What We're Doing
Addressing illegal wildlife trade requires strategic efforts at all points in the illegal wildlife trade chain, from collector to consumer. This involves anti-poaching efforts, law enforcement and regulatory agency support, legislation and political action, large-scale awareness building and education, and public advocacy and behavior change. The Zoo works with the following partners to secure a future for tigers.
Focusing efforts on the most threatened tigers including the endangered Amur tiger
The Tiger Conservation Campaign (TCC) supports the Wildlife Conservation Society in the Russian Far East to mitigate human-tiger conflicts and curb tiger poaching by holding anti-poaching teams accountable, providing incentives for good work, and generating information to improve patrolling efforts.
- Camera trap surveys strongly suggest that tiger numbers are increasing in three of the four protected areas where the new anti-poaching methods have been in place longest.
Working to stop illegal trade of tigers and tiger products and halt commercial tiger farming
Education for Nature-Vietnam (ENV) works with wildlife protection agencies to gather intelligence, and investigate tiger trade cases and networks. ENV’s National Wildlife Crime Hotline and education awareness campaigns engage the public and help reduce consumer demand for tiger products. Advocacy efforts promote stronger legislation and increased legal protection for tigers.
- ENV has investigated hundreds of violations involving the trade, transport, possession, selling or advertising of tigers or tiger products and actively works with law enforcement on investigations that result in tiger confiscations.
Monitoring, studying and publishing information on wildlife trade at a global level
TRAFFIC’s research-driven, action-oriented, global wildlife trade monitoring network delivers innovative and practical solutions to wildlife trade issues in source, trading and consumer countries based on the latest information.
- TRAFFIC Bulletins and Reports are the only publications devoted exclusively to wildlife trade issues. TRAFFIC provides critical, objective and freely available global information and critical analysis on the trade in wildlife, the latest in related legislation, investigations and seizures, and original reports.
Make a Difference
Join our efforts to secure a future for tigers.
- Never buy products made from protected wildlife or their parts, or support vendors who sell them. Encourage others to do the same.
Partners
