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Mugerwa, B.; Adhya, T.; Ratnayaka, A.; Thudugala, A.; Napolitano, C.; Sanderson, J.
Are we doing enough to protect the World's small wild cats?
2020 Cat News (71): 42-47
This report summarizes the discussion that emerged at the second international Small Wild Cat Conservation Summit held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 6 to 11 December 2019. Thirty one conservationists from 16 countries gathered to share and discuss the conservation status of the world's small wild cats. They shared their research and conservation experiences, identified common threats and locally appropriate threat reduction strategies. The key threats to the small wild cat species were identified as: habitat loss and degradation, human-small wild cat conflict, hunting and poaching and vehicle collisions. However, only ten small wild cat species with known conservation initiatives were represented at the summit. A third summit planned for 2022 is envisaged to have more participants and enable the representation of more small wild cat species.
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