Protecting Tigers

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Over the past six months, DSWF have continued to work alongside our ground-based conservation partners in Asia to provide vital support to the continents endangered Amur and Bengal tiger populations.

In India, DSWF have continued to two K9 units in the Assam region which provide critical support to law enforcement efforts.

• Babli (the dog) and Goura (the handler) have been operating in the Orang National Park which covers 78km² of prime tiger habitat. Babli has given some vital clues to forest officials on stolen camera traps alongside two illegal killings of wild boar.
• Jubi (the dog) and Sanatan Mali (the handler) have been stationed in the Baguri Range of Kaziranga.

Combined, the two dog units have patrolled 540km of prime tiger habitat. Alongside the K9 units, DSWF have supported field agents to continue their visits to field sites in order to gather information and monitor the movement of suspects involved in wildlife crime. Nine reports have been shared with enforcement agencies leading to eight arrests of individuals involved in wildlife crime.

DSWF have also continued our long-term support of an education and youth engagement programme which promotes coexistence between humans and tigers. During the reporting period, 13 workshops were held reaching over 380 children.

In Russia, DSWF have been working with our ground-based conservation partners in the Primorsky and Khabarovsky Krais to protect a key tiger landscape which covers 22,387 km² (13.8% of the entire tiger population).

By utilising technology and reporting tools, DSWF funding has helped increase the volume and quality of anti-poaching patrols in the region. Over the past six months, our partners have conducted 9,450km of patrols to enhance the level of risk to poachers operating in the area. DSWF have also funded a far-reaching education programme to inspire children and adults to protect nature and instil a sense of pride. During the reporting period, 1,466 children were engaged. alongside 5,000 community members.

The Bigger Picture

Over the past 12 months, DSWF have continued our 37-year legacy of providing unwavering support to protect some of the world’s most endangered species. Over the course of 2022 we will continue to support our long-term conservation partners to protect wildlife, tackle wildlife crime and reduce poaching threats alongside engaging and supporting more community groups working to protect wildlife.

Thanks to your help, we have granted over £11 million in direct conservation support to turn the tide on extinction.

On behalf of everyone at DSWF and the wildlife we fight to protect, Thank You.

Links:

• Find out more about our work in our 2020-2021 Impact report.
• Read our latest Wildlife Matters Newsletter.

Thank you for supporting David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation through GlobalGiving. As well as providing you with your bi-annual Tiger project report, we would also like to inform you about an exciting campaign.

In the past year, DSWF have continued to support a series of ground-based conservation partners conducting vital conservation work across Asia. We have seen some wonderful success stories and wanted to share a few highlights from the past year with you.

Over the last ten years, the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) World Heritage Site in Thailand has become a beacon of hope for the Indochinese tiger. Since 2004, DPKY Forest has gone from a site ‘written off’ for meaningful tiger conservation to a success story and is now one of only two forest complexes in Southeast Asia where tiger recovery is occurring. This year, DSWF continued our long-term support of DPKY by supporting anti-poaching operations, training 182 rangers and funding vital tiger surveys. The results are that over the last 12 months, not a single tiger has been killed in DPKY.

DSWF has also been working with ground-based conservation partners in the Primorsky and Khabarovsky Krais of the Russian Far East to protect a key Amur tiger stronghold. This area covers 21,290 km2 of prime tiger habitat and is home to 13.8% of the worlds tiger population. This year, DSWF funding supported 125 rangers to patrol 411,905km of tiger habitat. As a direct result of these patrols, not a single tiger poaching incident occurred across the five protected areas.

Whilst the Covid-19 pandemic initially hindered education initiatives, our ground-based conservation partners in Assam were able to resume their education activities from November and managed to hold 40 ‘tiger and rhino goes to school’ days. These events consisted of school visits where over 4,000 children were taught the importance of living in harmony with wildlife. This not only instils a level of appreciation and love for the natural world at a young age, but these students also go home and educate their families on the threats facing wildlife and how to positively coexist.

How can you help this work continue?

This week GlobalGiving are hosting their annual Little by Little campaign, this means that all your donations donated through GlobalGiving to David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation between Monday 13^th and Friday 17^th September will receive 50% match funding from GlobalGiving. So, if you donate £20 today, we receive £30 towards Tiger conservation making your contribution work that little bit harder!

We are hugely grateful that you have chosen to support us to help turn the tide on extinction. Thank you.

Little by Little Campaign T’s and C’s

• Campaign runs from Monday 13^th to Friday 17^th September.
• Donations up to the amount of $50 / £36 will be match funded by 50%.
• One donation per unique donor will be match funded.
• New monthly donations set up this week will be 50% match funded and your 4th donation will be 100% matched!