The Wild Felid Research & Management Association

Research. Manage. Educate. Conserve.

The Wild Felid Research and Management Association (WFA) is a non-profit association of professionals and non-professionals directly involved with research and management of wild cats or simply interested in learning more about wild felids and ways to help conserve them in the Western Hemisphere.

Our mission is to promote the sound management, conservation, and restoration, where necessary, of wild felids in the Western Hemisphere through science-based management and education. Our intention is to openly share knowledge and expertise by facilitating relationships with and among government entities, non-governmental organizations, universities, and other interested parties.

What WFA stands for...

Highest scientific & professional standards in research, management & conservation of wild felids;

Science-based management & conservation;

Communication & collaboration across scientific disciplines;

Increased public awareness on felid biology, ecology, conservation & education;

Professional growth of our members;

Access to resources, technologies & tools.

 

 

"The Wild Felid Research and Management Association provides a long overdue and valuable conduit for increased communication and cooperation among cat biologists in the Western Hemisphere."

Mel Sunquist, PhD, Professor Emeritus, University of Florida

The Fall 2024 issue of The Wild Felid Monitor 
is out!  

This issue has a variety of topics, including:
Kodkods in Argentina
Puma predation and wild pigs
Cougar use of a highway underpass
Puma ecology in coastal Patagonia
Alberta's cougar adaptive management project
Past scholarship & grant recipients - Where are they now?
NEW: Untold Tails

AND MUCH MORE  

WFA's mailing address has changed 
Please send any written correspondence to:
WFA
PO Box 272928
Fort Collins, CO 80527

We are now soliciting articles for the Spring 2025 issue.   
If you have something you'd like to share, consider submitting an article! 
Deadline for submissions for the spring issue is December 15.
Contact us at wfawildfelidmonitor@gmail.com or wild.felid.association@gmail.com if you are interested. 

 News & Events

POLICY NEWS

Colorado Proposition 127: Prohibit Bobcat, Lynx, and Mountain Lion Hunting (Details) 

  cougar & carnivores book covers

 

BOOKS

Cougars on the Cliff: one man's pioneering quest to understand the mythical mountain lion. A Memoir. 

Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator - the mountain lion. This book recounts the early years of Maurice Hornocker's research (1964-1973) when he tracked lions following a dog's nose and footprints in the snow - before telemetry was available. The narrative is riveting and contrasts the challenges of early field research with today's methods using modern technology. 

Wild Carnivores of New Mexico. 

2023. Jean-Luc E. Cartron & Jennifer K. Frey, editors. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. 1100 pp
Conceived over 10 years ago, this thorough treatise of New Mexico’s carnivores has finally made it to press. Introductory chapters include discussions on the fossil record, New Mexico’s ecosystems, and the management and conservation of carnivores. Following are detailed accounts of 27 wild species of the order Carnivora that currently, or once, inhabited the state, including 4 species of felids: Canada lynx (Lynx lynx), bobcat (L. rufus), jaguar (Panthera onca) and cougar (Puma concolor). An important discussion on free-ranging and feral domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and cats (Felis catus) closes out the book. The accounts summarize what is known and not known about each of these carnivore species.

Great Reads: 

Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion

Jim Williams new book, Path of the Puma, was published in 2018, and tells the pumas remarkable tale from experience in the Rocky Mountains of North America to their southern most haunts in Patagonia.

Yellowstone Cougar: Ecology before and during wolf restoration. 2019

A seminal study by Toni Ruth, Polly Buotte and Maurice Hornocker that examines the effects of wolf restoration on Yellowstone National Park's cougar population. 

Effects of Hunting on a Puma Population in Colorado. 2021

A ten-year experimental study by Colorado Parks and Wildlife researchers reveals the effects of hunting on a puma population and the implications to wildlife managers. View the PDF

 

The 2024 Wild Felid Legacy Scholarship Recipients
have been selected.  

Read about them in the Fall 2024 issue of the Wild Felid Monitor

For information on the scholarship, go here >

If you'd like to help support this important program, consider donating. 
To date, WFA has awarded 41 scholarships totalling over $50,000.
 

Donate to the WFLS

Election News

WFA’s bylaws had not been revised or updated since 2012. The Council proposed some changes to WFA’s bylaws that:  1) address some outdated language and statements that do not apply to WFA’s function (yellow highlights); 2) change the structure of the Council by reducing the number of members from 11 to 9 as well as allow for the election of Councilors that are responsible for leading (chairing) critical WFA committees (e.g., Scholarship, Grant; blue highlights). The proposed changes were voted on and passed by the WFA membership in spring, 2024. The 2 Council positions that were eliminated were Vice President, Latin America and 1 General Councilor. The Vice President, North America has been changed to Vice President. Those that would like to see all of the bylaws changes can view them here>

There will be an election for 3 Council positions coinciding with the publication of the fall 2024 issue of The Wild Felid Monitor. Positions up for election are: Vice President, Secretary, and Councilor overseeing Scholarships.  Members should receive an email from Electionrunner at the start of the election on September 28. 

 

handling a bobcat JOIN the WFA to stay current, support our newsletter, and keep in touch with other wild felid professionals. Consider becoming a REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, or if you are a graduate student, a STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE, so that you can help inform the membership about current research, management or conservation actions that affect wild felids. Or you may want to join one of our COMMITTEES. If you want to share something right away, go to our FORUM. Your DONATIONS to our grant and scholarship funds are a great way to support emerging biologists and further our knowledge to aid in wild cat conservation throughout the Western Hemisphere. 

 

 Get Support

If you are a current graduate student, please check out WFA's SCHOLARSHIP page for information on current opportunities. WFA also awards RESEARCH AND ACTION GRANTS when funds become available. WFA has provided $40,000 in grants to a number of worthy projects in the past 5 years. Additionally, WFA soon hopes to begin offering TRAVEL GRANTS to help support students and professionals attend important conferences and workshops.  Andean Mountain Cat

 

 Education & Resources

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Keep informed by reading our newsletter,
The Wild Felid Monitor.
Issues come out twice per year, winter & summer. If you want to submit an article or update for an issue, we need them by May 1 (for summer) and October 30 (for winter). 

See our MANAGER'S CORNER to find out how agencies are managing and responding to conflicts with pumas. 

Our LINKS page provides a list of organizations involved with wild felid research, management, education and conservation activities.

 

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