The Black-footed cat Research Project Namibia was initiated in 2012 by Martina Küsters, a Namibian who was the field technician for the Black-footed Cat Working Group (BFCWG) from 2014- 2018. Large parts of the species' distribution range falls within private farmland, therefore landowner efforts and co-operation are important to conserve the species regionally. This species is of conservation concern because of limited knowledge of health and ecology of populations outside the study areas of the BFCWG (Sliwa 2004 and 2006), its restricted and patchy distribution and possibly decreasing population (Sliwa et al. 2016). The project has since collected valuable data on distribution, potential study areas and conservation threats. This project is a collaborative effort between the BFCWG, the Namibia University of Science and Technology (NUST) and the Ministry of Environment and Tourism. The project aims to 1) collect more fine-scale distribution on farmland and protected areas in Namibia; 2) educate & 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 rare species of wild cat should be seen as a flagship species of our unique arid southern Namibia.