Adopt a Puma to Save the Species
Adopt a Puma to save the species
This World Wild Foundation Puma Programme acts to financially compensate ranchers for cattle and sheep that are killed for food by the Southern Puma. This way the Southern Puma will not be shot or poisoned by the ranchers and the ranchers do not lose financially.
You can help by adopting a Puma cub or making a donation here
The following pictures are copyrighted Albert J Valentino.
BUY A PUMA A DINNER.
World Wild Foundation has a programme to launch which will help to stop ranchers from shooting Pumas.
The organization will pay compensation to ranchers for all sheep & cattle that Pumas kill for food. To a large extent it will be on the “Honour” system and we take ranchers word for the kill and the compensation. History tells us that ranchers want to help but not if they suffer losses. We need to have the ranchers on our side, so we take their word for a loss and pay them compensation for their lost livestock. The ranchers then agree not to shoot Pumas and they tell us of Puma movements and log Puma livestock kills. This enables us to track Puma population numbers and their movements.
Buy a Puma his dinner?
The typical cost to pay the rancher in Argentina & Chile is..
A Sheep costs US$48……………….. please donate.
A steer costs US$210……………….. please donate.
Also generous sponsors may have a 1,000 acre range named after themselves by paying for our land purchase programme that will acquire lands for the Puma home ranges for all time.
A 1,000 acre range costs US$500,000 [a typical 20,000 acre home range will cost us in the region of US$10 Million & we need many of these if we are to succeed in our programme].
Nov 12th, 2008 at 1:27 am
My name is jaime I am in grade 4 and I have chosen to do my project on the Puma. I think it is great we can donate $ to buy land for them, how can I get started to raise this $500,000 as an individual. My plan is to go door to door, get my school involved and other fund raising ideas my parents may help me with. Is there any official forms I have to fill out in order to do this?
Nov 26th, 2008 at 4:25 am
I feel sorry for these poor animals.
Dec 1st, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I am Amber Galllagher and I am also doing a article on the puma. I feel so sad for these animals always having to hide from the hunters, running low on food, having to find a new home every year so they don’t get killed. I love this animal so much and I don’t want it’s kind to die. I wish there were more people that would do what you are doing. thank you.