The Black-footed Cat Research Project Namibia was initiated in 2012 to 1) collect more fine-scale distribution records of black-footed cats in Namibia, specifically on farmland and protected areas in Namibia; 2) educate and raise awareness for this little-known wild cat species; 3) investigate and identify threats and to establish its conservation status; 4) find strongholds for its conservation and 5) study the distribution, biology and ecology of this species in Namibia. This project is a collaborative effort between the Black-Footed Cat Working Group (BFCWG), the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) Biodiversity Research Centre (BRC) and the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. 2021 has been a year of kittens. We recorded 11 litters born from May-December 2021, totalling 20 kittens from the six females. Some females had more kittens than others, but the high reproduction rates are phenomenal, maybe due to improved productivity and higher prey densities through good rainfall in 2021. It is unusual for females to give birth in the colder months of the year, with litters usually born from October to March, but births have been recorded until May (Sliwa et al. 2010). Ndele Shipala, the field technician and NUST Masters student, regularly monitored all the females in 2021, and was able to obtain amazing camera trap footage of females and their kittens.