| We do not have expensive offices in New York, | | | | hundred square miles, their preservation can help |
| London & Paris. Our offices are modest, low | | | | maintain a host of other species making use of the |
| cost, situated in small towns and rural areas to keep | | | | same habitat. The puma is also an icon of wild nature. |
| down the costs. Endangered species are our main | | | | World Wildlife Foundation is leading efforts to restore |
| worry. We intend to save as many as we can, buy | | | | pumas to preferred former habitats and to put a |
| land for conservation and preserve the bio diversity | | | | stop to the extirpation of pumas in regions where |
| habitats for the animals. | | | | they still live. |
| Foremost among the means we use are to get | | | | Southern Pumas in Argentina and Chile are at great |
| together with landowners, convince landowners to | | | | risk. The population of pumas is declining alarmingly. |
| join with us, not to shoot or trap animals that | | | | Our current programme is dealing with this by |
| threaten their livestock. In return for the help of the | | | | enrolling the landowners of Argentina and Chile to |
| landowners we give landowners financial | | | | help preserve the puma despite the depredations the |
| compensation when the big cats or other animals kill | | | | puma makes by killing sheep and guanacos which are |
| livestock as prey. This brings benefits for all | | | | the lifeblood of the landowners. |
| participants. Landowners feel good about helping. | | | | In return for not killing or trapping the pumas we will |
| Landowners do not enjoy being cast as bad guys. | | | | compensate enrolled landowners participating in our |
| Now, they are not. Save the animals. Provide land as | | | | scheme who submit claims for compensation where |
| their habitat. Keep them safe. | | | | Pumas have killed the livestock of the landowner. We |
| The World Wildlife Foundation puma logo symbolizes | | | | then have the co-operation of landowners. In fact |
| not only our continuously work in taking an effective | | | | we have their enthusiastic participation. |
| step on regarding wildlife protection but also our | | | | In addition, we know from the compensation claims |
| broader mission, future benefits of keeping the earth | | | | the dates and locations of puma killings of sheep and |
| safe. | | | | guanacos and this allows us to plot the numbers of |
| A number of the world's most important biologists | | | | pumas and their territories. All of this is valuable data |
| have anticipated that protecting habitat for | | | | essential for conservation. Everyone gains. |
| wide-ranging felines such as pumas will conserve 90 | | | | The assistance of landowners is crucial. But we need |
| percent or more of overall biological diversity. | | | | your support to make the long term survival of the |
| Because pumas necessitate home ranges of several | | | | puma beyond doubt. |