In many places the word “tiger” refers to any wild cat. Our work takes place where apex and subordinate predators fufil their vital ecological roles. Innovative projects such as LeopardEye and Ecosystem Reboot are part of WildTiger operations within the three elements of rescue/rehabilitation, anti-poaching/trafficking and coexistence strategies,
A visiting male wild leopard befriends a rehabilitating female leopard, read more at Jack Kinross Blog and go through the rest of the menu to understand our work.
Poachers use snares to catch wild meat, cruel, painful deaths. #Tiger, #leopard etc are also trapped this way, sometimes targeted, sometimes collateral catch.
Wild meat often traded to those who can AFFORD it.
Disrupt and break the chain.
WildTiger has an anti snare focus. pic.twitter.com/G7GFUgBiV5
— WildTiger (@WildTigerNews) March 4, 2019
A leopard killed in a snare 28 April (Kailali, west Nepal), these snares are usually set for wild meat (deer, boar etc) but trap leopards and other predators, the body parts then entering the illegal wildlife trade market. WildTiger is committed to reducing snare trap killing.