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Over the past 13 years (2008-2020), ZSL has worked with partners United Administrations of Lazovsky Zapovednik and Zov Tigra National Park (UALZZT) using camera traps and conducting snow track surveys...
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It's the second annual virtual Amur Leopard Conservation Run April 15-30th! Organised by a wonderful team at the American Association of Zoo Keepers Memphis chapter, anyone can take place in...
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Abstract Aichi Target 12 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) contains the aim to ‘prevent extinctions of known threatened species’. To measure the degree to which this was achieved,...
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The latest report from FFI shows clearly the impact felt by the Kerinci TPCU Rangers from COVID-19 during 2020. This long-running conservation project aims to bring about a natural increase...
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On 3rd March 1973, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed and in 2013 the United Nations declared that this day...
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Two years ago a group of girls in Poolesville, Maryland USA decided that they wanted to start raising money to help save endangered species. They did research on which animals...
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Huge thanks go out around the world to our supporters. The latest shout outs go to Wellington Zoo Trust (New Zealand), Sedgwick Country Zoo (United States of America) Zoo de...
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A short update from the tiger team in Thailand: Freeland's Tim Redford reports that 42 rangers have just safely returned to base after spending 10 days in the forest setting...
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The recent report from Phoenix Fund in Vladivostok highlights some of the problems but also some of the opportunities caused by a year of suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic. This...
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Abstract Costs of large predator conservation may not be equitably distributed among stakeholders; these include farming communities, tourism business owners and visitors. Financial redistribution mechanisms based on accrued benefits and...
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The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review published last week is an essential read, though at 600 pages long and containing detailed economic equations and theories, it is hard going...
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Tigers and other wildlife constantly transverse Thailand's border with Myanmar and the recent news of political unrest in Myanmar reminds us of the fragility of the tiger population in Thailand's...
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The 1st February is the start of the WildCats projects year, and this year is no exception. Today, eight projects funded by WildCats Conservation Alliance begin the activities and objectives...
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Welcome Zoo de la Barben in France as WildCats newest supporter zoo! The zoo's conservation charity Ecofaune, has donated €1.500 to our fund for Amur tigers and leopards. Zoo de...
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A recent article in the online environmental news site Mongabay, has highlighted that illegal agricultural encroachment in Kerinci Seblat National Park in Sumatra increased during 2020. According to the article...
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A long-running PHS TPCU investigation into a tiger poaching syndicate operating in two national parks in Sumatra has resulted in the arrest of three men – one, the syndicate kingpin...
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Top supporter Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart Germany, came to the rescue in early January with a donation of €16,500 to help conserve wild Sumatran tigers in Kerinci Seblat National Park. ...
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Despite the closure of many of our supporter zoos over the busy Christmas season and the difficulties that some have found themselves in, we have seen that even some of...
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Fota Wildlife Park in the Republic of Ireland recently donated €7,500 to Sumatran tiger conservation taking its contribution to WildCats Conservation Alliance to over €50,000. Money Fota donates is used...
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WildCats Conservation Alliance is delighted to thank the staff and visitors at Korkeasaari (Helsinki Zoo) for another year of fundraising despite the Covid-19 pandemic and the rainy weather in September. ...
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French conservation foundation La Passerelle has recently donated €3.000 to WildCats Conservation Alliance to assist Amur leopard conservation in the Russian Far East. The foundation was established by Julien Pierre...
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WildCats is known for giving out grants to conservation projects, but it is also in receipt of an annual grant itself which pays for salaries and basic overheads. Whilst WildCats...
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Members of Förderverein der Hauptstadtzoos Thank you, friends of Berlin's zoos The “Förderverein der Hauptstadtzoos” (translation - support association of the capital cities zoos) helps several projects in Zoo...
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Freeland interim report 2020
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Two recent stories in the press remind us that hope is always present in the fight for wild tiger survival. Both these stories came from Thailand, the last stronghold of…
