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On return from the International Tiger Forum, away from the celebrities, the press and the hype, Debbie Banks reflects on where the tiger is left after St Petersburg. “No matter how pragmatic your strategy, how robust your evidence or how loud you shout; at the end of the day when it comes to saving wild [...]
Asia House Save Wild Tigers Forum – Turning Words into Action In partnership with Born Free, Environmental Investigation Agency and WildAid. Tickets available. Throughout the Year of the Tiger there have been considerable international efforts to save this highly endangered species. As part of a global drive to highlight the tiger’s plight Asia House will [...]
A TOTAL of 1,115 pilot whales have been brutally slaughtered in the Faroe Islands so far this year, making it the largest kill of any whale species in the world. Environmental and animal welfare organisations are deeply concerned about the escalation of these hunts, as more whales have been killed in 2010 than in any [...]
ST PETERSBURG: Amid growing apprehension, conservationists at the International Tiger Forum are still awaiting a sign that governments are willing to turn words into action to save the world’s 3,200 remaining wild tigers from possible extinction. Three of the UK’s leading wildlife groups – the Born Free Foundation, Environmental Investigation Agency and WildAid – fear [...]
THE International Tiger Coalition (ITC) welcomes Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s convening of world leaders at the International Tiger Conservation Forum from November 21-24 in St Petersburg. In response to this historic and unprecedented event, the ITC offers wholehearted support to tiger range states and other participants in achieving the Forum’s ultimate goal of doubling [...]
Zero Tolerance On Tiger Trade (Updated) The International Tiger Forum in Russia, 21-24 November 2010, presents an opportunity for heads of state to reverse the fortunes of wild tigers, turn words into action and end the tiger trade. EIA’s new report details the urgent enforcement actions required to give the tiger a fighting chance Open [...]