We were shocked and saddened to receive the tragic news that on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 Wayne Lotter, one of the conservation world’s shining lights, was brutally murdered in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His untimely death is a massive blow to wildlife conservation and the larger community.
The world’s remaining tigers are living under severe threat of extinction, having lost 93 per cent of their historical range and suffered a population crash of 95 per cent during the past century. The major threat to their continued existence is poaching to meet the high demand in Asia for their parts and derivatives
The Spring 2017 issue of our bi-annual newsletter Investigator, featuring an overview of key campaign activities during the past six months. This issue features, an historic global deal is reached to cut super-pollutant HFC gases and lots more
There are now 5,000-6,000 tigers kept in more than 200 facilities across China – many in horrific conditions and exhibiting symptoms of severe mental and physical distress as well as genetic deformities – in an industry which has sustained and stimulated demand for tiger parts and drives the poaching of wild tigers
Today, on UN World Oceans Day, there is a ray of hope for the fast-disappearing vaquita, the world’s smallest and most endangered cetacean that is found only in the upper Gulf of California
A partnership with China Dialogue will deliver a series of in-depth reports, opinions and articles to combat decline of Asia’s tigers. Tiger populations in Asia have plummeted by an estimated 96 per cent since the start of the 20th century, from 100,000 animals to fewer than 4,000. Of those left, half are in India