T.I.G.E.R.S. supplies thousands of dollars in ongoing support to the Matabeleland Leopard and Cheetah Project in Zimbabwe. Researchers in the Matabeleland World Wildlife Heritage Site are currently placing radio transmitters on leopards and cheetahs. By tracking their movements we are able to gather important scientific data about the behavior and territories of these swiftly vanishing animals.

The Rare Species Fund is working with the Victoria Falls Anti-Poaching Unit in Zimbabwe to protect the wildlife of the Zambezi National Park. The RSF supplies equipment and funding to help support the game scouts of the VFAPU as they patrol the park looking for poachers and removing traps. To date, the VFAPU has removed more than 21,000 illegal snare traps from the Zambezi National Park.

Robert Johnson and Ahren the African fish eagle meet with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe and his wife at the ICCF Gala in Washington D.C.

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The RSF has invested in the planting of trees to replenish the rainforest located in Central Indonesian Borneo as part of ongoing forestry restoration programs. We also support projects to hire patrols to protect national park sites against the effects of illegal logging and gold mining.

Dr. Antle of the Rare Species Fund discusses wildlife conservation and the importance of wildlife ambassadors with Congressman Don Young and Congresswoman Dina Titus during a specially convened congressional briefing.

The Rare Species Fund supports the Khao Yai project by providing in country teams with the means to purchase equipment and Anti-Poaching techniques. The project focuses on training and capacity-building efforts with The Carnivore Conservation Project in Northern Thailand to secure teh population of wild tigers in the Khao Yai National Park.

T.I.G.E.R.S. donated and personally transported seven tigers from our Myrtle Beach, South Carolina preserve to the Samutprakarn Wildlife Preserve, south of Bangkok. This unique group included the four remaining color variations of the tiger making it the first of its kind in Asia.

About the RSF: Rare Species Fund

The Rare Species Fund was established to provide funding to critical on the ground international wildlife conservation programs, thereby complementing the educational messages and field research of T.I.G.E.R.S The Fund receives it financing base through a percentage of revenues taken in by T.I.G.E.R.S, the generosity of donations form exhibit guests, and the general public.
The Rare Species Fund actively supports the African Association of Zoos and Aquaria (PAAZAB) in its efforts to improve African zoo collection management, captive animal husbandry, and public educational messages. On a Continent where millions of wildebeest make an annual migration of several hundred miles, covering a huge swath of two countries, accompanied by zebra and other plains game, as well as many rare and endangered predators, almost 99 per cent of all African youth will never see any of these animals in their natural habitat.
The RSF is doing its part to help educate the citizens of this continent to appreciate the wealth of their wildlife diversity and the threats to its continued existence in Africa.

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Coming up next on 360, far lighter stories. We want to make you smile going into the weekend. Check out this big cat. It's not a tiger, it's not a lion, it's called a liger. That's right, it's not just (UNINTELLIGIBLE). We'll have one ahead.

Orangutan rides a jetski

Four-year-old rescued orangutan Surya is having a whale of a time playing on an inflatable jet ski at the centre which is its home.

King of the Swimmers

Suryia, seven, loves taking a dip with his trainer Moksha Bybee, even appearing to wave below the surface.