estherconway, Author at WildCats Conservation Alliance

Curiosity and the Big Cat

By estherconwayBlog

In this second blog from WCS Russia, staff are finding the time to reminisce about big cat conservation. Here Aleksandr Rybin, of WCS Russia's Amur leopard project tells WildCats how...

22nd April 2020

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Coronavirus in Leopard Country

By estherconwayBlog

In this unprecedented time of lockdown, conservationists are contemplating the future. Here Dale Miquelle, of WCS Russia wonders whether the Amur leopards are enjoying a forest devoid of human presence...

20th April 2020

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Phoenix Fund – fire fighting

By estherconwayBlog, News

As with the Freeland team in Thailand, Phoenix Fund has been in touch to let us know that with the fire season also upon them, rangers are fire fighting in...

16th April 2020

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Thailand fire fighting

By estherconwayNews

Rangers in Thailand are fire fighting enormous blazes across the north of the country. As this year's fire season hits harder than ever, lack of skilled rangers due to COVID-19...

15th April 2020

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Shout outs!

By estherconwayNews

We're giving shout outs to some recent zoo donors who have made much-needed contributions to our funds over the past months. At the moment, these zoos are closed due to...

9th April 2020

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ZSL Russia final 2019 Report

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/04/AnoAmurZSLRussa_LazovskyFinalReport_Mar-2020.pdf

8th April 2020

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How is COVID-19 affecting wildlife conservation?

By estherconwayBlog, News

How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting wildlife conservation? We've just heard from the ZSL team working in Nepal on how they are managing. Thanks to Prachanda Maharjan field officer based...

7th April 2020

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Report from Lazovsky

By estherconwayNews

In this final report from Lazovsky for activities and impacts in 2019, the ZSL team report on a holistic programme for tiger conservation that has secured a stable population of...

4th April 2020

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Gaur in trouble – update from Thailand

By estherconwayNews

Away from it all... The past few days have been stressful for the Freeland conservation teams in Thailand. One group just got back from a week in the field in...

2nd April 2020

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Social distancing

By estherconwayNews

During this COVID19 pandemic, social distancing is on the forefront of everyone’s mind and difficult for us because humans are social animals. But for tigers, social distancing is a way...

2nd April 2020

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Orphaned tiger cub rescue

By estherconwayNews

Lazovka’s story By Mikhail Goncharuk Orphaned tiger cub rescue is great deal for its own, but just imagine the value of this deal when after years of rehabilitation and release...

1st April 2020

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Al Mucci

By estherconwayNews

Al Mucci on his last visit to WildCats head office in 2019 WildCats offers a huge thank you to Al Mucci who has sadly announced his resignation from Dreamworld Wildlife...

25th March 2020

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Parsa National Park update

By estherconwayNews, ZSL Nepal

ZSL Nepal has supported the Government's ongoing investment in Parsa National Park (PNP), facilitating the additional of 129 km2 in 2015 (PNPea) and subsequently its upgrade to a national park...

20th March 2020

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Joggler extraordinaire

By estherconwayNews

Tim Butler is a joggler. What on earth? ... we hear you say. Tim is a tiger champion, that's what and read on to see why..... Tim Butler is on...

12th March 2020

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Amur Leopard Virtual Run

By estherconwayNews

Zookeepers at the Memphis Zoo are organizing the first annual Conservation Amur Leopard Virtual Run! The virtual 5k is simply a 5k done on your own time. Anyone in the...

10th March 2020

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Unraveling the complexity of human–tiger conflicts in the Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra

By estherconwayConservation Papers

Abstract Conserving large carnivores that live in close proximity to people depends on a variety of socio-economic, political and biological factors. These include local tolerance toward potentially dangerous animals, efficacy...

10th March 2020

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EIA: On the Butcher’s Block

By estherconwayNews

The March 2020 publication of Wildlife On The Butcher’s Block: The Mekong Tiger Trade Trail, coincided with the release of the recent BBC Natural World documentary "Tigers | Hunting the...

10th March 2020

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Focus on Phoenix Fund

By estherconwayNews, Phoenix Fund

Phoenix Fund is working with the staff of five Protected Areas in the Russian Far East to ensure the effective protection of an estimated 103 Amur tigers (total estimation in...

3rd March 2020

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FFI Kerinci Final 2019

3rd March 2020

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Good news in this FFI report from Kerinci

By estherconwayFFI, News

The latest FFI report from Kerinci Seblat National Park on the island of Sumatra is an encouraging read and suggests that tiger numbers may be increasing due to persistent antipoaching...

3rd March 2020

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Thank you Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation

By estherconwayBlog, News

WildCats is known for giving out grants to conservation projects, but it is also in receipt of an annual grant itself which pays for for salaries and basic overheads. Whilst...

26th February 2020

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Lingkar Institute forest-edge communities

By estherconwayLingkar, News

Forest-edge communities in Bengkulu, to the east of Kerinci Seblat National Park (the second largest Protected Area in Indonesia), have been identified as hunting hotspots. It is here that the...

25th February 2020

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Lingkar final report 2019

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/02/Lingkar-InstituteBengkulufinalreport2019.pdf

25th February 2020

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Illicit Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia

By estherconwayConservation Papers, News

A young wild Indochinese tiger under threat from illegal wildlife trade. © Freeland/DNP Illicit Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia | Evolution, Trajectory and How to Stop It A recent report...

5th February 2020

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Tiger and Amur leopard projects 2020

By estherconwayNews

Eight tiger and Amur leopard conservation projects are due to start 1st February 2020 getting WildCats off to a great start for this new decade. We are also delighted to...

20th January 2020

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Thank you for your donation to Amur cats

The power of collective giving

By estherconwayNews

This time of year we take stock and one of the things that we celebrate are the amazing donations received by WildCats from the international zoo world. Collective giving brings...

15th January 2020

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