All Press Releases for Tigers

Endangered Amur Tiger  Released to the Wild in Far East Russia
13th May 2013
A tigress named Zolushka (Russian for Cinderella) was successfully released to the wild by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org) jointly with the Phoenix Fund, Special Inspection Tiger, A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecol Read more »
Credit: Carlos Osorio, AP
1st April 2013
This past Friday, the Detroit Tigers organization posted photos on its Facebook page of its star players handling a tiger cub at a spring training camp. Tracy Coppola, Campaigns Officer, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), iss Read more »
Tiger Poaching rampant in Russia
8th March 2013
An unprecedented string of tiger parts confiscations and capture of orphaned tiger cubs has conservationists in the Russian Far East, home of the last Amur tigers, worried that may be wiped out. In the previous 12 months there have  been a recor Read more »
CITES Photos and Video for Press
3rd March 2013
Preview images here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/animalrescueblog/sets/72157632893025222/ High resolution hand-out images available for download by signing up at www.ifawimages.com including: - polar bear, tiger and elephant and ivory b-roll - pol Read more »
Archive photo ©IIFAW
14th February 2013
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW- www.ifaw.org) announced today an emergency grant to rescue the last remaining 10 big cats from Riverglen Tiger Sanctuary near Mountainburg, Arkansas. The funds are being used to build temporary enclos Read more »
International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW) Film  “Removed” Selected for Euge
17th October 2012
“Removed,” a film produced and directed by International Fund for Animal Welfare’s (IFAW www.ifaw.org) Richard Moos, will be featured at the 2012 Eugene International Film Festival which runs from October 18-21 in Eugene, Oregon. Wi Read more »