Recognition
Telling the world the fishing cat is still here.
Our findings have reframed how Pakistan's wildlife agencies, funders, and media cover the Indus fishing cat; from presumed extinct to an endangered species worth fighting for.
Milestones
What the work has confirmed.
- First confirmed camera-trap photographs of fishing cats in Pakistan since the species' status was in doubt.
- Documented the first camera-trap photographs of Asiatic wildcats in Pakistan.
- Established that fishing cat distribution extends along the Indus canal network into Balochistan.
- Built sustained community partnerships reducing retaliatory killings in Thatta district.
In the press
Coverage of our work.
Dawn
Fishing cat: Pakistan's Indus delta losing its lone surviving predator
Coverage of habitat loss and conservation efforts protecting the Indus fishing cat.
The Express Tribune
Fishing cat: Indus delta losing its lone surviving predator
Reporting on the alarming decline of the Indus fishing cat and IFCP's conservation efforts.
Pakistan Today
Endangered Indus fishing cat faces alarming decline in Indus delta
Coverage of the rapid decline of the Indus fishing cat due to habitat destruction, water scarcity, pollution, and poaching.
Mongabay
In rare triumph, camera traps snap endangered wildcats in Pakistan
Feature highlighting IFCP's camera-trap records of the Asiatic caracal and sand cat, and the importance of small cat conservation in Pakistan.
Rewilding Earth Podcast
Episode 152: Wild Cat Rewilding In Pakistan
A conversation on the founding of IFCP and the conservation of Pakistan's eight small wild cat species.
Field record
A chronology of firsts.
Each entry represents a confirmed, documented first for Pakistan's small wild cat record.
2021
IFCP formally founded as a partner project of the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance.
2021
First confirmed camera-trap photographs of fishing cats in Pakistan, at Haleji Lake Wildlife Sanctuary, Sindh.
2021
First fishing cat kitten documented in the riparian zone of Community Reserve Zone Jhimpir.
2021
First confirmed camera-trap photographs of Asiatic wildcats recorded in Pakistan, at Kirthar National Park.
2023
Distribution range extended — fishing cats confirmed along the Indus canal network into Jaffarabad and Jhal Magsi, Balochistan.
2025
First camera-trap record of a caracal in Kirthar National Park — rare photographic evidence that the critically endangered species persists in Sindh.
2025
First confirmed photographic record of a sand cat in Pakistan, a species previously listed as possibly extinct in the country, documented in Nushki, Balochistan.
2025
Work expanded to all eight small wild cat species in Pakistan, including a dedicated sand cat project launched in the Kharan Desert, Balochistan.