Conservation Research In The Field
Please note: ISEC Canada does not recommend or hire any staff or volunteers
for conservation research projects.
What Is Conservation Research?
Conservation, or field, research is the scientific study of a species' natural history. Where are the cats located? What kind
of habitat do they use? What do they eat? What are their activity patterns and social organizations?
Population status surveys confirm the presence or absence of a species and estimate the density of the population. Repeated
surveys on the same animals monitor their changing dynamics.
Without all these answers, it is impossible to design an effective conservation plan. Without knowing how large the population is,
or their preferred habitat, suitable protected areas cannot be determined. Information is gathered with the use of radio telemetry
equipment, camera traps, box traps, scat and track surveys, and interviews with local people.
What does this mean for the small wild
cats?
Funds are always need to finance conservation research projects, and always difficult to find for small wild
cat projects. Learn more about our featured conservation research projects below and see how you can help. All donors will receive
the quarterly Cat Times newsletter, and field reports sent by the researchers will be emailed to donors as they are received. Tax
receipts will be issued for all Canadian donations, but we are unable to issue receipts for international funds.
 Wild Cats of Brazil
Black Footed Cat, South Africa
Ecology & Conservation of Four Sympatric Cat Species, Argentina
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