The Wildlife Heritage Foundation (WHF)
is predominantly concerned with supporting animals, but will
also help to protect endangered and rare plant life too.
WHF is a young and vibrant conservation Charity with lots of
experience and ambitious ideas. We are often working with
other organisations to maximise the effectiveness of our
actions, and the WHF strives to achieve significant
successes in the field of conservation, education and
fundraising.
The WHF is based at The Big Cat Sanctuary in Smarden, Kent,
where we house a small number of selected endangered big
cats with the view to breeding and where possible
re-introduction to their home continents. The WHF is an
innovative charity allowing people from all walks of life,
nationalities and countries to join and actually assist (if
they wish) in the long term care, and where possible
reintroduce animals and plants in to their native habitat.
The WHF is actively directing its efforts towards saving
endangered species by protecting their habitat and raising
awareness of the causes and threats to the endangered
species and their habitats.
Vision
Conservation, Procreation, Liberation — Small steps for
Big Cats.
Mission
To be recognized and respected as being the best
breeding centre for endangered big cats in the world.
Wildlife Heritage Foundation will achieve its mission
by:
* Operating a centre of excellence in Kent, UK dedicated
to the captive breeding of endangered big cats within
the European Endangered Species Programmes (EEP) with
the eventual aim of providing animals for scientifically
based re-introduction projects. Very rare Amur leopards
and Sumatran tigers are already established at the
centre with a number of other cat species
* Promotion and funding of field conservation projects.
As the financial strength of the Foundation increases
WHF will become involved in field work in these areas of
the world that still have surviving wild cat populations
* Providing a research base for people interested in the
study of big cats in captivity
* Delivering an education programme that promotes the
importance of bio-diversity and the role of the top
predators to all our guests
* Joining together like minded people for the benefit of
endangered species through our membership organisation
* Linking with organisations worldwide that have similar
aims and objectives as Wildlife Heritage Foundation
* Developing the WHF Kent Centre as a wildlife haven for
UK native species. Early research shows the site is used
on a regular basis by many species of birds and insects
and has an interesting resident reptile and small mammal
population.
