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We have two spots remaining in our upcoming November 13-20 Conservation Expedition to Sri Lanka — more land partnerships 🌳 + more wildlife cameras 📷 + more ecological restoration 🌱 + a lot more exploration 🛶🛻🏝️🐆 — if you’re interested in going or have any questions, please comment below or DM FishCat.org or Ashwin Naidu 🐾

The Fishing Cat Conservancy( FishCat.org) has a few spots open for their Conservation Expedition in south India coming up in November.
To book please email: [email protected] - soon! Or for more information, message us and we can connect you to those who know the details.

Curating a conservation expedition takes decades and a village of people — landowners, local leaders, forest officials, and fishermen — here’s a peek into our coastal Andhra conservation experience 🌳 In the end, it makes it all worth it to see fishing cats in the wild, and in a safe space, being protected by the local community at large 🐾

Have you ever seen a rusty-spotted cat in the wild? Head to Sri Lanka with us for a conservation expeditions (visit the Expeditions tab in FishCat.org), and you just might get a chance to see the world’s smallest cat with our partner Thusitha Weerasinghe — with years of experience, Thusitha follows a night-safari ethic like no other: whispers, hand gestures, and the use of red lights/headlamps to minimize spooking animals, and to increase chances of sighting elusive species like lorises and small wild cats 🐾

🛖🤝 You guessed it! Step 3: Partnerships with landowners and community members to create Nature Reserves—we were recently LIVE with this step—our latest partnership is with Amandawa Eco Lodge in Sri Lanka 🌳 And here’s a link to a recent post by them: https://www.facebook.com/share/18Zrn2XSWT/

Once we’ve gathered some evidence on the possible/probable presence of fishing cats and other endangered species, the next step in our conservation process is to work with our community partners to setup wildlife cameras (also called trail cameras 📷) — while tracks 🐾 and s**t 💩 are indicative evidence, photos can provide definitive evidence on the presence of species like 🎣😸 and 🦦 Any guesses on the next step that we take? Here’s a clue: 🤝🛖