http://www.worldwildlife.org/ The latest tiger stories from WWF. Fri, 06 JUN 2008 17:00:00 EDT en-us http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem28052.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem28052.html Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Tigers and other species are at the center of a multi-billion business. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/reducting-poaching-to-save-tigers.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/reducting-poaching-to-save-tigers.html Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 EST Tigers are highly vulnerable to poaching. Learn about WWF's Zero Poaching initiative. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26884.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26884.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST Not all tissue and paper towels are made from responsible sources. Take action to help protect tiger habitats. Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26576.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26576.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EST WWF staff member describes his experience after seeing a tiger in broad daylight. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24969.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24969.html Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST Extraordinary snapshots of five of the seven wild cat species are a reminder of what could be lost to deforestation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/Stamp 2011.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/Stamp 2011.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST The Save Vanishing Species stamp is a new stamp designed to raise money to help protect endangered wildlife and is available at all post offices in the U.S.  Read more http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem23163.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem23163.html Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EST A time to celebrate conservation successes and raise awareness about the many threats tigers still face. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21446.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21446.html Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EST The first tiger in Nepal ever to be translocated and fitted with a specialized tracking collar was killed in Nepal in May 2011. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21209.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21209.html Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 EST Camera traps recorded an astounding 12 tigers in just two months in the central Sumatran landscape. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20534.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20534.html Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST India announced that its wild tiger population has increased to 1,706 from 1,411 since the last tiger census in 2007. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20444.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20444.html Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EST A suspected tiger smuggler was arrested with the skin of an adult male tiger. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19843.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19843.html Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST Six of WWF-India’s volunteers, including three women, were abducted on Sunday, Feb. 6, while conducting field monitoring for the All India Tiger Estimation Project in India. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19568.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19568.html Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EST As Year of the Tiger according to the Chinese lunar calendar comes to an end, it is more crucial than ever to take action to protect wild tigers.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19471.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19471.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST Asian tiger reserves can support more than 10,000 wild tigers—three times the current estimate—if they are managed as large-scale landscapes that protect core breeding sites and benefit local communities, according to the world’s leading conservation scientists in a new study published on January 25. This positive news reveals that doubling the number of tigers in the wild is feasible. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19393.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19393.html Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST Namobuddha became Nepal’s first wild tiger to be fitted with a GPS-enabled satellite collar and translocated from Chitwan National Park to Bardia National Park in Nepal on January 22. WWF supported the translocation with technical expertise and financial aid, working closely with the Government of Nepal and the National Trust for Nature Conservation. The satellite collar will help scientists gain a better understanding of tiger ecology and improve conservation efforts like anti-poaching operations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18899.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18899.html Thu, 23 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EST A new investigation by WWF and other groups reveals that one of the world’s largest paper suppliers is still cutting down the rainforest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra – even though the company claims to have stopped doing so. The forest being cleared is vital to the survival of tigers and other endangered species. You can voice your opposition to this by making more responsible choices about the paper you buy. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18567.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18567.html Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Rare and endangered Asian big cats are sold in black markets along Myanmar, Thailand and China’s shared borders, facilitating a deadly illicit trade in tigers and other endangered species says TRAFFIC and WWF’s joint report “The Big Cat Trade in Myanmar and Thailand.” http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18525.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18525.html Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Tigers have long provoked awe in the human imagination, becoming symbols of untamed nature whose "fearful symmetry," in the words of William Blake, has inspired everything from art to advertising. In the wild, however, tigers are on the verge of disappearing. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18496.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18496.html Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Parts of at least 1,069 tigers have been seized in tiger range countries over the past decade, according to new analysis of tiger seizures carried out by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Reduced to Skin and Bones shows that from January 2000 to April 2010, parts of between 1,069 and 1,220 tigers were seized in 11 of the 13 tiger range countries—or an average of 104 to 119 animals per year. Of the 11, India, China and Nepal ranked highest in the number of tiger part seizures, the report states, with India by far the highest number of tiger part seizures. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18436.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18436.html Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Anatoly Belov, a long-time Russian anti-poaching ranger working on the frontlines of protecting tigers has been awarded the 2010 WWF Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Medal. The medal was first given in 1970 and is awarded annually by WWF for outstanding service to the environment. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18419.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18419.html Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST Russia’s Far East is the homeland of two of the most charismatic examples of global biodiversity—the Amur tiger and the Korean pine. Both are under assault as the forestry administration of Primorsky Province in the Russian Far East moves to open critical Amur tiger habitat for logging. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18303.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18303.html Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST A video camera trap installed by WWF and partners has captured footage linking the destruction of a crucial Sumatran tiger forest to the expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia’s Riau Province. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18024.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18024.html Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST Stamps emblazoned with tiger images and “Save the Tiger” messages are used in the Eastern Himalayas to help raise awareness about the need to double tiger numbers by 2022, the next Year of the Tiger. The stamps, created under the leadership of WWF and other entities, also help show the commitment of Nepal, Bhutan and India to protecting wild tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18027.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18027.html Mon, 20 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EST The PloS Biology Journal, a respected scientific journal, published a paper last week entitled Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink - the Six Percent Solution, which presents a powerful case for the need to refocus efforts on the protection of the last remaining strongholds for the tiger. The paper is based on a study led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and focuses on how much it will cost to stop tigers from becoming extinct. WWF helped to provide data for the study and supports the paper’s conclusion that there is a need to rebalance conservation efforts. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17862.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17862.html Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST This year the major highlight of the Amur Tiger Cultural Festival in the northeastern Chinese city of Hunchun was not the colourful costume parade, art performances or even the ecological tour of a tiger habitat. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17844.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17844.html Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST A two-month-old tiger cub was found sedated and hidden among stuffed-tiger toys in the luggage of a woman at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Sunday. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17809.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17809.html Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EST Almost 60,000 new trees are going to reforest critical tiger habitat on the Indonesian island of Sumatra as a result of global connection made on Forest Friends, an initiative that brings together young adults from Indonesia and Germany. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17486.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17486.html Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST On Thursday, July 22, 2010 a Congressional briefing was held to discuss the state of wild tigers, current efforts to ensure their survival and actions needed by the US government to regulate the captive tiger population. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17431.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17431.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST On July 17, 2010, police detained two people involved in the Sumatran tiger illegal trading syndicate in Pekanbaru, Riau Province of Sumatra. Yoga Rusdiansyah, 26, and Hidayat Saldi, 45, are under investigation.  Yoga was caught with six decapitated tiger heads, five tiger pelts and seven kilograms of tiger bones. The tiger body parts were set to be exported to Malaysia. Based on Yoga’s testimony, he has conducted illegal activities for three years with up to five packages sent in one month. Hidayat’s status is still under further investigation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17352.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17352.html Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17143.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17143.html Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Vietnam’s Environmental Police have confiscated two frozen tigers and a frozen leopard in the central province of Nghe An. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16422.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16422.html Mon, 24 May 2010 00:00:00 EST A few years ago, India’s Panna Tiger Reserve made global headlines when all of its tigers were lost to poachers. Now Panna is once again in the news, this time for three very good reasons. This spring, a trio of cubs were photographed with their mother, marking the very first time in recent conservation history that a translocated tiger has given birth in the wild. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16213.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16213.html Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:00 EST Thanks to their keen sense of smell, dogs are put to work sniffing out bombs, drugs, earthquake survivors and lost children. Now, WWF is using them to help sniff out tigers. Or tiger dung, to be precise. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16120.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16120.html Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 EST The Swedish Association for Hunting and Wildlife Management is helping Russian tiger conservation efforts thousands of miles away by sharing its secrets to raising prey animals like deer and wild boar. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16034.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16034.html Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EST This month, suspected members of a Chinese poaching gang were captured by Russian border patrol after sneaking into a tiger sanctuary near Kymen-Rybolov, a Russian village near the Chinese border. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15152.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15152.html Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Governments from across Asia’s tiger range countries (TRCs) sent a powerful message that new efforts to save wild tigers from extinction would begin immediately and called for total protection of critical tiger habitats as the 1st Asia Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation concluded today at the resort of Hua Hin, Thailand. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14914.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14914.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST A new study by WWF scientists and partner organizations has found global climate change could shrink Bangladesh’s Sundarbans tiger habitat by 96 percent, potentially reducing the tiger population to fewer than 20 breeding individuals. An estimated sea level rise of 11.2 inches above 2000 levels by 2070 means this unique mangrove ecosystem could disappear within half a century. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14779.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14779.html Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Video cameras installed in the Sumatran jungle have captured close-up footage of a tiger and two cubs, the first time that WWF has recorded evidence of tiger breeding in central Sumatra in what should be prime tiger habitat. The images have led to renewed calls for stronger measures against poaching and the rapid deforestation of tiger landscapes on the Indonesian island.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14751.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14751.html Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST WWF bids farewell to “Billy” Arjan Singh, 92, the legendary Indian tiger conservationist who passed away on Jan 1, 2010. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14175.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14175.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Kathmandu, Nepal- The Government of Nepal announced today an expansion of Bardia National Park in the Terai Arc Landscape by 900 sq km, which will increase critical habitat for tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14179.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14179.html Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST China received praise here today from the International Tiger Coalition (ITC) for promising to work with its neighbors to end tiger trade and bring back wild tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14125.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14125.html Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST Tiger experts, government officials, scientists and conservationists are gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal this week to start a new global dialogue on how to save wild tigers as the world prepares to celebrate the Year of the Tiger in 2010. The Kathmandu Global Tiger Workshop is the first in a series of high profile political negotiations culminating in a Tiger Summit in 2010. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13957.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13957.html Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST A five-year-old male Tiger was freed from a poacher’s snare on Sunday after it was found by WWF’s Wildlife Protection Unit (WPU) just off a highway that cuts through the Belum-Temengor forest complex in the northern state of Perak. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11892.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem11892.html Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST Many violent incidents between people and tigers in Sumatra’s Riau Province in the past 12 years have occurred near forested areas being cleared by paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and associated companies, under the umbrella of its holding group, Sinar Mas Group (SMG), according to an analysis of human-tiger conflict data. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10970.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem10970.html Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST Nepal’s Suklaphanta (Sook-lah-fahn-tah) Wildlife Reserve was once considered prime tiger habitat because of abundant prey and the relative scarcity of competing predators. A sustainable population in this protected area is crucial for maintaining the genetic diversity of tigers in the region. Because of concerns that Suklaphanta’s tiger population was shrinking due to illegal poaching, WWF and partners began conducting more frequent and comprehensive surveys of the tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6325.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem6325.html Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EST Customs and the Frontier Service in the Primorskii province in the Russian Far East have seized a massive cache of illegal wildlife products bound for China.