Brian Werner, a leading advocate for private owners of tigers and other big cats, is founder and president of the Tiger Missing Link Foundation—its motto, “Saving Tigers One By One”—and director of Tiger Creek Wildlife Refuge, which houses and educates the public about over 40 rescued big cats in Tyler, Texas.
THE EFFECTIVENESS of tiger conservation programs should be rated by the numbers of living tigers. Are the numbers of these animals increasing? The answer is clearly NO; in fact, they are decreasing in numbers. This shows that the monetary "investment" and the current trend of conservation planning are NOT successful, and that it is time for a change.
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Philip J. Nyhus, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College, has published over 40 scholarly articles and book chapters on human-wildlife conflict and endangered species conservation.
Ron Tilson is director of conservation at the Minnesota Zoo and coordinator of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association's captive breeding program for tigers. They have worked together frequently in the field in Asia.
THROUGHOUT Asia, wild tiger populations and their habitats are in peril. Recent studies suggest the world's wild tiger population may have declined by half in the past quarter of a century, and tigers today occupy only about 7 percent of their historical range.
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Not a real tiger?
