estherconway, Author at WildCats Conservation Alliance

Hamerton Zoo donates to wild tiger conservation fund

By estherconwayUncategorised

ROARING success and our endless gratitude to the team Hamerton Zoo Park for raising £1,645 this year on Global Tiger Day with talks, feeds, cake & game stall, face painting and a raffle!...

30th August 2018

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ZSL Nepal interim report 2018

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/08/ZSL-Nepal-Interim-reportAugust-2018forweb.pdf

23rd August 2018

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Securing the future for Nepal’s tigers

By estherconwayNews

Last week we received the interim report from the ZSL Nepal team that are using their WildCats grant in the Parsa National Park (PNP) to continue monitoring the tiger population...

23rd August 2018

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Poachers arrested with Sumatran tiger

By estherconwayFFI, News

Two men were arrested on Wednesday 11th August in possession of a skin and skeleton of an adult Sumatran tiger. Following an investigation which started in the west of...

16th August 2018

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Doodles with my daughter

By estherconwayNews

Many members of the public like to use Global Tiger Day as a focus to do something for the wildlife they love. Here is the story of one mother, artist...

15th August 2018

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Movement of tigers

By estherconwayBlog

WildCats office blog - we are blessed to be based in an institution where visiting academics, scientists and conservationists are invited to talk about their work. Radio collared tiger in...

16th July 2018

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Tayto Park Amur leopard and tiger conservation

By estherconwayNews

Tayto Park made it into the WildCats top 10 donors this year when it pledged to support Amur leopard and tiger conservation with €10,000 a year for the next three...

3rd July 2018

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How we select projects

By estherconwayBlog

Many people ask how we select projects to support, and as we are starting the process for selecting next year’s proposals, Crissie suggested this might be the topic of our...

30th June 2018

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Oil palm and biodiversity – IUCN report 2018

By estherconwayNews

A report just published by the IUCN warns "Banning palm oil would most likely increase the production of other oil crops to meet demand for oil, displacing rather than halting...

27th June 2018

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Shrepreth Wildlife Park raises funds for Sumatran tigers

By estherconwayNews

Shepreth Wildlife Conservation Charity, the charitable arm of Shepreth Wildlife Park does it again with an outstanding donation of £4,000 to WildCats Conservation Alliance. The donation was raised over...

10th June 2018

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Evaluating the effect of forest loss and agricultural expansion on Sumatran tigers from scat surveys

By estherconwayConservation Papers, News

A new conservation paper has used Sumatran tiger genetics from poo to analyse how tiger populations across the island of Sumatra have been affected by high rates of habitat loss…

23rd May 2018

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Chessington World of Adventure commits to conservation

By estherconwayNews

Chessington Zoo has committed £20,400 to Amur tiger conservation this year through WildCats Conservation Alliance after the launch of its new tiger exhibit. Chessington's Conservation Fund is donating the money...

4th May 2018

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Relating ungulate seasonal movements to tiger spatial organization in the Russian Far East

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Wild, solitary felids demonstrate a variety of spacing patterns, with diversity in spatial organization largely attributed to variations in abundance and distribution of important resources, particularly prey. We examined...

2nd May 2018

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Knowsley Safari Park donates £6,000 to Amur tiger conservation

By estherconwayNews

A huge thank you to Knowsley Safari Park which has made its first donation to WildCats Conservation Alliance to celebrate the opening of its brand new tiger exhibit.

10th April 2018

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Illegal loggers targeted in Kerinci Seblat National Park

By estherconwayFFI, News

In late March, illegal loggers who had set up camp in the Merangin District of Kerinci Seblat National Park were given 36 hours notice to quit before the local police...

1st April 2018

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All-India Tiger Census 2018 to be Hi-Tech, More Accurate and Precise

By estherconwayNews

The All-India Tiger Estimation, 2018 exercise promises not just to be hi-tech, but will also be far more accurate and precise than ever before. Officers from National Tiger Conservation Authority…

30th March 2018

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Lingkar final 2017

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/10/LingkarInstitutefinalreport2017.pdf

20th March 2018

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FFI/Lingkar final 2017

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/WildCats/ProjectReports/Indonesia/FFIKerinciTigersAucklandFinal20162017edited.pdf

20th March 2018

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Counting tiger prey using remote cameras

By estherconwayBlog, UCL/IOZ Tigers & Idu

Sahil Nijhawan PhD, writes about the novel methods of counting animals devised to assist his study of tigers in the remote area of north eastern India. Arunachal Pradesh, India In the...

10th January 2018

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Maintaining tiger connectivity and minimizing extinction into the next century

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Habitat loss is the greatest threat to large carnivores around the world. Maintenance of functional connectivity in fragmented landscapes is important for long-term species persistence. Here, we merge landscape...

10th January 2018

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Living on the edge: Opportunities for Amur tiger recovery in China

By estherconwayConservation Papers, News

Abstract Sporadic sightings of the endangered Amur tiger Panthera tigris altaica along the China-Russia border during the late 1990s sparked efforts to expand this subspecies distribution and abundance by restoring...

9th January 2018

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Aaranyak interim 2017

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/WildCats/ProjectReports/India/AaranyakIndo-Bhutan-Tiger_Mid-TermReport2017.pdf

8th January 2018

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Diet of Bengal Tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract We studied the diet of the Bengal tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) in Chitwan National Park, Nepal, by identifying 109 prey items from 85 tiger scats. Tigers in this region...

14th December 2017

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Sumatran tiger survival threatened by deforestation despite increasing densities in parks

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract The continuing development of improved capture–recapture (CR) modeling techniques used to study apex predators has also limited robust temporal and cross-site analyses due to different methods employed. We develop...

14th December 2017

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Examining the shifting patterns of poaching from a long-term law enforcement intervention in Sumatra

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Current levels of illegal wildlife trade for many in-demand species are unsustainable and place them at a heightened risk of extinction. While several Asian protected areas standout for their...

14th December 2017

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ZSL Nepal final 2017

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/WildCats/ProjectReports/Nepal/ZSLNepalFStrengtheningAnti-poachingMeasuresFinalReport2016-17editedforweb.pdf

28th November 2017

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