WildCats Conservation Alliance
@conservewildcats.bsky.social
A non-profit, wild tiger & Amur leopard conservation initiative. (Supported by ZSL & Dreamworld Wildlife Foundation)
https://linktr.ee/WildCatConservation
https://linktr.ee/WildCatConservation
African Swine Fever crashed wild boar in Thailand (2022–24). Now they’re bouncing back at Khao Laem NP: detections rose from 41 (2022) to 343 (H1 2025). Good for the food web and neighbouring communities. 🐗🐯
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
African Swine Fever crashed wild boar in Thailand (2022–24). Now they’re bouncing back at Khao Laem NP: detections rose from 41 (2022) to 343 (H1 2025). Good for the food web and neighbouring communities. 🐗🐯
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
🚨 A world first for the #AmurLeopard the world’s rarest big cat!
Artificial insemination offers new hope for the species. Proud to see Mulhouse Zoo, supporters of WildCats Conservation Alliance, leading the way.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#Conservation #BigCats
Artificial insemination offers new hope for the species. Proud to see Mulhouse Zoo, supporters of WildCats Conservation Alliance, leading the way.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#Conservation #BigCats
Artificial insemination raises hopes for world's rarest big cat
The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of Earth's rarest big cat.
phys.org
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
🚨 A world first for the #AmurLeopard the world’s rarest big cat!
Artificial insemination offers new hope for the species. Proud to see Mulhouse Zoo, supporters of WildCats Conservation Alliance, leading the way.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#Conservation #BigCats
Artificial insemination offers new hope for the species. Proud to see Mulhouse Zoo, supporters of WildCats Conservation Alliance, leading the way.
phys.org/news/2025-10...
#Conservation #BigCats
A proposed rail expansion in India’s Western Ghats aims to boost coal transport, but could slice through vital tiger and wildlife corridors. A powerful example of the tension between development and connectivity.
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
Rail expansion plans spark clash between coal and tiger conservation
Conservationists, wildlife activists, and citizens put up a spirited legal and civil society battle to prevent the fragmentation of Western ghat sanctuaries, threatened by coal corridor infrastructure...
india.mongabay.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A proposed rail expansion in India’s Western Ghats aims to boost coal transport, but could slice through vital tiger and wildlife corridors. A powerful example of the tension between development and connectivity.
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
Fundraiser spotlight: Meet Wren (5) from Santa Fe 💛
While learning about endangered species, she chose the Amur leopard to fundraise for and then ran the 1K Dash at the Santa Fe Half Marathon! 🐆🏃♀️
She raised US$236.94, smashing her target. Huge thanks to Wren and her mum, Georgia!
While learning about endangered species, she chose the Amur leopard to fundraise for and then ran the 1K Dash at the Santa Fe Half Marathon! 🐆🏃♀️
She raised US$236.94, smashing her target. Huge thanks to Wren and her mum, Georgia!
October 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Fundraiser spotlight: Meet Wren (5) from Santa Fe 💛
While learning about endangered species, she chose the Amur leopard to fundraise for and then ran the 1K Dash at the Santa Fe Half Marathon! 🐆🏃♀️
She raised US$236.94, smashing her target. Huge thanks to Wren and her mum, Georgia!
While learning about endangered species, she chose the Amur leopard to fundraise for and then ran the 1K Dash at the Santa Fe Half Marathon! 🐆🏃♀️
She raised US$236.94, smashing her target. Huge thanks to Wren and her mum, Georgia!
🐯🐆🐯🐆 Our 2024 Annual Report is here!
With your support we:
✨ Protected 22,595 km² of habitat
✨ Trained 320 rangers
✨ Deployed 320 camera traps
✨ Reached 4,440 students
Read more 👉 conservewildcats.org/wp-content/u...
With your support we:
✨ Protected 22,595 km² of habitat
✨ Trained 320 rangers
✨ Deployed 320 camera traps
✨ Reached 4,440 students
Read more 👉 conservewildcats.org/wp-content/u...
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🐯🐆🐯🐆 Our 2024 Annual Report is here!
With your support we:
✨ Protected 22,595 km² of habitat
✨ Trained 320 rangers
✨ Deployed 320 camera traps
✨ Reached 4,440 students
Read more 👉 conservewildcats.org/wp-content/u...
With your support we:
✨ Protected 22,595 km² of habitat
✨ Trained 320 rangers
✨ Deployed 320 camera traps
✨ Reached 4,440 students
Read more 👉 conservewildcats.org/wp-content/u...
Captured by our partners in Thailand, this camera trap image is a striking glimpse of life in the wild and a reminder of what’s at stake. Our 2026 work depends on 2025 funding. Support us today 👉 conservewildcats.org/donate/
©Freeland / DNP
©Freeland / DNP
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Captured by our partners in Thailand, this camera trap image is a striking glimpse of life in the wild and a reminder of what’s at stake. Our 2026 work depends on 2025 funding. Support us today 👉 conservewildcats.org/donate/
©Freeland / DNP
©Freeland / DNP
As a programme of ZSL, we're proud to be part of the Tiger Conservation Coalition, which brings together the world’s leading conservation organisations to recover and safeguard wild tigers by catalysing an additional 1 billion USD.
Find out more: conservewildcats.org/2025/08/26/t...
Find out more: conservewildcats.org/2025/08/26/t...
Tiger Conservation Coalition
The Tiger Conservation Coalition brings together 11 of the world’s leading conservation organisations for the recovery of wild tigers.
conservewildcats.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
As a programme of ZSL, we're proud to be part of the Tiger Conservation Coalition, which brings together the world’s leading conservation organisations to recover and safeguard wild tigers by catalysing an additional 1 billion USD.
Find out more: conservewildcats.org/2025/08/26/t...
Find out more: conservewildcats.org/2025/08/26/t...
It’s #InternationalCatDay
Today we’re celebrating all cats – big and small. Unlike their domestic cousins, wild cats like tigers face immense threats.
At WildCats, we work to protect endangered tigers and Amur leopards through science-led conservation, anti-poaching efforts and community support.
Today we’re celebrating all cats – big and small. Unlike their domestic cousins, wild cats like tigers face immense threats.
At WildCats, we work to protect endangered tigers and Amur leopards through science-led conservation, anti-poaching efforts and community support.
August 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It’s #InternationalCatDay
Today we’re celebrating all cats – big and small. Unlike their domestic cousins, wild cats like tigers face immense threats.
At WildCats, we work to protect endangered tigers and Amur leopards through science-led conservation, anti-poaching efforts and community support.
Today we’re celebrating all cats – big and small. Unlike their domestic cousins, wild cats like tigers face immense threats.
At WildCats, we work to protect endangered tigers and Amur leopards through science-led conservation, anti-poaching efforts and community support.
3 tiger stories of hope: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
International Tiger Day: 3 stories of hope
The tiger, once wide-ranging across Asia, has disappeared from much of its historic range. But thanks to concerted conservation efforts and communities willing to coexist with them, the majestic preda...
news.mongabay.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
3 tiger stories of hope: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Announced today on #WorldRangerDay: Khao Laem NP is Thailand’s first National Park to roll out EarthRanger.
Real-time maps + alerts = faster responses, safer patrols & stronger protection for tigers like M7.
Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/07/31/t...
Real-time maps + alerts = faster responses, safer patrols & stronger protection for tigers like M7.
Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/07/31/t...
Tech Powering Thailand’s Rangers
Just in time for World Ranger Day, Khao Laem, set to become the first National Park in Thailand to use the EarthRanger.
conservewildcats.org
July 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Announced today on #WorldRangerDay: Khao Laem NP is Thailand’s first National Park to roll out EarthRanger.
Real-time maps + alerts = faster responses, safer patrols & stronger protection for tigers like M7.
Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/07/31/t...
Real-time maps + alerts = faster responses, safer patrols & stronger protection for tigers like M7.
Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/07/31/t...
Nepal’s remarkable success in nearly tripling its wild tiger population has become a global conservation milestone. But, with rising numbers comes a new challenge: ensuring people and predators can coexist safely.
Read our latest blog to find out more > conservewildcats.org/2025/07/28/b...
Read our latest blog to find out more > conservewildcats.org/2025/07/28/b...
What Happens When Tigers Come Back?
With rising numbers of tigers comes a new challenge: ensuring people and predators can coexist safely.
conservewildcats.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Nepal’s remarkable success in nearly tripling its wild tiger population has become a global conservation milestone. But, with rising numbers comes a new challenge: ensuring people and predators can coexist safely.
Read our latest blog to find out more > conservewildcats.org/2025/07/28/b...
Read our latest blog to find out more > conservewildcats.org/2025/07/28/b...
Global Tiger Day: let’s pause and celebrate success!
For 25 years, WildCats Conservation Alliance has powered tiger recoveries, and for the first time in decades, wild tiger numbers are increasing thanks to science-led conservation. youtu.be/nK2ha2sRzBM
For 25 years, WildCats Conservation Alliance has powered tiger recoveries, and for the first time in decades, wild tiger numbers are increasing thanks to science-led conservation. youtu.be/nK2ha2sRzBM
A Turning Point for Tigers: First Population Increase in Decades
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Global Tiger Day: let’s pause and celebrate success!
For 25 years, WildCats Conservation Alliance has powered tiger recoveries, and for the first time in decades, wild tiger numbers are increasing thanks to science-led conservation. youtu.be/nK2ha2sRzBM
For 25 years, WildCats Conservation Alliance has powered tiger recoveries, and for the first time in decades, wild tiger numbers are increasing thanks to science-led conservation. youtu.be/nK2ha2sRzBM
Wildcats Conservation Alliance joined this week's Tiger Conservation Coalition meetings at ZSL - a powerful few days discussing policy, finance, illegal trade, conflict, and comms with key partners working to secure a future for wild tigers. 🐅
July 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Wildcats Conservation Alliance joined this week's Tiger Conservation Coalition meetings at ZSL - a powerful few days discussing policy, finance, illegal trade, conflict, and comms with key partners working to secure a future for wild tigers. 🐅
Camera traps reveal the highest recorded density of wild Amur leopards in over a decade 🐆📸
Find out what this means for the world’s rarest big cat ⬇️
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/06/24/a...
#AmurLeopard #BigCats #WildlifeConservation #CameraTraps
Find out what this means for the world’s rarest big cat ⬇️
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/06/24/a...
#AmurLeopard #BigCats #WildlifeConservation #CameraTraps
Amur Leopards Reach Record Density in Russia.
Amur leopards reach record density in Russia’s Far East, with conservationists recording the highest population figures in a decade.
conservewildcats.org
July 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Camera traps reveal the highest recorded density of wild Amur leopards in over a decade 🐆📸
Find out what this means for the world’s rarest big cat ⬇️
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/06/24/a...
#AmurLeopard #BigCats #WildlifeConservation #CameraTraps
Find out what this means for the world’s rarest big cat ⬇️
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/06/24/a...
#AmurLeopard #BigCats #WildlifeConservation #CameraTraps
Wild pig populations across Southeast Asia plummeted during the African swine fever outbreak (2018–2024), but new research suggests signs of recovery—except for island endemics like Sulawesi’s warty pig, still at high risk.
conservewildcats.org/2025/06/03/a...
#ASF #WildPigs #Conservation
conservewildcats.org/2025/06/03/a...
#ASF #WildPigs #Conservation
Mapping Wild Pig Species Population Dynamics in Southeast Asia During the African Swine Fever Outbreak
Data on wild pig population dynamics in Southeast Asia suggest that the ASF outbreak suggests different levels of impact across species and landscapes.
conservewildcats.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Wild pig populations across Southeast Asia plummeted during the African swine fever outbreak (2018–2024), but new research suggests signs of recovery—except for island endemics like Sulawesi’s warty pig, still at high risk.
conservewildcats.org/2025/06/03/a...
#ASF #WildPigs #Conservation
conservewildcats.org/2025/06/03/a...
#ASF #WildPigs #Conservation
From tripled tiger numbers in Nepal to record Amur leopard densities, WildCats-supported conservation is making a real difference.
In 2024, we helped protect 22,595 km² of habitat, train 320 rangers, and engage 4,440 students. Together, we’re creating a future for big cats.
In 2024, we helped protect 22,595 km² of habitat, train 320 rangers, and engage 4,440 students. Together, we’re creating a future for big cats.
June 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
From tripled tiger numbers in Nepal to record Amur leopard densities, WildCats-supported conservation is making a real difference.
In 2024, we helped protect 22,595 km² of habitat, train 320 rangers, and engage 4,440 students. Together, we’re creating a future for big cats.
In 2024, we helped protect 22,595 km² of habitat, train 320 rangers, and engage 4,440 students. Together, we’re creating a future for big cats.
🌏 Launched as a legacy of WildCats Conservation Alliance’s 2022 Year of the Tiger campaign, our annual Professional Development Award supports early and mid-career conservationists working on big cat projects we fund. 🐅🐆 > conservewildcats.org/portfolio/pr...
Professional Development Award - WildCats Conservation Alliance
This annual award supports the professional development of early and mid-career conservationists working on big cat conservation projects funded by WildCats.
conservewildcats.org
June 16, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌏 Launched as a legacy of WildCats Conservation Alliance’s 2022 Year of the Tiger campaign, our annual Professional Development Award supports early and mid-career conservationists working on big cat projects we fund. 🐅🐆 > conservewildcats.org/portfolio/pr...
Poaching remains the biggest threat to Sumatran tigers in Gunung Leuser, despite years of patrols and tougher laws.
🔗 news.mongabay.com/2025/05/suma...
#SumatranTiger #Conservation #TigerConservation
🔗 news.mongabay.com/2025/05/suma...
#SumatranTiger #Conservation #TigerConservation
Sumatran tiger protection needs more patrols, tougher penalties, study finds
Authorities managing one of the last protected areas on Earth that still hosts Sumatran tigers must do more to deter poaching and promote alternative livelihoods for local communities, a new study sug...
news.mongabay.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Poaching remains the biggest threat to Sumatran tigers in Gunung Leuser, despite years of patrols and tougher laws.
🔗 news.mongabay.com/2025/05/suma...
#SumatranTiger #Conservation #TigerConservation
🔗 news.mongabay.com/2025/05/suma...
#SumatranTiger #Conservation #TigerConservation
🐾 This Biodiversity Day, pause and listen to the wild. A tiger mother and her cubs roam by a forest lake in rare footage from Land of the Leopard NP. You can hear birdsong, pawsteps, and snuffles.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8je7...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8je7...
Rare Footage: Amur Tiger Mum and Cubs Caught on Camera in the Wild
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🐾 This Biodiversity Day, pause and listen to the wild. A tiger mother and her cubs roam by a forest lake in rare footage from Land of the Leopard NP. You can hear birdsong, pawsteps, and snuffles.
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8je7...
🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8je7...
🌿 It’s #BiodiversityDay 🌿
At WildCats Conservation Alliance, we’re working to safeguard endangered big cats and the ecosystems that support life on Earth.
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/05/22/i...
#InternationaldayforBiologicalDiversity #InternationalBiodiversityDay
At WildCats Conservation Alliance, we’re working to safeguard endangered big cats and the ecosystems that support life on Earth.
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/05/22/i...
#InternationaldayforBiologicalDiversity #InternationalBiodiversityDay
International Day for Biological Diversity
Today, on 22 May, we join the global community in celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity.
conservewildcats.org
May 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🌿 It’s #BiodiversityDay 🌿
At WildCats Conservation Alliance, we’re working to safeguard endangered big cats and the ecosystems that support life on Earth.
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/05/22/i...
#InternationaldayforBiologicalDiversity #InternationalBiodiversityDay
At WildCats Conservation Alliance, we’re working to safeguard endangered big cats and the ecosystems that support life on Earth.
🔗 conservewildcats.org/2025/05/22/i...
#InternationaldayforBiologicalDiversity #InternationalBiodiversityDay
Tigers and leopards usually steal the show... but today, it's the bears and woodpeckers causing chaos! 📷
In our new blog, Ekaterina Igorievna Nikolaeva shares what happens when wildlife don't want their photo taken: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/27/b...
In our new blog, Ekaterina Igorievna Nikolaeva shares what happens when wildlife don't want their photo taken: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/27/b...
Bears, Woodpeckers, and the Forest Crime Spree You Didn’t See Coming
Bears and Woodpeckers dislike our cameras in the forest, so they try to rip them off the tree, throw them on the ground and peck holes in them.
conservewildcats.org
May 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Tigers and leopards usually steal the show... but today, it's the bears and woodpeckers causing chaos! 📷
In our new blog, Ekaterina Igorievna Nikolaeva shares what happens when wildlife don't want their photo taken: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/27/b...
In our new blog, Ekaterina Igorievna Nikolaeva shares what happens when wildlife don't want their photo taken: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/27/b...
⏰ Just 2 hours left to help us hit our @biggive.bsky.social goal!
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
⏰ Just 2 hours left to help us hit our @biggive.bsky.social goal!
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
The @zslofficial.bsky.social Biobank is a vital CITES-registered resource, preserving wildlife samples for research and education, many seized by the Met Police in the UK.
Donate to our Big Give campaign to help stop trafficking. Every donation will be doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate to our Big Give campaign to help stop trafficking. Every donation will be doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The @zslofficial.bsky.social Biobank is a vital CITES-registered resource, preserving wildlife samples for research and education, many seized by the Met Police in the UK.
Donate to our Big Give campaign to help stop trafficking. Every donation will be doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate to our Big Give campaign to help stop trafficking. Every donation will be doubled!
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We’re nearly 80% of the way to our fundraising target to help stop the poaching of big cats. Can you help push us over the line?
Donate before midday on the 29th and your donation will be doubled.
Donate now > donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate before midday on the 29th and your donation will be doubled.
Donate now > donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Stop Big Cat Poaching: Prevent, Detect, Intercept – Big Give
Join us in protecting wild big cats by stopping wildlife trafficking at every stage. Together, we can prevent crimes before …
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April 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We’re nearly 80% of the way to our fundraising target to help stop the poaching of big cats. Can you help push us over the line?
Donate before midday on the 29th and your donation will be doubled.
Donate now > donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Donate before midday on the 29th and your donation will be doubled.
Donate now > donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
A tiger’s claw should mark a tree, not hang from a chain. 🐾 Help keep feet in forests, not in markets. 📷 Donate by 29 April & your gift will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#GreenMatchFund #StopPoaching #241nature #EarthDay
#GreenMatchFund #StopPoaching #241nature #EarthDay
April 23, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A tiger’s claw should mark a tree, not hang from a chain. 🐾 Help keep feet in forests, not in markets. 📷 Donate by 29 April & your gift will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
#GreenMatchFund #StopPoaching #241nature #EarthDay
#GreenMatchFund #StopPoaching #241nature #EarthDay