Indian non-profit established in 1994 to foster human-wildlife coexistence. The document highlights TCF’s expansion from its origins in Uttarakhand to nine distinct landscapes across seven states, focusing on the protection of threatened species like tigers, elephants, and vultures. Key initiatives detailed include the Livestock Compensation Programme, which prevents retaliatory killings, and extensive habitat restoration efforts that have revived thousands of hectares of forests and grasslands. Beyond ecology, the foundation integrates community well-being through rural medical outreach, sustainable livelihood training, and the distribution of green energy solutions. By combining scientific research with grassroots engagement, TCF aims to secure India’s natural heritage while improving the lives of people residing near protected wilderness areas. Collaborative partnerships with government agencies and international conservation bodies remain central to their mission of balancing environmental integrity with social development.
Ocelot Working Group
CAT Garden Route
The provided reports detail the extensive operations of the Cat Assistance Team (C.A.T) across South Africa’s Garden Route from 2020 through mid-2025. This organization focuses on humane population control through mass sterilisations, medical care, and parasite treatments for feral and loosely owned cats. A primary conservation objective is protecting the endangered African Wildcat by preventing interbreeding with domestic felines in rural and urban fringes. To ensure the genetic purity of wild species, the team conducts DNA testing and focuses on trapping efforts in high-risk buffer zones. Despite facing operational capacity limits and logistical hurdles in remote areas, C.A.T. collaborates with various veterinary partners to improve community animal health. Their strategy combines direct veterinary intervention with educational outreach to stabilize cat populations and foster better animal welfare in marginalized settlements.
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This report highlights several community-focused initiatives designed to protect endangered small wild cats by improving local livelihoods. In Uganda and India, conservation groups are helping residents transition from forest exploitation to sustainable beekeeping, organic gardening, and animal husbandry. Similar efforts in Nepal provide greenhouses to high-altitude villages, where residents protect clouded leopards in exchange for food security. The text also celebrates the creation of International Rusty-Spotted Cat Day to foster global awareness for the world's smallest feline. Finally, it recognizes the Fundación Con Garra in Chile for their successful campaign to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions. Together, these accounts demonstrate that protecting biodiversity is most effective when it is paired with economic empowerment and cultural respect.
Black-footed Cat Working Group
TCCI
