Indus Fishing Cat Project

Every animal in Rani Bagh Zoo depends on us for its wellbeing. We appeal to the management to improve conditions and ensure these lives are treated with the care, respect, and love they deserve 🙏

PICA is proud to co-host a side event at the CITES CoP in Samarkand spotlighting the Silk Road’s small cats! 🌍🐾

The event will introduce Central Asia’s unique and often underrepresented small wild cats, including the Pallas’s cat, sand cat, jungle cat, caracal, Asiatic wildcat and Turkestan lynx.😻

We’ll be highlighting the need to better understand how trade-related pressures impact local populations, to deepen knowledge of their conservation needs, and strengthen conservation capacity for small cats across the region.

The event is jointly organized by PICA, the Ministry of Ecology, Environmental Protection & Climate Change of Uzbekistan, Institute of Zoology of the Academy of Sciences Uzbekistan, the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group, Team Bars Turkmenistan and Conservation X Labs

Nordens ArkRoyal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)