WildCats Conservation Alliance

06/06/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped the Wildlife Conservation Society continue vital work to protect Amur tigers and leopards across the Amur region, supporting conservation efforts in Northeast China and the Russian Far East.

In Russia, camera traps were deployed across 133 locations to monitor Amur leopards, while surveys recorded the highest levels of wild boar abundance in the study area since African Swine Fever arrived in 2020, an encouraging sign for prey recovery. The team also identified 10 potential wildlife crossings along a key highway, with six sites assessed using camera traps. These crossings recorded six independent detections of Amur tigers, providing important evidence to support future habitat connectivity work.

In China, community patrol teams carried out 204 daily patrols, covering 1,276 km and removing 54 large snares. New community patrol teams were also established, with local rangers trained in conflict prevention and response. Outreach activities reached 150 people, while flares were distributed to help communities respond safely and non-lethally to tiger and leopard encounters.

This cross-border work is helping improve habitat connectivity, reduce threats, and support coexistence with Amur tigers and leopards across one of their most important landscapes.

Donate today to help us get vital funds to project like these > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

05/06/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped Thailand and WCC-Wildlife Crime Intelligence Center ศูนย์ข่าวกรองอาชญากรรมสัตว์ป่า strengthen efforts to tackle the illegal online trade of tigers across Thailand.

As wildlife crime increasingly moves online, the project focused on improving digital monitoring, intelligence sharing, and collaboration with law enforcement. A central intelligence database was created to securely bring together information from partners, while monitoring expanded across Facebook, Instagram and TikTok to help detect changing trafficking methods.

The team identified 74 online tiger advertisements and 13 individual tigers offered for sale on illegal sites. Six intelligence reports linked to cross-border trade are now under active investigation by law enforcement, helping build a clearer picture of trafficking networks.

Alongside this, 39 Thai law enforcement officers received training in digital forensics and open-source intelligence, improving their ability to analyse online activity and wildlife crime evidence.

This work is helping authorities detect, investigate and disrupt illegal tiger trade, protecting wild tigers from one of the most serious threats to their survival.

Please help us continue to tackle the increasing problem of online tiger trade by making a donation today > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

04/06/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped Freeland and Thailands Department of National Parks continue its work to protect Indochinese tigers in Thailand’s Western Forest Complex, where camera traps confirmed that tigers had survived in the highlands of Khao Laem National Park after they were once feared lost from the area.

Across the year, rangers carried out 301 SMART patrols, covering more than 22,000 km. These patrols recorded 138 violations, with poaching the most frequent offence, and 21 cases sent to the police for prosecution.

However, camera trapping provided encouraging signs for tiger recovery, recording nine individual tigers, including three that had not been recorded before. Rangers also received formal training in patrol monitoring and enforcement, with further on-the-job training helping strengthen wildlife survey skills.

Alongside enforcement and monitoring, the team engaged 757 community members through outreach activities, including school sessions and conservation awareness work. Communities are becoming more receptive to park-led engagement, with early signs of better compliance and growing trust.

This work is helping protect one of Thailand’s most important tiger landscapes by strengthening ranger capacity, monitoring tiger recovery, and supporting communities to live alongside wildlife.

We have been a long term supporter of this work for many years as long term funding is important to ensure real progress can be made in conservation. You can help us support this project and others next year by making a donation today > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

03/06/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped Inisiatif Indonesia and Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry continue vital community-based work to protect Sumatran tigers around Kerinci Seblat National Park.

Across the year, 20 SMART patrols covered 461 km over 101 days, with an increase in tiger sightings and a significant decline in hunting activity compared with the previous period. The team also responded to four human–tiger conflict incidents, carrying out direct community awareness activities at each site.

Alongside patrols, the team investigated illegal wildlife trade, sharing findings with authorities and gathering new information on networks involved in hunting and trade. Encouragingly, some hunters have reportedly stopped due to increased legal risks, outreach, and a shift towards alternative livelihoods.

The project also reached hundreds of local people through Global Tiger Day activities and village awareness sessions, with 386 villagers socialised in Fatwa against hunting endangered wildlife.

This work is helping reduce poaching, strengthen coexistence, and support local communities to protect Sumatran tigers in one of their most important remaining strongholds.

By supporting WildCats in 2026, you can help shape the projects we are able to fund in 2027 > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

02/06/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped Fauna & Flora and Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry continue vital work to protect Sumatran tigers in Kerinci Seblat National Park, home to the world’s largest wild population of this critically endangered big cat.

Across the year, 64 Tiger Conservation and Protection Unit patrols covered more than 1,500 km, with no active tiger snares found in the project area. Patrol teams also recorded strong signs of tiger presence, including 77 SMART patrol records, while 45 camera stations captured seven individual tigers.

The team also supported communities in responding to four reports of tiger activity near farmland. In each case, there was no escalation or injury to people, and the tiger returned to the forest.

Alongside patrols and community support, the team contributed to law enforcement action against illegal forest clearance, helping restore authority over more than 7,000 hectares of illegally cleared or logged forest land.

This work is helping to protect Sumatran tigers, safeguard their forest home, and support the people living alongside them.

By donating to tiger conservation through WildCats you can be sure 100% of your donation goes straight to project such as this helping to create real conservation outcomes.

Please consider donating today > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

31/05/2026

In 2025, WildCats Conservation Alliance support helped ZSL Nepal and Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation continue vital work to protect Bengal tigers around Parsa National Park.

With 20 camera traps installed in conflict-prone areas, the team captured more than 3,250 wildlife images, helping build a clearer picture of tiger movement near communities. Habitat work also continued, including grassland management and the development of a new water retention pond to reduce the need for wildlife to move towards human settlements.

Alongside this, 15 volunteer community liaison groups, known as Bagh Mitra or “friends of the tiger”, have now reached more than 1,400 people with awareness and safety information, helping communities respond to tiger presence and reduce conflict.

This work shows how long-term conservation support can help secure space for tigers, restore habitat, and support the people living alongside them.

Help us continue supporting project like this > https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

30/05/2026

Fundraiser highlight!

Eleven-year-old Alexander, also known as Simba, is taking on a 10 km run in support of WildCats Conservation Alliance.

Alexander is passionate about helping animals threatened by poaching, deforestation and climate change, especially endangered Amur leopards and tigers.

Please support Alexander’s challenge and help protect these incredible cats in the wild >
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29/05/2026

We’ve been reflecting on what your support helped make possible for wild tigers and Amur leopards in 2025.

The end-of-year reports are in from the projects WildCats Conservation Alliance supported last year, and they show the real difference being made across tiger and Amur leopard landscapes.

From protecting habitats and supporting anti-poaching work, to helping communities live alongside big cats, these results are only possible thanks to the people and partners who support us.

Together, we’ve already achieved so much, but the future of wild tigers and Amur leopards depends on what we do next.

Every donation, share and show of support helps keep these vital projects going, protecting these incredible cats in the wild. By supporting WildCats in 2026, you can help shape the projects we are able to fund in 2027.

Please consider making a donation today: https://conservewildcats.org/donate/

11/05/2026

Pleased to share this episode of the Moving Forests podcast, featuring WildCats Conservation Alliance.

The conversation explores how WildCats supports independently verified conservation projects working to protect wild tigers and Amur leopards, and how vital funding can enable collaboration across borders, agencies and organisations.

It also touches on stories from some of the projects WildCats works with, and the role of communications and storytelling in connecting people with big cat conservation.

Give it a watch on YouTube > https://yt.openinapp.co/1n8d7

It's also available on Spotify > https://open.spotify.com/episode/5lEpQucgjiEhYHMmyA2emD?si=CSpdJ7T1RASBBSy0RrkELQ

Most people think wildlife conservation is only about scientists and animals in the forest. But behind every rescued animal, protected tiger, and conservation success story, there are people working tirelessly to make it happen. Today, I am speaking with Amy van Gelder, Communications Specialist at....

08/05/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, whose voice has inspired generations to care for the natural world.

From all of us at WildCats Conservation Alliance, thank you for showing the world why wildlife matters, and why it must be protected for generations to come.