http://www.worldwildlife.org/ The latest tiger news from WWF Fri, 06 JUN 2008 17:00:00 EDT en-us http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27118.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27118.html Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:00 EST A new bill is introduced to regulate possession of big cats within the U.S. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27443.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem27443.html Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST A new study found that Sumatran tigers are nearing extinction as a result of human activities, particularly the conversion of natural forests into plantations for palm oil and pulp and paper. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26751.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2012/WWFPresitem26751.html Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EST American companies and consumers are inadvertently contributing to Indonesian rain forest and tiger habitat destruction by buying toilet paper and other tissue products made with fiber from Asia Pulp & Paper. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25359.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25359.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST A new report documents a tiger sanctuary under threat from deforestation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25213.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25213.html Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF calls for zero poaching and marks significant progress since historic tiger summit. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25083.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem25083.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EST A new photo signals hope for tiger populations in northeast China. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24544.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24544.html Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST The tragic situation in Ohio has prompted WWF to call for a ban on private ownership of tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24520.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24520.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 EST The tigers that were let loose by their owner and killed in Ohio illustrates why the U.S. needs better regulation of captive tigers. Take action to protect tigers http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24097.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem24097.html Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EST A new U.S. postage stamp featuring a tiger cub that went on sale today is a first of its kind stamp that will allow purchasers to support international wildlife conservation. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem23415.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem23415.html Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF encouraged authorities to hand down a maximum sentence to a suspected tiger smuggler that was put on trial on August 10, 2011 in a West Sumatra, Indonesia district court. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21267.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21267.html Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 EST The stamp is the result of a 10-year effort led by WWF, in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other international conservation organizations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21224.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem21224.html Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF released rare video footage of three Sumatran tiger cubs playfully chasing leaves in the forests of the Bukit Tigapuluh landscape in Indonesia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20859.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem20859.html Wed, 13 Apr 2011 00:00:00 EST WWF applauds the government of Kazakhstan on an innovative effort to reintroduce tigers where they were previously extinct. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19478.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19478.html Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST As the Year of the Tiger comes to an end, WWF, backed by a group of leading companies, today issued a call for more corporations around the world to reduce their impact on tiger habitats, through responsible procurement of wood, paper, palm oil, coffee, and other commodities. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19473.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19473.html Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST The tiger reserves of Asia could support more than 10,000 wild tigers – three times the current number – if they are managed as large-scale landscapes that allow for connectivity between core breeding sites, a new paper from some of the world’s leading conservation scientists finds. The paper is the first assessment of the political commitment made by all 13 tiger range countries at November’s historic tiger summit to double the tiger population across Asia by 2022. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19406.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19406.html Sat, 22 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EST A wild tiger fitted with satellite-collar was successfully translocated from Nepal’s Chitwan National Park to Bardia National Park for the first time today, according to World Wildlife Fund. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18635.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18635.html Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST The historic International Tiger Conservation Forum ended today with significant plans to discuss further financing options for the Global Tiger Recovery Program approved at the meeting, kick-starting new efforts to double the number of wild tigers. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18615.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18615.html Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST As world leaders gather for a historic summit to save tigers from extinction, Leonardo DiCaprio today committed $1 million to World Wildlife Fund for urgent tiger conservation efforts through his Fund at the California Community Foundation. DiCaprio will also attend this week’s summit. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18627.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18627.html Tue, 23 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST World leaders and countries that have wild tigers today endorsed a major plan to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022 underscoring their commitments at the historic International Tiger Conservation Forum. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18591.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18591.html Sun, 21 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Heads of government attending the International Tiger Conservation Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia this week must ensure the meeting is a turning point in the fight to save tigers by backing their joint plan with immediate action, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said today. The global conservation organization added that it is crucial for any action to have the necessary manpower and financial backing to make a deep and lasting impact. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18581.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18581.html Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Black markets along Myanmar, Thailand and China’s shared borders play a crucial role in facilitating the deadly illicit trade in tigers and other endangered species, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and TRAFFIC report in the lead up to the Global Tiger Forum taking place next week in St. Petersburg, Russia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18553.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18553.html Wed, 17 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EST Today, Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman  of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Congresswoman Madeline Bordallo (D-GU), Chairwoman of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, introduced resolutions supporting the International Tiger Forum which will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia, next week.  The “Tiger Summit,” hosted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, will bring together the Heads of Government of the 13 tiger range states to agree a recovery plan to double the number of wild tigers by 2022. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18512.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18512.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. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18372.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem18372.html Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST With more tigers in captivity in the U.S. than survive in the wild, the United States needs a centralized federal database to monitor the big cats, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said today.  Weak U.S. regulations could be helping to fuel the multimillion dollar international black market for tiger parts, according to a new review released today by WWF and TRAFFIC, the world’s largest wildlife trade monitoring network. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17536.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17536.html Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST The Russian government has introduced measures to protect Korean Pine, a key species found in Amur Tiger habitat in the Russian Far East. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17459.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17459.html Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Actor Dick Van Dyke has been named an official Year of the Tiger Ambassador by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and will help the organization promote tiger conservation. With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild, Van Dyke will help WWF raise awareness and funds for tiger conservation with the goal of doubling wild tiger populations by 2022. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17445.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17445.html Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST A Congressional Briefing on Thursday, July 22 will discuss the state of wild tigers, current efforts to ensure their survival and how the US can help ensure that tiger numbers double over the next decade. Experts will discuss the need for high level US representation at the upcoming Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, hosted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Other issues include increased US funding and technical support for on-the-ground tiger conservation in Asia.and stricter US laws around captive tigers (there are more tigers in captivity in the US than there are in the wild around the world). http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17315.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17315.html Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST Tiger experts from the 13 tiger range countries laid out an ambitious plan to double tiger numbers in the wild by 2022 during a crucial tiger meeting that concluded in Bali today. The meeting was the final one among the 13 countries before world leaders gather later this year at the Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17243.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17243.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund’s Texting for Tigers promotion launched today, giving people the ability to aid in saving wild tigers from extinction through their mobile phones. By texting “TIGERS” to 20222 from a cell phone, a $10 donation will be made to support WWF’s efforts to protect tigers. With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild, down from around 100,000 a century ago, the species is one of the most threatened on the planet. WWF’s goal is to double the global tiger population by 2022. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17263.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17263.html Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST WWF Indonesia CEO Dr. Efransjah and WWF Tiger programme leader Michael Baltzer issued the following statement ahead of the pre-Tiger Summit meeting starting Monday in Bali. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17203.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem17203.html Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EST On 12-14 July 2010, Indonesia will host the Pre-Tiger Summit Partners’ Dialogue Meeting, a crucial meeting to be attended by senior government officials from the 13 tiger range countries (TRCs) – Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16467.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem16467.html Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 EST Actor and Activist Leonardo DiCaprio has joined forces with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save a species on the brink of extinction. With as few as 3,200 tigers left in the wild, WWF and DiCaprio today kicked off Save Tigers Now. The campaign begins with an expedition to remote tiger habitats in Asia to document the wild tigers first hand and learn what needs to be done to save them from extinction. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15288.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15288.html Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST As many Asian countries prepare to celebrate Year of the Tiger beginning February 14, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) reports that tigers are in crisis around the world, including here in the United States, where more tigers are kept in captivity than are alive in the wild throughout Asia. As few as 3,200 tigers exist in the wild in Asia where they are threatened by poaching, habitat loss, illegal trafficking and the conversion of forests for infrastructure and plantations. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15018.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem15018.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Tiger numbers have fallen by more than 70 percent in slightly more than a decade in the Greater Mekong, with the region’s five countries containing only 350 tigers, according to a new World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report released today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14891.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14891.html Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST One of the world’s largest tiger populations could disappear by the end of this century as rising sea levels caused by climate change destroy their habitat along the coast of Bangladesh in an area known as the Sundarbans, according to a new World Wildlife Fund-led study published in the journal Climatic Change.  http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14801.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2010/WWFPresitem14801.html Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EST Camera traps set deep in the Indonesian jungle have captured first-time video footage of a rare female Sumatran tiger and her cubs, giving World Wildlife Fund (WWF) researchers unique insight into the elusive tiger’s behavior. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14481.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14481.html Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund (WWF) today released its annual list of some of the most threatened species around the world, saying that the long-term survival of many animals is increasingly in doubt due to a host of threats, including climate change, and calling for a step up in efforts to save some of the world’s most threatened animals. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14165.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem14165.html Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST More than 250 experts, scientists and government delegates from 13 tiger range countries this week called for immediate action to save tigers before the species disappears from the wild, citing the urgent need for increased protection against tiger poaching and trafficking in tiger parts. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13170.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13170.html Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST World Wildlife Fund stressed the need to renew tiger conservation efforts in response to the government of Nepal’s announcement of an estimated 121 breeding tigers in four protected areas in the Terai Arc Landscape of Nepal. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13021.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2009/WWFPresitem13021.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST Experimenting with tiger farming is too risky and could drive wild tigers further toward extinction, the World Bank told a key international wildlife trade meeting today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9758.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9758.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST Huge gaps in U.S. regulations for tigers held in captivity could make the big cats a target for illegal trade, wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC and World Wildlife Fund found in the first-ever comprehensive report on captive tiger regulations across the United States http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9508.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem9508.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST In a groundbreaking effort to preserve the species, an endangered Bengal tiger was relocated to the Sariska tiger reserve in India on June 28th—an area where the entire tiger population was wiped out a few years ago. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6629.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2008/WWFPresitem6629.html Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON – Laws protecting the critically endangered Sumatran Tiger have failed to prevent tiger body parts being openly sold in Indonesia, according to a TRAFFIC report launched today. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3376.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3376.html Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON -- December 19 2007 -- Just in time for college football bowl season, the University of Missouri, Auburn University and Clemson University have squared off in another battle: to stop tiger farming and the illegal trade in tiger parts. The three major universities---all with famous tiger mascots---have joined forces with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and initiated a friendly competition to see which school and its alumni can raise the most money to aid real-world tigers around the globe. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3374.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem3374.html Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia--Today the Russian Government created a new national park that is habitat for the endangered Siberian tiger in the country’s Far Eastern region after six years of research and negotiation by World Wildlife Fund. Roughly the size of Rhode Island, Anyuiskii National Park—1562.5 square miles--is the largest of three protected areas established by the Russian government in 2007. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1079.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem1079.html Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EST Washington DC - An intricately carved Royal Bengal Tiger by Gail H. of Vienna, West Virginia, won the WWF and HP online photo contest "Going Wild with Pumpkins". Gail used a special stencil from among 10 wildlife-themed designs aimed at raising awareness of wildlife and environmental issues, and won an HP Photosmart photo printer and digital camera. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem991.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem991.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON- Dr. Eric Dinerstein, Chief Scientist and Vice-President for Conservation Science at World Wildlife Fund testified before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans of the House Committee on Natural Resources today on three bills - H.R. 1464, the Great Cats and Rare Canids Conservation Act of 2007, H.R. 1913, the Great Cats Conservation Act of 2007, and H.R. 1771, the Crane Conservation Act of 2007. Modeled on the highly successful conservation programs for elephants, rhinos, tigers, great apes, sea turtles and neotropical migratory birds, the bills would establish conservation programs to protect some of the world's most endangered and iconic species. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem977.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem977.html Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A WWF camera trap inside an Indonesian national park has captured photographs of a Sumatran tiger in the wild that appears to have escaped from a snare by cutting its paw off. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem967.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem967.html Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia—Adding the second national park for Siberian tigers in the span of one week, the Russian Government this past weekend established “Udege Legend” National Park for tiger conservation and the cultural preservation of an indigenous way of life. Now Russia’s protected a total of 419,000 acres of Siberian or Amur tiger habitat as national park. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem961.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem961.html Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - A two-storey-high photo mosaic of a tiger, created from personal photos of nearly 25,000 tiger lovers worldwide, was unveiled in The Netherlands today to urge world leaders to end all trade in tigers. Individuals from more than 140 countries contributed their pictures to it. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem957.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem957.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EST The Hague – In the cover story of this month’s BioScience journal, leading tiger experts warn that if tigers are to survive, governments must stop all trade in tiger products from wild and captive-bred sources, as well as ramp up efforts to conserve the species and their habitats. The paper, “The Fate of Wild Tigers,” describes the wild tiger's population decline as "catastrophic" and urges international cooperation to ensure the animal's continued existence in the wild. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem941.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem941.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST Vladivostok, Russia—Following the April 18 announcement that only 25 to 34 of the Amur or Far Eastern leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) remain in the wild, World Wildlife Fund says the number must now be revised because a female Amur leopard was killed. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem933.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem933.html Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EST Kathmandu, Nepal – The world’s leading tiger experts and delegates from at least 12 countries are gathering in Nepal this week to discuss the future of the world’s endangered wild tigers at the International Tiger Symposium and Global Tiger Forum. WWF and TRAFFIC scientists, policy experts and wildlife trade authorities are available to provide updates and comment on the meetings. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem926.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem926.html Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans has passed two bills that provide funding for programs that protect endangered rhinos, tigers and elephants: http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem923.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem923.html Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON- Any easing of the current Chinese ban on trading products made from tigers is likely a death sentence for the endangered cats, according to a new TRAFFIC report released today by World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC-the wildlife trade monitoring program of WWF and IUCN. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem906.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2007/WWFPresitem906.html Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Russian law enforcement officials today seized three Siberian tiger skins, eight tiger paws and 332 tiger bones as well as 531 saiga horns and 283 Asiatic black bear paws near the Russian border with China, making it the the largest bust of its kind in at least a decade. The seizure took place in a village near Russia's eastern border with China in an area where World Wildlife Fund (WWF) works with government authorities to combat the illegal trade of wildlife products when police stopped a car that had its passenger seats removed and was stuffed full of bags. The driver claimed to be delivering bags of potatoes but upon inspection police discovered the animal parts. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem897.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem897.html Mon, 11 Dec 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - Paparazzi-hating Hollywood stars have nothing on a camera-averse young tiger in central Sumatra that recently went on a 10-day spree of destruction that left three WWF's camera traps in pieces in the jungle. In each case, the film inside was spared and revealed that the same culprit was responsible for all three incidents. Scientists believe the camera's flash upset the tiger. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem870.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem870.html Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EST WASHINGTON - The most comprehensive scientific study of tiger habitats ever done finds that the big cats reside in 40 percent less habitat than they were thought to a decade ago. The tigers now occupy only 7 percent of their historic range. The report and related materials can be downloaded at www.tigermaps.org http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem858.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2006/WWFPresitem858.html Wed, 31 May 2006 00:00:00 EST Washington - Results released today by World Wildlife Fund of the first assessment done in two years in one of Nepal's premier national parks reveal an alarming decline in tiger and rhino populations, indicating widespread poaching. The area only became accessible for visits since the ceasefire between the Maoist insurgents and government troops a month ago. http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem784.html http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2005/WWFPresitem784.html Tue, 15 Mar 2005 00:00:00 EST Washington - It's rare to escape a tiger attack unscathed. But a hidden camera set up in the Indonesian jungle by World Wildlife Fund has captured a rare Sumatran tiger walking through the jungle and then assaulting the camera after the flash goes off. The camera survived the attack and even took an image from inside the tiger's mouth.