News From the Field
Take a behind-the-scenes journey to explore our work and find out what it takes to conserve one of the world's most iconic species.
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Behind the Lens: Seeing Stripes in the Forests
The field staff hike for a full day – sometimes more than a week – to retrieve traps from where ...
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Tigers in the Spotlight
“This Global Tiger Day, help @DiscoveryComm and @WWF protect wild tigers at discovery.com/projectCAT #projectCAT” tweeted Leonardo DiCaprio. The actor is ...
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7th Global Tiger Day
The world celebrates Global Tiger Day on July 29th to show our collective support for the magnificent yet endangered big ...
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LATEST: Asia's snaring crisis a grave threat to wild tigers
On Global Tiger Day today, WWF is urging tiger-range governments to strengthen anti-poaching efforts and crack down on a ...
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Standing Firm Against the Growing Pressures
Han Sakhan is unwilling to leave the forests knowing poachers and loggers are out there, everyday. But his 3-year-son is ...
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Vladik: An Amur Tiger Returns to the Wild
An Amur tiger lost in the city of Vladivostok is rehabilitated, and finally freed in his new wild home in ...
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In Rimbang Baling, Tiger Protectors are Guarding a World Heritage Site
The Tiger Protection Unit was patrolling Rimbang Baling Wildlife Reserve on a day like any other when Samsu, the unit’s ...
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These Women are Tiger Protectors
On International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating three women who dedicate their lives to protecting the world’s remaining wild tigers. In just ...
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The Ranger With A Hunting Past
Against the serenity of a village silenced by a mountainous landscape, the hunter poised to shoot. And the animal lunged.Feng ...
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Tiger population doubled in Nepal’s Youngest National Park
Banke National Park latest success shows Nepal's commitment to the TX2 goal.
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Bhutan commits to securing long-term future for wild tigers
This week, Bhutan shared news of the country’s goal to have its protected areas CA|TS-approved, in order to meet the ...
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Asia's infrastructure development threatens the world’s tigers
Asia's infrastructure can hinder tiger recovery process.
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Hanoi Conference presents opportunity to launch a global effort to shut down ‘Tiger Farms’ by 2019
On 17-18 November 2016, the Government of Vietnam will host the Third High Level Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade. This ...
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Increasing number of tiger farms implicated in illegal wildlife trade
A new report from TRAFFIC and WWF finds no evidence of a decline in tiger trafficking across Asia, with parts ...
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Six Weeks in the Land of the Tiger
Ever wondered what it’s like to be in the field and in the thick of the action, working to conserve ...
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Rehabilitated Tiger Finds Home in Russia
A field check of the GPS collar data in Khabarovsky Province shows that Uporny the rehabilitated Amur tiger has finally ...
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Asia's Poaching Crisis
Poaching across Asia is reaching critical levels, driven by an unrelenting demand for illegal wildlife products. This ruthless trade is emptying ...
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Camera Trapping in Terai Arc
A biologist’s biggest challenge is studying a species whose survival depends on avoiding contact with humans. In jungles of the ...
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