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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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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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...
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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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A second young person has recently taken on a challenge for wild cats. This time Owen aged 6 from California who loves Amur tigers. Owen organised a bike-a-thon around his…
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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WCS Russia interim Report 2020
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/08/WCSRussiaInterimReportAmurLeopardsandTigers2020forweb.pdf
There is positive news from WCS Russia in this report on the monitoring of Amur leopards and tigers across Southwest Primorye in the Russian Far East. WildCats Conservation Alliance (and...
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WCS Russia Final 2019 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2020/05/WCSRussiaFinalReportAmurLeopardsandTigersinRussia19-2020.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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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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WCS Russia Interim 2019 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/09/WCS-Progress-Report-Russia-Leopards-and-Tigers-August-2019forweb.pdf
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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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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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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WCS Russia carried out population monitoring of Amur leopards in the Nezhino and Northern sectors of Land of the Leopard National Park (LLNP) during 2018 and findings have been published...
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WCS Russia Final 2018 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/WCS-Final-Report-Russia-Leopards-April-2019editedforweb.pdfWCS Russia Final 2017 Report
https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/05/RPT-final_WCCA_Russia-Leopards_AS_FINAL_1804_EDITEDFORWEB.pdf
17 January 2018, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) released a paper, published in the Journal of Wildlife Diseases officially documenting the first case of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in a two-year-old,…
