big cats mission
We are committed to saving lions, tigers, cheetahs, leopards, jaguars, and other big cats in the wild.
National Geographic, along with Dereck and Beverly Joubert, launched the Big Cats Initiative to raise awareness and implement change to the dire situation facing big cats.
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why save big cats?
Africa's Lion Population Has Declined 90% in the Last 75 Years
Cheetahs Have Disappeared From More Than 75% of Their Range
There Are More Tigers in Captivity Than There Are in the Wild
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Nat Geo WILD presents a week dedicated to nature’s fiercest felines—big cats—creatures of magnificent strength, ferocity, and beauty that are rapidly facing extinction. With visually stunning and powerful stories from around the world, get closer than ever before to lions, tigers, cheetahs, panthers, and more as you share in their triumphs, defeats, and epic struggles to survive.