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Podcast: Are we making tigers and their prey sick? Pt. 3 Canine Distemper Virus

By amyvangelderBlog

While global attention is currently focused on COVID-19, a disease that has jumped from animals to humans, it is important to remember that diseases that breach the species barrier also...

8th April 2022

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Podcast: Are we making tigers and their prey sick? Pt. 2 Lumpy Skin Disease

By amyvangelderBlog

While global attention is currently focused on COVID-19, a disease that has jumped from animals to humans, it is important to remember that diseases that breach the species barrier also...

8th April 2022

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Podcast: Are we making tigers and their prey sick? Pt. 1 African Swine Fever

By amyvangelderBlog

While global attention is currently focused on COVID-19, a disease that has jumped from animals to humans, it is important to remember that diseases that breach the species barrier also...

23rd February 2022

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Two young tiger cubs looking up © Romana Misha

Collective giving brings zoos together

By estherconwayBlog, News

WildCats Conservation Alliance brings zoos together to pool donations to fund conservation projects across Asia. By working together we can achieve so much. On average 75% of our annual income...

13th October 2021

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The Sumatran tiger protectors

By amyvangelderBlog, FFI

World Ranger Day is dedicated to the courageous men and women putting themselves at risk protecting wild species and places. In this blog we hear from the courageous tiger protectors...

28th July 2021

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Every tiger counts!

By amyvangelderBlog, ZSL Russia

In this blog we hear from ZSL Project Veterinarian working in the Russian Far East and learn why, with only 500 wild Amur tigers left in the wild, the life...

27th July 2021

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The perils of population monitoring

By estherconwayBlog

An Unexpected Complication in Amur leopard population monitoring this winter by Petr Mametiev, WCS Russia Amur leopard monitoring © WCS Russia In mid-January 2021, we arrived at Land of the...

7th June 2021

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Amur leopard and tiger art contest

By estherconwayBlog

Phoenix Fund 16th International Amur leopard and tiger art contest - Results Announced! Read this latest blog from the team...... We are glad to announce the results of the 16th...

3rd June 2021

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Monitoring Amur leopards: Dale Miquelle

By estherconwayAmur leopard, Blog

by Dale Miquelle PhD When we establish a monitoring program to determine population trends for an endangered species, we often think of it as a necessary early warning system for...

17th May 2021

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Tigers beyond protected areas

By estherconwayBlog

Tigers know no boundaries! Dr Hem Baral Under a strong leadership from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) and supported by a host of remarkable tiger conservation...

17th May 2021

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Second Annual Amur leopard run

By estherconwayBlog, News

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...

29th March 2021

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World Wildlife Day

By estherconwayBlog, News

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...

2nd March 2021

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Tiger team in Thailand

By estherconwayBlog, News

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...

24th February 2021

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The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review

By estherconwayBlog, News

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...

8th February 2021

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Wild tiger monitoring in Thailand – Part 2

By estherconwayBlog

Following the initial training course, the Freeland team and the KLNP authority are out in the eastern forest of Khao Laem National Park (KLNP) to install 80 cameras for a rigorously...

29th October 2020

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Tiger encounter – part 2

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

In part 1 of this tiger encounter story the FFI monitoring team, who work closely with the Kerinci Seblat TPCUs to collect data about tiger and prey population dynamics came...

27th August 2020

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Tiger encounter

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

In June, a great tiger encounter tale was shared by the Fauna & Flora International (FFI) monitoring team who work alongside the Tiger Protection and Conservation Units (TPCUs) in Kerinci...

26th August 2020

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Tiger numbers increase but populations are still fragile

By estherconwayBlog

Bengal tiger numbers are rising © Tal Chohan Wild tiger populations in many regions are responding positively to scientific and sensitive conservation efforts that consider landscapes, species and people in...

24th August 2020

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World Ranger Day 2020

By estherconwayBlog, News

Coming so close after Global Tiger Day, it's sometimes easy to forget that conservation is about people as much as it is about wildlife. Today, World Ranger Day is a...

30th July 2020

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Sharing habitat with tigers and Amur leopards

By estherconwayAmur leopard, Blog

Cameras are used in the forests to monitor tigers and Amur leopards, which helps us to identify individual animals and record their movements and families. Photographs can also be used...

23rd July 2020

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Human-tiger conflict blog

By estherconwayBlog

Kerinci, April 2020 – Tigers at the side of road Video Clip When Kerinci Seblat Tiger Protection & Conservation was formed in mid-2000, minor human-tiger conflicts – such as a...

30th June 2020

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Camera trap monitoring in a pandemic

By estherconwayBlog

In the second of our blogs from the WCS team in China, Ren Yi reminds us that not all conservation happens out in the forest. Hundreds of mages from camera...

15th May 2020

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TPCU reflections – Jayendri

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

Last but not least, in our celebration of the dedication of the FFI/Kerinci Seblat Tiger Protection & Conservation Unit (TPCU) team, and sharing members of the TPCU reflections on COVID...

14th May 2020

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TPCU reflections – Endi Mistanto

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

Over the next few weeks we are celebrating the dedication of the FFI/Kerinci Seblat Tiger Protection & Conservation Unit (TPCU) team, and sharing members of the TPCU reflections on COVID...

12th May 2020

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TPCU reflections – Juanda

By estherconwayBlog, FFI

Over the next few weeks we are celebrating the dedication of the FFI/Kerinci Seblat Tiger Protection & Conservation Unit (TPCU) team, and sharing members of the TPCU reflections on COVID...

10th May 2020

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Snowtracking Amur Leopards and Tigers in Northeast China

By estherconwayAmur leopard, Blog

The WCS China programme managed to get snowtracking amur leopards and tigers carried out before any COVID-19 lockdown occurred in the area. Walk a mile in their boots by Ren...

9th May 2020

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