What We Do
African Cat Project is an Australian non-profit organisation dedicated to conserving Africa’s three big cats – lion, leopard and cheetah. We are volunteer run and 100% for-the-cause, meaning all profits we raise always go directly to our conservation projects. We partner with and support organisations in southern Africa who are working on important and impactful conservation projects.
Our conservation model consists of three main focus areas:
Who We Are
In 2012, our Founder and Director, Sarah Menzies, went on her first trip to Africa. Sarah fell in love with the continent, and as a way to stay connected to her favourite place in the world and support some of it’s iconic but threatened wildlife, started African Cat Project. Sarah is a conservationist, teacher and photographer who lives in Avoca Beach, New South Wales. She shares her home with their house leopard (AKA rescue cat), Duma. Sarah is passionate about the environment, wildlife, and loves travelling to and working with communities in developing countries.
Project highlight: Our first ever leopard collaring in Namibia
Leopard N082 (later named 'Ollie' after one of Sarah's cats), had been trapped by a farmer as a preventative to protect his livestock. Thanks to the GPS collar funded by us, the farmer agreed to release the leopard on his land, and he now receives regular updates to his whereabouts. Tracking collars are vital to the survival of Africa's big cats in highly human populated areas. To read more about our projects, click here.