Thank you Walter Zoo for the recent contribution of 42,000 CHF (£36,842). Walter Zoo in Switzerland home to Amur tigers Victor, Julinka and Yeva, collects one Swiss Franc from every...
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The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has been working in Northeast China since 1998 and in the Hunchun Nature Reserve (HNR) since its creation in 2001. The reserve is an important...
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The Wildlife Conservation Society in China has been conducting systematic camera trap monitoring of Amur leopards and Amur tigers in Hunchun, northeast China, since 2013. They religiously check their network...
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This year, for the first time in nearly two decades, an adult tiger was observed with four cubs in southwest Primorski Kray! Here Aleksandr Rybin, field crew leader for WCS’s...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Wildlife conflict is a growing problem in many areas where wild habitats have shrunk and potentially dangerous animals increasingly come into contact with people. Conflict increases when this is also...
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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...
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Ano Amur ZSL Russia final 2020 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/04/AnoAmur_ZSLFinalReport_Russia_Mar-2021.pdf
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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Abstract Canine distemper virus (CDV) has recently emerged as an extinction threat for the endangered Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica). CDV is vaccine-preventable, and control strategies could require vaccination of...
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Resident tiger caught on camera in 2019. Living amongst apex predators © WCS China Living amongst apex predators brings with it certain risks and with conservation actions focused on increasing...
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Ano Amur ZSL Russia interim 2020 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/09/AnoAmurZSLRussiaInterimReportAug2020forpublic.pdf
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...
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ZSL Russia final 2019 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/04/AnoAmurZSLRussa_LazovskyFinalReport_Mar-2020.pdf
Copenhagen Zoo's recent €2.000 donation to support Amur leopards and tigers will be used across the conservation projects of Phoenix Fund, WCS and ZSL for antipoaching, education and monitoring in...
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Give a gift and a future to big cats this festive season… Successful wildlife conservation is about the mixing of many elements. The alchemy happens when you bring scientific expertise...
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On Friday 6th September 2019 Jo, from WildCats was in Helsinki as one of the thousands of visitors attending Korkeasaari Zoo’s Night of the Cats event, or in Finnish, Kissojen...
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Photo © Land of the Leopard National Park/WCS The Wildlife Conservation Society in Russia (ANO WCS) is continuing its work monitoring the Amur leopards and tigers in southwest Primorye, including...
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ZSL Russia Interim 2019 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/ZSLLazovskyinterim2019.pdf
Phoenix Fund is stabilising Amur tiger and Amur leopard populations by improving the efficiency of anti-poaching efforts in five protected areas (PAs) and conducting environmental education activities. Its recent interim...
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A joint team from the projects in Russia are taking tiger stories to the villages ahead of Global Tiger Day. This short report from Sergei Bereznuk: From July 21 through...
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Understanding wildlife disease and how it is passed between animals is crucial for any habitat, especially for the habitat of the endangered Amur tiger and the possible site of the...
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ZSL Russia Final 2018 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/06/ZSL-Russia-Final-report-2018.pdf
With International Women's Day approaching, WildCats is super grateful to inspirational Wildlife Biologist, Dr Linda Kerley, for taking the time to answer one of our most asked questions; How long...
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