By Georgia Boatman | Individual Giving Fundraiser
Since 2010 David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation has been funding wildlife protection and wildlife trade investigations in Central Thailand, home to one of the last remaining populations of Indo-Chinese tigers.
Only 3,500 remain in total in the wild! In Central Thailand, the population numbers just c200.
The future of the Indo-Chinese Tiger in Southeast Asia looks bleak. There are reports that focused poaching has likely eliminated viable populations in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Vietnam and large parts of Myanmar. it is possible that fewer than 200 individuals are left in Thailand.
However despite declines elsewhere, breeding has recently been documented by Freeland, DSWF's partner on the ground, in the Don Phayayan-Khao Yai Forest in Thailand, for the first time in 15 years. We are very happy to share this new with you!
DSWF's funding of ranger training has improved enforcement skills and parkbased monitoring continues to reveal important information on tigers, prey and threats. Buildling on these gains, we are also supporting Freeland in bolstering their existing community based educational programmes and their expansion of teacher-led educational outreach to schools near tiger reserves.
Thank you for supporting Tigers in Thailand!
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