In order to improve our understanding of the species and at the same time enhance the global conservation efforts, the Pallas’s cat International Conservation Alliance (PICA) was established. PICA was formed in 2016 through a collaboration between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Nordens Ark Zoo of Sweden and the Snow Leopard Trust with funding and support provided by Fondation Segre. This ambitious project works together with range country field researchers, the Manul Working Group (MWG) (formerly known as the Pallas’s Cat Working Group), conservation organisations, zoological collections and conservation specialists to undertake its key objectives.

Currently our main focus is to advance conservation action for the Pallas’s cat and to build capacity through implementation of the Pallas’s Cat Conservation Strategy and by supporting the global network of the Manul Working Group.