John,

It’s not often that you get the chance to help save an entire species from extinction – but today you do!

Less than 1,500 tiny Andean wildcats are left – and these beautiful animals are facing huge battles. Mining and deforestation are destroying their wild home, shrinking their territory day by day and forcing them to put their lives at risk just to find food. 

But nobody really knew how to save them…until now. 

A pioneering Indigenous women-led team has a plan to track these cats with camera traps and GPS collars: because if they know where these cats are, they can fight to protect them AND their habitat from being ravaged by toxic mining companies. 

They just need the cash to kick this plan into action. Together, we could rush them the funds just as the cats’ mating season starts and they’re easiest to spot and track – and keep defending all the world’s most threatened species.

Can you chip in to save these tiny Andean cats?

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The last Andean wildcats are fighting for their lives in the ruins of the precious Queuña forests, high up in the stunning Peruvian Andes. Almost 99% of these forests have been wiped out – and this destruction has forced these creatures to make a deadly choice: seek food closer to the Indigenous Quechua communities that live nearby, but risk being killed.

This near-total ecological collapse is devastating for local communities too who are dependent on dwindling natural resources to survive.

But local Quechua women are taking control to reverse this tragedy –  they know that if they can save the Andean wildcat, they’ll be defending all the wildlife that depends on these fragile Andean ecosystems.

AND they’ll be winning protections for their own land and water!

With almost zero financial support they’ve created thriving community spaces to change attitudes towards these wild creatures, preventing hunting and poaching, and creating buy-in for a future where the wildcats and Indigenous communities live in harmony.

It’s amazing progress – but without hard data to prove where these tiny cats roam, it’s almost impossible to defend their home from future destruction. So locals are asking us for urgent help to launch their one-of-a-kind research project to save these cats for good. 

If all of us chip in just a little, we could supercharge this genius project to protect precious wildlife in the Andes for generations to come and help them get started right away! Then we’ll keep going to save all the world’s most threatened animals.

John, let’s be part of saving a species, together:

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