By Lis Speight | DSWF Marketing and Communications Manager
Sadly the future of tigers in mainland Indochina remains dire - according to the IUCN Red List, official estimates place the entire population at just 352.There are now no remaining tiger populations in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Vietnam and fewer than 200 animals are left in Thailand.
DSWF is funding an important tiger project in Central Thailand where one of the last remaining populations of Indo-Chinese tigers lives.
Your donation enables us to continue to support Freeland, which is working to protect tigers in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex.
These magnificent big cats inhabit two distinct forest-complexes - separated by several hundred kilometres of farmland, railways, major highways and towns.
DSWF’s project partner Freeland has been building and improving skills, knowledge and equipment in this area, to protect and monitor one breeding population of tigers in the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai World Heritage site (DPKY).
Despite declines elsewhere, breeding was documented in this site in 2016, the first time in 15 years. During 2018 all the young tigers were recorded again and have survived – which is fantastic news! Most excitingly, all have established their own territories in parks’ adjoining the core tiger habitat areas.
This is an encouraging picture and thanks in part to YOUR on-going commitment to saving wild tigers. Thank you!
This site has now been established as only the second breeding population of Indochinese tigers globally and DPKY is now, more than ever, of critical importance for the future of this species. Improving protection, monitoring and outreach is critical to ensuring this population is secured and allowed to recover.
DSWF-funded Freeland is working to continue its training of specialist anti-poaching rangers on the ground and to monitor the animals by carrying out tiger surveys to improve knowledge of tiger and prey distribution.
Look out for our future updates on how YOUR donations are helping to save this endangered species.
Click here to find out more about how we are protecting wild tigers.
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