In Collaboration with , Big Cats will be hosting a contest in order to raise awareness about the endangered cheetah.

On December 4 post any artwork of a Cheetah. The idea behind doing such a thing is to draw attention from the public. People will wonder why everyone is posting images of cheetahs on December 4.

Rules of Contest:
IT MUST BE SUBMITTED DECEMBER 4. It will not be accepted if it is not submitted on that day.
This can be any artwork of a cheetah (Photo, drawing, literature piece)
Having a conservation message in the artwork is not necessary, however it will be favoured
The title should include something about 'The International Cheetah Day Challenge' and have a description on raising awareness on this beautiful cat.
Because of the multi-group thing, you do not need to be a member of the group to enter.
On December 4 a folder in #The-Big-Cats-Club FAVOURITES will be opened to accept all entries to be judged.

Prizes
The exact prizes are uncertain.
However,=TheBlueGuardian will donate 500 points and a painting of your own request (which will be sent to you with shipping paid by her) to the prize pool.


PLEASE VISIT FOR ALL UPDATES AND EXTRA DETAILS
Here is where things will be updated [link]

Help fight the illegal trade of animals parts by donating your quality photos of endangered animals to FREELAND. It is completely free, and this is your greatest chance to make a difference in the world of conservation. For more information please read on

Stolen from *HeWhoWalksWithTigers
Hello All,

I've been talking about FREELAND quite a bit over the past year. After all, I've been happily helping them partly because of your help! However, FREELAND is currently in a predicament and could use the help of fellow wildlife photographers out there!

The Problem

The illegal wildlife trade is estimated to have a value of billions of dollars every year, making it the third most lucrative international industry behind guns and drugs. However, despite this trade wiping out wildlife all over the world, efforts of law enforcement have yet to match those of the criminals that traffic wildlife. Simply put, the illegal wildlife trade is not taken seriously. As a result, law enforcement and customs personnel often do not have the training to identify wildlife and wildlife products that they come across. This lack of knowledge prevents cases from being developed against wildlife criminals.

FREELAND is developing a mobile app for enforcement and customs personnel in Southeast Asia to help them easily identify wildlife that is being trafficked, especially those being trafficked illegally. However, given the number of species trafficked, FREELAND simply does not have the resources to pay for the rights to use professional photos of wildlife in their app.

The Solution

Here is where you come in! If you are interested in helping FREELAND tackle the illegal wildlife trade and are a wildlife photographer, you can help by donating your photos for use in this app. All photographers will be credited and FREELAND will inform you when the app is released.

How to Help

For those interested, please take a look at the list of species below. If you have high-quality images of any of these species and wish to donate your photos to the cause, you  cab send them to PhotosForFREELAND@gmail.com. If you do, please list the species and your name somewhere in the photo file name; that will make things easy for organizing and crediting later on (hopefully, if we do get a lot of photos)!

Image resolution is preferred to be larger than 2048 x 1566 pixels, but smaller images are also acceptable.

Please share with friends here on DeviantArt through your journal and in the groups you belong to! It will help get the word out there!

Species List

Mammals

Gaur and Banteng
Serow
Tibetan Antelope/Shatoosh
Saiga Antelope
Multi-tined Antlers
Musk Deer
All wild cat species, specifically endangered South-east Asian cats
Southeast Asian Otters (Eurasian otter, hairy-nosed otter, smooth-coated otter, oriental small clawed otter etc.)
Sun Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
Banded Palm Civet and Banded Linsang
Binturong
Rhinoceros
Pangolins
Primates
Loris
Long-tailed Macaque
Elephants

Birds

Lesser Whistling and Wandering Whistling Ducks
Adjutant Stork
Hornbills
White-rumped Sharna
Birds of Prey
Straw-headed Bulbul
Hill Mynah
Parrots
White Cockatoo
Palm Cockatoo
Indonesian Lorikeet
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
Chattering Lory
Black-capped Lory
Owls

Reptiles

Crocodile Hides
Alligator and Caiman species
Philippine and New Guinea Crocodiles
Siamese and Estuarine Crocodiles
Flase Gharial
Spiny-tailed Lizards
Day Gecko species
Tokay Gecko
Monitor Lizard Species
Oriental Rat Snake
Cobra Species
Python Species
Pig-nosed Turtle
Marine Turtle
Hawksbill Turtle
Batagur species
Asian Box Turtles
Malaysian Giant Turtle
Red-eared Slider
Tortoise species
Radiated Tortoise
Ploughshare Tortoise
Indian Star Tortoise
Burmese Star Tortoise
Leopard Tortoise
Pancake Tortoise
Asian Brown Tortoise
Impressed Tortoise
Asiatic Softshell Turtle
Chinese Softshell Turtle

Amphibians

Tomato Frog

Fish

Asian Arowana
Humphead Wrasse
Seahorses

Invertebrates

Giant Clam species

Plants

Pitcher Plants
Orchids (particularly CITES appendix I species)
Ramin Species

About FREELAND

FREELAND is a Thailand-based non-profit which aims to end human and wildlife trafficking. To find out more, please visit [link]

I would highly encourage you donate any relevant photos to FREELAND and as a reward to all those who do, I will feature you in =TheBlueGuardian's journal, for all those who wish me to do so.

I also encourage you all to share this and spread the word!