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Nepal Launches ‘Save Tiger’ Campaign For 2010
Siddique Islam – AHN
Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Nepal on Sunday launched its campaign with the slogan “Double or Nothing: Save the wild tigers and save so much more!” to conserve tigers worldwide.
The campaign “2010 year of the Tiger” aims to raise emergency funds to stop poaching, protect tiger habitat at an unprecedented scale, and clamp down on the tiger trade world-wide.
The campaign began with rallies being organized by eco club students in eight Terai districts of Nepal. Drawing and painting competitions on tiger conservation were also organized by the students in their schools.
“We highly appreciate the government of Nepal’s commitment to establish Banke National Park expanding the tiger habitat in the west, establish National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to control poaching,” Anil Manandhar, Country Representative of the WWF Nepal, said in a statement.
Throughout the year of the Tiger, awareness activities will be organized to raise awareness and achieve the goal of doubling the tiger numbers. The campaign is being supported by WWF’s conservation partners in Nepal.
“There are only an estimated 3,200 tigers left in the wild, and they face increasing threats including habitat loss and illegal trade,” the WWF Nepal said, adding that there are 121 adult tigers in Nepal and the tiger numbers have plummeted in the western Nepal.
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