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PRAGUE ZOO ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

Jan 13, 2019
4 min

PRAGUE ZOO ON NEW YEAR'S EVE

With the workaholics among us on “holiday”, we ended up spending New Year’s Eve at Prague Zoo. Why? Because they have tigers! We spend most of our time researching and investigating facilities in Thailand, which generally do not have the same higher welfare standards as facilities or zoos in the western world. With that in mind we thought it would be interesting to have a look to see what standards are offered in Eastern Europe, hoping for something a little more positive. At

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Walk For Tigers

Aug 5, 2018
1 min

Walk For Tigers

Yesterday marked the first Walk For Tigers fundraising event, and with its great success, we hope to make this an annual activity. Starting in Lion Yard in the centre of Cambridge, our walkers left at around 9.30am, taking the main route out of town straight through to Shepreth Wildlife Park. Along the route we gathered more walkers until our 'streak of tigers' was ten people strong. All dressed as tigers, face painting dripping off thanks to the unusual high temperatures for

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TOURISM & ANIMAL WELFARE SYMPOSIUM

Jun 13, 2018
1 min

TOURISM & ANIMAL WELFARE SYMPOSIUM

Today, two members of For Tigers headed out to the Tourism and Animal Welfare symposium held at South Bank University. There were many interesting talks from Donald Broom, Daniel Turner, Claire Jenkinson, Stuart Patterson,Tom Moorhouse, Glen Cousquer and Jan Schmidt-Burbach. After the talks we were able to have some constructive chats with Jan Schmidt-Burbach and Tom Moorhouse on the welfare of captive tigers in tourism and the next steps to take in this area. #fortigers #tig

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FOLLOW THE TIGERS: ENCLOSURE NO.5 BECOMES TWO!

Mar 27, 2018
1 min

FOLLOW THE TIGERS: ENCLOSURE NO.5 BECOMES TWO!

Follow the tigers: The latest updates for Enclosure No. 5 show the platforms coming up and the ponds almost done. However, unlike the previous enclosures, this one has now been split into two making two smaller outside areas. The way these enclosures have been built, is that the current cages for the tigers bookend the enclosure, allowing one tiger access at a time – a system in place for the first enclosures that were built. This does mean that the tigers have to take turns

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11 environmental tips to consider before lights out for Earth Hour

Mar 24, 2018
9 min

11 environmental tips to consider before lights out for Earth Hour

Earth Hour was launched 11 years ago today in Sydney Australia as a ‘lights out’ event with the aim of inspiring people around the globe to act on the environmental crisis our world now faces. Now the largest environmental movement, Earth Hour relies on members of the public to power this movement with the support of WWF and other charitable organisations to highlight the extreme climate change, the accelerating loss of biodiversity and the immediate need to protect our natur

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FOLLOW THE TIGERS: FOUNDATIONS RISING

Mar 12, 2018
1 min

FOLLOW THE TIGERS: FOUNDATIONS RISING

Follow the Tigers: Almost daily updates at the moment! The foundations for Enclosure No. 5 are going up at a rate of knots, it is all very exciting. Let's hope progress doesn't slow down just yet :) For those of you who are just coming to this page, this is the fifth enclosure being built for the rescued Tiger Temple tigers. At this time, they are in small cages that have no natural enrichment inside along with limited space. These larger enclosures offer the tigers a more na

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FOLLOW THE TIGERS: FOUNDATIONS ARE LAID

Mar 8, 2018
1 min

FOLLOW THE TIGERS: FOUNDATIONS ARE LAID

Follow the Tigers: Enclosure No. 5 - The foundations are being laid! Work is underway and the next enclosure will soon take shape. Hopefully this new enclosure will be finished in the next few months or so and by then we'll be ready to start building the next one! Fingers crossed. #fortigers #thailand #followthetigerscampaign #animalwelfare #DNP

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THE MALI-SALIKA TIGERS ARE ON THE MOVE

Jan 10, 2018
3 min

THE MALI-SALIKA TIGERS ARE ON THE MOVE

Over the past two years the Mali-Salika Zoo in Nakhon Nayok outside Bangkok has been attempting to close its doors. A private holding with 108 tigers residing inside, it was imperative that these tigers found homes before closure could occur. The past months have seen the Department of National Parks (DNP) searching to find homes for all these tigers as they are unable to take on all of them, themselves. This search has led them far and wide across the country as they attempt

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FOLLOW THE TIGERS: MOVING FORWARD WITH UPGRADES

Nov 20, 2017
1 min

FOLLOW THE TIGERS: MOVING FORWARD WITH UPGRADES

Once again we were able to visit the government facilities, though unfortunately not really able to see the tigers themselves bar a few in the areas that we were looking to do upgrades in. With our partnership with WildHeart Foundation well and truly underway, we donated carnivore supplement to both facilities and were able to take one of the WildHeart members along with us. We then discussed in depth the progress that we wished to make for both facilities which included a ne

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CIRQUE DE DENIAL - WHY ARE TRAVELLING CIRCUSES STILL HAPPENING?

Oct 23, 2017
3 min

CIRQUE DE DENIAL - WHY ARE TRAVELLING CIRCUSES STILL HAPPENING?

Travelling circuses should be a thing of the past but sadly in most countries they are not. Recently a friend’s mother, travelling in the South of France, was enjoying her relaxing camping holiday when upon coming out of her accommodation she was faced with an overnight travelling circus. Booking her trip with a UK based travel company, she assumed that all forms of animal cruelty and abuse would not be promoted. To her shock this circus comes regularly to this campground in

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TEMPLE TIGERS UPDATE: SURGERIES

Oct 10, 2017
1 min

TEMPLE TIGERS UPDATE: SURGERIES

As we mentioned yesterday, there were a few of the Temple tigers undergoing an operation for their respiratory problems. Today we learnt that it was three of our tigers (still unidentified) and that the vets would be heading to the second facility today to perform more surgeries. Hopefully everything goes well and that the tigers are all on a quick and successful road to recovery. #fortigers #DNP #savethetigers #captivetigers #animalwelfare #tigertemple #thailand

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TEMPLE TIGERS UPDATE: CHICKEN RUN PART 2

Oct 9, 2017
1 min

TEMPLE TIGERS UPDATE: CHICKEN RUN PART 2

Temple tiger update: Another chicken run to the government facility today, this one funded by us. As before this was not a visit to see the tigers but rather just the food donation and as such we did not see any of them. Whilst at the facility we saw that the vet team was present but were unable to speak to them directly. We learnt that a few of the tigers previously suffering from the respiratory problems we have mentioned before, were undergoing operations within the govern

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Sep 15, 2017
1 min

Tiger Temple tigers: RIP Sangtawan & Farkram Jr

GRAPHIC IMAGES: This is a video from the Department of National Parks (DNP) and sadly, the video does show footage of three of the Tiger Temple tigers that have now died. The first image is of Jomnapah (already known to have passed on March 4th 2017), the second is of Sangtawan, the third of Farkram Jr. If you would like to give these images a miss, then skip the video between 4.10 – 4.23. The last two tiger’s deaths were previously unknown to us. Rest in Peace Sangtawan and

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The first tigers are out!!

Jul 31, 2017
1 min

The first tigers are out!!

Finally it's here! The update we've all been waiting for!! Today was the test run for the enclosures that you've helped to build. Saiduan was the lucky tiger chosen and while it took her a little time to come out, when she did she explored everywhere. Up on the platform, a dip in the pond, some tree scratching, she did it all. Thank you everyone who has helped make this possible. Over the next few day the other tigers will be venturing forth as well so we will continue to kee

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Jul 29, 2017
1 min

The Unseen Tigers teaser

Earlier this year we travelled around Thailand visiting facilities holding tigers. The purpose was to record the levels of welfare in each facility. We filmed everything that we could in order to get a comprehensive image of what the tiger tourism industry contained - the bad and the good. We are currently editing this footage to create a documentary on this situation to be released later this year. Now, for a first look, we are releasing the first teaser of the documentary

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Thailand's Tiger Facilities

May 31, 2017
1 min

Thailand's Tiger Facilities

With the Tiger Temple getting closed a year ago, many people assumed this was the start of the Thai government cracking down on tigers in tourism. However this is not the case. A year on and there are in fact more facilities catering to the 'tiger selfie' industry - Tiger Kingdom opened its fourth branch just this January down in Pattaya. Part of our work is to raise awareness for Thailand's captive tigers and in February and March 2017 we undertook detailed assessment of 37

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One Tiger Facility Closes, but Another One Opens

Apr 12, 2017
2 min

One Tiger Facility Closes, but Another One Opens

With the recent closure of the Tiger Temple it seemed that the future of tiger tourism in Thailand was looking up. A crack down on facilities across the country was happening, tigers were being checked and micro-chipped and a database set up to record the stripe ID’s of all captive tigers. Yet the tourist demand continues. Tiger Kingdom is the largest company involved in the tourism industry of being able to pat a tame tiger and get a selfie. With the original zoo situated in

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About For Tigers

Aug 26, 2016
2 min

About For Tigers

For Tigers was founded on the back of the Tiger Temple closure. Everyone currently involved with For Tigers was at one time or another volunteering at the Temple. After the removal of the tigers to government facilities, there was a deep concern over the tiger’s welfare in their new home. The sub standard facilities run by the government were concerning especially as there seemed to be no move to improve them. The tigers from the Temple started to suffer from stress and began

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Report on the Relocated Temple Tigers

Apr 22, 2016
4 min

Report on the Relocated Temple Tigers

Introduction This report is covering the visit made to Khao Pratap Chang Research Facility, Ratchaburi on 22nd April 2016, by Tiger Temple staff and volunteers to visit the ten tigers relocated there. It focuses on the behaviour and welfare of the tigers that have been taken there. Overview The facilities were well-maintained and adequate clean water provided for all tigers. The behaviour of the tigers was improved from the first visit with all the tigers being much more inte

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Ten tigers gone from Tiger Temple

Feb 23, 2016
1 min

Ten tigers gone from Tiger Temple

On 28th January 2016, five of the Temple's male tigers were removed to the government facilities. These five were: Dao Nua Jr, Broma, Saka, Dao Tie and Dao Tok. One month later, today, 23rd February, five more males have been relocated there. This time: Dawie, Happy, Dao Lurk, Mek Nua Jr (aka Liverpool) and Diamond. Here are some images showing the first ten tigers in the DNP facilities versus their home at Tiger Temple. *Images of DNP facilities provided by DNP #savethetiger

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