Global Tiger Initiative
TIGER CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP
Tigers have been enigmatic emblems of power, beauty, stealth, strength, and survival in Asian cultures and wilderness for centuries. But even their status as one of the planet’s fiercest predators has not saved them from their greatest enemy: humans.
The number of wild tigers has crashed in the last century and without immediate action, they could be extinct within the next decade. As a founding member of the Global Tiger Initiative, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, in partnership with the World Bank, tiger range countries and other conservation organizations is leading a global effort to save the earth’s largest land carnivore.
In a race to save the remaining 3,200 wild tigers and rehabilitate the population throughout Asia, the Global Tiger Initiative and SCBI's Tiger Conservation Partnership are mobilizing transnational support and building the necessary political will in the final fight to save tigers.
Camera Trap Photos Reveal Poachers Close to Ranger Stations in Popular Thai National Park
May 16, 2012
Camera trap studies have proven themselves to be one of the most reliable methods of determining the occupancy of habitat by tigers, their prey, and other species of carnivores. In addition, because each tiger has a unique stripe pattern, camera trapping can actually be used to identify individual tigers, and — if enough cameras are used in a systematic survey methodology — to estimate the size and demographics of tiger populations inhabiting the area. 
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