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The Growth of Amur leopards & tigers in China

By estherconwayAmur leopard, News, WCS China

Northeast China has been identified as an important destination for big cats dispersing from source sites in Russia. With support from WildCats Conservation Alliance, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has documented...

12th April 2022

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Eco-education & Enforcement

By amyvangelderNews, Phoenix Fund

The sole use of militarisation in conservation is problematic as it can ignore the complex underlying historical, social, economic, and political drivers of contention between humans and the natural world....

3rd September 2021

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Big cats without passports – Fledgling populations of Amur tigers in China

By amyvangelderNews, WCS China

The present-day represents a pivotal moment for big cat conservation in northeast China as tigers and leopards continue to disperse from source populations in Russia. With support from the WildCats...

24th August 2021

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Population monitoring in the Russian Far East

By amyvangelderNews, WCS Russia

For nearly twenty years, WCS Russia has sought to institutionalise rigorous methods of population monitoring in the Russian Far East. In their half-yearly interim report, the team based at Land...

13th August 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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runners and dogs taking part in fundraising for Amur leopards

Amur leopard fun run

By estherconwayNews

Huge thanks to all the people (and their dogs!) that took part in the Second Annual Amur Leopard fun run. This virtual event, where the participants could run anytime during...

17th May 2021

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Amur leopard conservation

By estherconwayAmur leopard, News, WCS Russia

WCS in Russia (ANO WCS) want to secure the future for Amur leopards and tigers in Southwest Primorye and neighbouring lands of Jilin Province in China. One way that they...

5th May 2021

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Amur leopard date

By estherconwayAmur leopard, News

Some great footage from Land of the Leopard National Park of an Amur leopard date earlier this month. These events usually occur when the female is in estrus, sprays her...

26th April 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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Inspiring Wildlife Warriors

By estherconwayNews

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...

2nd March 2021

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Latest report from Phoenix Fund

By estherconwayNews, Phoenix Fund

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...

23rd February 2021

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Zoos donate

By estherconwayNews

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...

20th January 2021

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Helsinki Conservation – Thank you

By estherconwayNews

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. ...

7th January 2021

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Vaccination of tigers is a solution to CDV

By estherconwayNews

An Amur tiger caught on camera in the Russia Far East © Kerley/ZSL A new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America...

26th November 2020

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Dr John Lewis remembered

By estherconwayNews

This week the world lost a true tiger and Amur leopard champion. Dr John Lewis, wildlife and zoo veterinarian, died unexpectedly, a life cut short. John made an enormous contribution...

21st November 2020

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Quarters for Conservation

By estherconwayNews

WildCats would like to thank the entire team at Greenville Zoo, including all its visitors, for its most recent donation of US$12,500 raised through the “Quarters-for-Conservation” initiative. Greenville Zoo has...

22nd October 2020

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Thanks to Memphis

By estherconwayNews, Uncategorised

Today we are offering a two-handed thanks to Memphis Zoo and the Memphis Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) for donations to Amur leopard conservation. Memphis Zoo...

17th August 2020

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Thank you

By estherconwayNews

Thank you to Woodside Wildlife Park in the UK for hosting the fundraising stall of our long-term support, photographer Barbara Meyer on Global Tiger Day. Barbara has been selling her...

7th August 2020

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Read the WildCats Annual Report

By estherconwayNews

With 29 days to this year's Global Tiger Day, we are pleased to release the WildCats Annual Report 2019. It details the activities and impacts, grant funding and costs associated...

1st July 2020

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Measuring our impact to conservation

By estherconwayNews

All WildCats Conservation Alliance projects are subject to rigorous scrutiny to ensure they are having maximum conservation impact. Take a look at our impact infographic measuring impact, that illustrates the...

7th May 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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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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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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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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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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