Besides the two regular annual issues, the Cat Specialist Group in coorporation
with its partners produces special numbers of
Cat News covering specific
topics.
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December 2007 Status and Conservation Needs of Cheetahs in Southern Africa
Cheetah conservation activities outside of protected areas have mostly taken place in the southern African region where a network of researchers and conservationists has developed. In December 2005, the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia hosted the first Southern African Regional Cheetah Workshop where the idea for this special issue of Cat News was developed. The workshop brought together 32 cheetah researchers and conservationists from six countries. This special issue of Cat News highlights the accomplishments in cheetah conservation in the southern African region over the past few years and prioritizes research and conservation objectives for the future.
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May 2007 Status and Conservation of the Leopard in the Caucasus The leopard in the Caucasus is critically endangered; only some small and isolated population nuclei remain in the whole ecoregion. To save the survival of the species in the Caucasus, urgent conservation actions are needed. As a preparation of a strategic planing workshop, a special issue of Cat News was produced where the present knowledge on the ecology, the status and distribution of the leopard, as well as recent activites for its conservation in the Caucasus ecoregion are summarized. Additionally, a habitat model provides guidance for future activites. In the last chapter the general conditions for the conservation of the leopard are presented.
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December 2006 Status and Conservation of the Leopard on the Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Leopard special issue of Cat News provides detailed reports of the Arabian leopard’s situation in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. With an introduction and additional article about the conservation framework for the Arabian leopard, readers will learn of the leopard’s plight.
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