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ZSL tiger conservation projects

Lumpur the Sumatran Tiger
ZSL has several conservation projects protecting these large charismatic carnivores.

Tigers are at the top of the food chain and are often the first to suffer when there is pressure on the environment.

These top predators need large home ranges and so their conservation requires careful management of whole landscapes. Two-thirds of carnivore species are currently threatened by habitat loss and degradation, trade in wildlife parts and direct conflict with humans.

The tiger is desperately endangered throughout its range and its future is in our hands. Over the last decade the wild tiger population has been decimated, with a massive 95% drop in numbers.

21st Century Tiger

21st Century Tiger Logo 21st Century Tiger is one of the most significant tiger funding agencies worldwide, supplying over a million pounds to wild tiger projects in seven countries since 1997. Read more about 21st Century Tiger

Zoo tigers and conservation

Sumatran tigers Tigers in zoos contribute to conservation in four ways; preserving genetic diversity over time, educating and informing the general public, fund-raising, and information gathering. Read more about zoo tigers and conservation

Tiger facts

Amur Tiger Beauty, grace and power have made the tiger one of the world’s most popular animals - but have not stopped it becoming one of the most endangered, with less than four thousand left in the wild. Find out more about tigers

Tiger conservation

Conservation in Sumatra

Sumatran tiger
The tropical forests of Sumatra in Indonesia are home to many of the world’s endangered species, including tigers. However these forest habitats are rapidly being cleared to make way for agribusiness operations such as logging and oil palm plantations.

Read more conserving the Sumatran tiger

Conservation in Russian Far East

Amur tiger lying in snow
The Amur tiger is one of the largest living cats in the world and is found only in the Russian Far East, in the Amur-Ussuri region of Primorsky and Khabarovsky Krai.

Read more about Amur tiger conservation

Conservation in Bangladesh

Indian tiger and cub
ZSL is carrying out key tiger conservation and research in the Sundarbans in Bangladesh which is home to one of the largest surviving single populations of tigers in the world.

Read more about tiger conservation in Bangladesh

Tiger SOS - Join our campaign

Tiger SOS is a campaign to raise money for ZSL’s tiger conservation work in Sumatra as well as developing a state-of-the art Tiger Conservation Headquarters right in the heart of central London.

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