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[Created on 22/01/2010]
WWF-Australia is proud to have been chosen as the Charity Partner for the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. With the world's tiger population in rapid decline, WWF’s experience in the conservation of species makes us a highly appropriate partner for the Year of the Tiger.
What is Chinese New Year?
Year of the Tiger for WWF:
WWF's goal is to more than double the wild tiger population by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022.
The last Year of the Tiger was in 1998. Currently, in 2010 Year of the Tiger, there are fewer than 3,500 tigers left in the wild.
WWF will use the Year of the Tiger Chinese Luna Year to promote the plight of tigers in the wild, the threats they face (poaching, illegal trade in tiger parts, and the loss of their habitat) and to raise awareness that these beautiful, big cats are in real threat of extinction. In fact, the South China Tiger is already considered t be functionally extinct in the wild as it hasn’t been seen in over 25 years.
All money raised by WWF will be used to:
Threats to the Tiger and what WWF is doing
WWF is working with governments, local communities and other partners at a global, regional and national level to deploy effective strategies that will secure and increase wild tiger populations. Please click here to read more about the threats to the wild tiger.
Please support WWFs Tiger Program and conservation work by Adopting a Tiger today. Alternatively you can support WWF by becoming a regular giver or donating online.
Tiger Fact-sheet
Do you know how many species of Tigers are left in the wild? If not, find out more about Tigers in the wild, click here to read our Tiger fact-sheet Q & A.
[Created on 22/01/2010]
WWF-Australia is proud to have been chosen as the Charity Partner for the City of Sydney's Chinese New Year Festival. With the world's tiger population in rapid decline, WWF’s experience in the conservation of species makes us a highly appropriate partner for the Year of the Tiger.
What is Chinese New Year?
Year of the Tiger for WWF:
WWF's goal is to more than double the wild tiger population by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022.
The last Year of the Tiger was in 1998. Currently, in 2010 Year of the Tiger, there are fewer than 3,500 tigers left in the wild.
WWF will use the Year of the Tiger Chinese Luna Year to promote the plight of tigers in the wild, the threats they face (poaching, illegal trade in tiger parts, and the loss of their habitat) and to raise awareness that these beautiful, big cats are in real threat of extinction. In fact, the South China Tiger is already considered t be functionally extinct in the wild as it hasn’t been seen in over 25 years.
All money raised by WWF will be used to:
- establish and manage effective tiger conservation areas
- reduce the poaching of tigers and their prey
- eliminate the trade in tiger parts and products
- create incentives that will encourage local communities and others to support tiger conservation
- Build capacity for tiger conservation.
Threats to the Tiger and what WWF is doing
WWF is working with governments, local communities and other partners at a global, regional and national level to deploy effective strategies that will secure and increase wild tiger populations. Please click here to read more about the threats to the wild tiger.
Please support WWFs Tiger Program and conservation work by Adopting a Tiger today. Alternatively you can support WWF by becoming a regular giver or donating online.
Tiger Fact-sheet
Do you know how many species of Tigers are left in the wild? If not, find out more about Tigers in the wild, click here to read our Tiger fact-sheet Q & A.
