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📍Koh Mak Island, Thailand

Our FishCat expedition team recently conducted a conservation expedition on one of Thailand’s most remote and beautiful islands 🏝️

In collaboration with , we engaged with local conservationists and interns to better understand coral ecosystems and ongoing restoration efforts 🪸

We also visited a nearby Island called Koh Kood to observe a vital mangrove forest—an essential habitat supporting coastal resilience 🌳

As part of our work, we deployed trail cameras to monitor terrestrial biodiversity, and contribute to long-term conservation data 🐾

We’re proud to have shared our conservation approach with local landowners, primarily Mr Yodchai who supported the establishment of the 🚩FishCat Nature Reserve in Koh Mak 🗺️

Special thanks to Mr Yodchai and Chris from Coral Gardeners and our local partners and community members who made this work possible.

Short notice: we have one (maybe two) spots open on our upcoming Conservation Expedition to Thailand’s Trat 🏝️ & Prachuap Kiri Khan 🏞️ — if you’re interested in joining us, please DM us or Ashwin Naidu and we’d be glad to consider your participation 🤿🪸🐠📷🌳🐾

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 🐾

We’re ecstatic about our continued partnership with the Gal Oya Lodge, and a new partnership with Wild Glamping, Gal Oya for our next FishCat Nature Reserve 🌳 — it is relationships like these that make longterm conservation actions sustainable for fishing cats and us human beings 🐾

🐾 > 📷 > 🛖 > 🤝 A glimpse of our excitement documenting a fishing cat at Bundala Flamingo Cottages, and the creation of yet another partnership — FishCat Nature Reserve, Bundala https://maps.app.goo.gl/Yz8hJurbVR6kGHSeA — we hope you’ll visit, either on one of our Conservation Expeditions, or on your own, to be hosted by wonderful Piyumi & Chamin who are working to protect habitat for fishing cats in their lands 🌳 Special thanks to who documented this on her wildlife camera as part of our unofficial conservation camera contest, and won it :)

🛖🤝 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/

🌿 Exciting News from Amandawa Eco! 🌿

We’re thrilled to announce a new step in our journey to celebrate and protect the incredible biodiversity of Amandawa! 🐦🦎🐾 With the expertise and support of our amazing partners at **FishCat.org**, we’ve installed **animal movement cameras** across our estate. These cameras will help us document and study all the birds, mammals, and reptiles that call Amandawa home.

This initiative is a testament to our commitment to preserving nature and offering our guests a unique, immersive connection with wildlife in its natural habitat.

Follow our journey as we uncover the wonders of Amandawa’s wildlife, and explore how organizations like are working to protect our planet’s natural treasures! 🌟

Fishing Cat :- https://web.facebook.com/fishingcatconservancy

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: 🤝🛖