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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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....
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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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Amur tiger caught on camera in 2021 in China © WCS The Swiss Walter Zoo is the mountain top home to Amur tigers and Amur leopards - ambassador animals for...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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 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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Help us protect Amur tigers and their taiga forest home in the Russian Far East and northeast China. 500 - 550 adult tigers are estimated to live across this region...
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In July we celebrate International Tiger Day which was started at the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit in 2010 when world leaders met with the intention of bringing the world’s focus...
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There is plenty of fascinating insight into the lives of Amur tigers in the recent report from the Ano Amur and ZSL Russia partnership project. Based in Lazovsky Zapovednik (LZ),...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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A big thank you to one of our newest supporters Memphis Zoo in the United States, which has recently sent $2,000 to support Amur leopard conservation. With fewer than 100 Amur...
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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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Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have been working in the Russian Far East since 2001 and the team's wide ranging experince has led them to take a holistic approach to...
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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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On July 29th many of our supporters celebrated International Tiger Day which was founded at the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit in 2010, the last Chinese Year of the Tiger, with...
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It is still a rare occurrence that wild Amur leopards come into the care of humans, but when they do they go to PRNCO ‘Tiger Center’ to receive any veterinary...
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Transboundary cooperation improves endangered species monitoring and conservation actions: A case study of the global population of Amur leopards Abstract Political borders and natural boundaries of wildlife populations seldom coincide,...
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