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 2008 The Jaguar in Brazil
This
special issue of Cat News explores how researchers and
conservationists in Brazil are working to meet the three
primary challenges to regional jaguar conservation:
First, the varied and frequently controversial interactions of jaguars with people across the country have led to distinct human perceptions and prejudices. Second, the jaguar is a nationally protected endangered species in Brazil, but it is virtually impossible to practice law enforcement over ranchers that retaliate against jaguars suspected of predating cattle. Third, although there is still an abundance of habitat favorable to jaguars in the Amazon, and on a smaller scale in some portions of the Pantanal, Brazil is witnessing an explosion of anthropogenic activities such as agriculture and cattle ranching which are drastically reducing jaguar populations in key habitats such as the Cerrado, Caatinga and the Atlantic Forest, the latter of which is on the verge of extinction already.
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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
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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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