Animal adoptions, wildlife protection, wildlife conservation, stopping the illegal hunting trade: Care For The Wild International

Tigers and many other animals around the world are being slaughtered to extinction for their fur and body parts, exploited in zoos and circuses and displaced through habitat destruction. Care for the Wild International desperately needs your help to help save these magnificent animals before it’s too late.

According to the Chinese Zodiac 2010 is the Year of the Tiger, but will it be the last of its kind before the species is pushed to extinction? Today there are thought to be less than 3,500 wild tigers remaining. Over the past century, their population has been reduced by a staggering 95 percent.

Poaching and hunting are the primary causes of the tiger’s astonishing decline. Valuable tiger skins are sold as luxury items, with many tigers being brutally killed to meet the international demand, often leaving orphaned cubs like our Jasper who was left to die by Cambodian poachers after killing his mother. Luckily for Jasper, he was found and rescued, but many other scared and desperate little cubs will not be so lucky.

Chinese superstition also drives the demand for tiger and other animal parts which are used in traditional Asian medicine. In this Year of the Tiger, conservationists fear that demand for tiger products will swell because of their auspicious value. Tigers are protected in law, but keeping the poachers at bay is becoming increasingly difficult as the remaining wild tigers are squeezed into ever smaller areas by mining, logging, agriculture and human settlement. Capitalising on the desperate state of wild tigers, many captive tigers are exploited to make money for unscrupulous private owners who falsely claim to be working towards tiger conservation. Often used in tourist entertainment, behind the scenes tigers are brutally treated, inappropriately housed and illegally bred. CWI is working to educate tourists and travel companies to keep these and other cruel attractions out of their itineraries.

It is only because of your support that CWI has been able to rescue tigers like Meow who was chained up in a petrol station in Bangkok. Thanks to you Meow has now swapped the fumes and din of the busy station for a peaceful private enclosure where he will receive a lifetime of care, but sadly many other animals will not be so fortunate. To make sure that we can continue to provide homes for other animals in need please support our appeal today.

Here at CWI we want to continue to work hard to help secure a viable future for wild tigers and other animals, and to care for the victims of cruel trade and exploitation like Jasper and Meow. But we can’t do it without your help, so please make a donation today. Your support can help reduce the suffering of tigers and other wildlife around the world and make sure that by the next Year of the Tiger 2022, the future looks brighter for the world’s most magnificent animals.

Any donation, no matter how small will enable us to help the plight of tigers and other wildlife in distress. To support our essential work around the world, please give a donation to CWI today.

How CWI works towards a better future for the world's tigers:

Education
Working alongside the Dalai Lama, CWI successfully helped curb the demand for tiger parts in Tibet, Nepal and India through raising awareness about the plight of the tiger amongst local communities.

Protection
In India, Laos and Cambodia CWI has funded training and equipment for rangers to help ensure more effective anti-poaching.

Campaigns
CWI actively participates in CITES meetings to advocate for the better legal protection of wild tigers and campaign against the exploitation of tigers used to entertain tourists.

Investigations
For example, CWI's report on Thailand's Tiger Temple brought to the world's attention the disturbing and cruel truth behind the Temple's false conservation claims.

Tiger Rescue
Over the years CWI has proudly provided high-quality, long term care for many tigers who could not survive if they were put back into the wild.

Cooperation
CWI works as part of the International Tiger Coalition (ITC), a group of almost 40 member organisations, united in their aim to stop trade in tigers and their body parts.

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