Clouded Leopard Facts and How You Can Save Them

Clouded leopards are among the best climbers of all cats - they can even hang upside down from branches! Clouded leopards spend a lot of their time in trees but it's thought that they do most of their hunting on the ground, although they may hunt for monkeys in the trees. They are very mysterious secretive cats that live in the tropical rainforests of Asia - so much so that we know very little about their social behaviour. Listen to a clouded leopard.

Why Clouded Leopards Need Our Help

Clouded leopards are listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Act and a vulnerable species by the IUCN. Clouded leopards are threatened by forest destruction and degradation primarily due to logging, agriculture, especially palm plantations. Clouded leopards are also hunted by commercial poachers and subsistence hunters. Although it is illegal to internationally trade clouded leopards, they are still illegally traded in a corrupt system and are popular as pets and in zoos. Sources: The Clouded Leopard Project

Help Save Clouded Leopards

• Donate to the Clouded Leopard Project


• Donate your services,skills/time to the Clouded Leopard Project
• Adopt a wild clouded leopard
• Join the Clouded Leopard Project cause on Facebook
• Shop online at the Clouded Leopard Store
• Do not get a clouded leopard for a pet
• Download free Bornean Clouded Leopard Wallpaper for your desktop from WWF

Clouded leopard photo courtesy of: tim ellis

African Wild Dog Facts and How You Can Save Them

African wild dog packs are submission based hierachies, rather than dominance based, meaning that they will beg for food rather than fight for it. African wild dogs will even bring back food, well regurgitate it, for injured or old members of the pack who can't keep up with the hunt. Who knew African wild dogs had hearts of gold?

African wild dogs are also very successful predators with ~80% of their hunts resulting in a kill, a much higher success rate than other carnivores. Perhaps in part African wild dogs are such successful hunters because they have the highest bite force quotient (strength of the bite relative to their body mass) of all carnivores. Pretty impressive!

Why African Wild Dogs Need Our Help
African wild dogs are one of the world's most endangered canids with only ~3000 - 5500 individuals remaining in eastern and southern Africa. They've been persecuted by humans for years, negatively impacted by human overpopulation which has led to habitat loss. They've also been hunted for game and by livestock owners. African wild dogs also live in unprotected areas since most of the national parks are too small to support their packs. Sources: Wikipedia: African Wild Dog, African Wild Dog Conservancy.

Help Save African Wild Dogs

• Subscribe to the free African Wild Dog Conservancy e-newsletter
• Make a donation to the African Wild Dog Conservancy
• Volunteer with African Wild Dog Conservation (competitive process for students and scientists)
• Adopt an African wild dog through the African Wild Dog Conservation
• Buy a print of an African wild dog
• Add African Wildlife Foundation as a Friend on MySpace
• Make a donation to the Namibia Nature Foundation
• Volunteer with African Wild Dogs through the Harnas Wildlife Foundation
• Join Help African Wild Dogs cause on Facebook

African wild dog photo courtesy of: digitalART2