Current appeals
21st Century Tiger 2010 Appeal
The Chinese ‘Year of the Tiger’ began in February 2010. It has been 12 years since the last Chinese 'Year of the Tiger'. Since then it is estimated that wild tiger numbers have halved to fewer than 3200.
We can stop this decline if we act together now.
Please help us give them a future.
How you can give:
By PayPal, at our our special JustGiving 21st Century Tiger 2010 Appeal page, or by Credit Card on 020 7449 6444.
Throughout the 'Year of the Tiger' 21st Century Tiger will be involved in fundraisers and events, for more details see our dedicated 2010 Year of the Tiger page.
Previous Appeals
Highway Appeal - 26th of May 2009
21st Century Tiger is appealing for funds to ensure adequate wildlife protection measures are implemented on a new highway in India.
Nagarahole and Bandipur Tiger Reserves in India have some of the highest tiger and prey densities anywhere in the world. Three major roads pass through these reserves and have had a serious negative impact on one of India’s most critical wildlife habitats. A local government initiative proposes to upgrade the road from Mysore to Mananthavadi to an expressway.
A local newspaper article showing a tigress killed by a truck in Nagarahole.
WCS-India plan to instigate research to study the proposed measures to find out if they will be effective, identify natural wildlife crossroads and determine whether existing culverts can be used as wildlife underpasses and suggest design and location changes as necessary.
Please help support this critical research now.
£3,700 is needed for the entire project.
Send your donations to 21st Century Tiger. You can donate through our website by PayPal; or you can send a cheque to 21st Century Tiger, c/o ZSL, Regents Park, London. NW1 4RY, making it payable to ZSL/21stCenturyTiger and marking it ‘Road Study’ on the reverse; or you can pay by Credit Card on 44 (0)20 7449 6444. Thank you.
Snow fall in the Russian Far East - Urgent Appeal - 6th of February 2009
Amur tiger prey species are starving due to heavy snowfall in the Amur tiger's range in the Russian Far East. Snow cover has reached a depth of more than a metre in many areas, making it very hard for local ungulate species (wild boar, roe deer, red deer, sika deer, musk deer and goral) to migrate, find food, and escape poachers. Besides starvation, poaching is a serious threat, as animals cannot escape poachers in the deep snow.
An emergency relief effort has been organised and anti-poaching teams have increased their patrol frequency and have started to provide fodder to ungulates in secure are
as.
However, we urgently need additional funds to sustain the emergency relief effort and purchase additional ungulate fodder.
Please send us your support by sending a cheque marked “21CT deer feed emergency” and made out to ZSL/21st Century Tiger to:
21st Century Tiger
Zoological Society of London
Regent's Park
London NW1 4RY
This appeal raised £1000 which was sent to assist the emergency relief effort clearing snow, counting ungulates and distributing food in Udege Legend National Park. Thank you all who answered our urgent plea so promptly. See the full report.
21st Century Tiger Sumatra Earthquake Appeal - October 2007
In mid September the Bengkulu coast of southwest Sumatra suffered major shocks over the magnitude 7. It has been estimated that as many as 10,000 homes and other buildings may have been damaged or destroyed.
Kerinci-Seblat National Park is a World Heritage Site and the areas rocked by the quakes contain vital habitat for the critically endangered Sumatran tigers. As so many homes have been destroyed the need for timber for reconstruction is likely to put serious pressure on forest resources. If this illegal logging takes place, not only would ecosystems be at risk but poachers would be likely to follow the loggers into the park.
Despite the earthquake and over 46 strong aftershocks, the FFI team continues on with their crucial anti-poaching patrols. Just one week later, regardless of having homes to be rebuilt, a ranger team carried out the arrest of an renowned tiger poacher. This individual is known to have killed 30 tigers. To illustrate how effective this arrest may be one only has to look back to 2002 where for the two years following another important arrest, no tigers were recorded as lost in that district on account of poaching.
FFI need funds to restructure and carry on their outstanding projects, to repair the buildings and to get on with what they do best...protecting the Kerinci Seblat National Park and its precious wildlife.
You can help 21st Century Tiger support this work through our website (PayPal) or by setting up a standing order, making a credit card donation by phone or sending a cheque to ZSL/21stCenturyTiger marking your donation: Sumatra Appeal. Thank you.
