Wild Tiger's mission is to conserve India's Bengal tigers and their habitats.
Our work is dedicated to three main areas:
Saving India's wild tigers are important. But, it's about more than the tiger.
Wild Tiger protects forests that are important for wildlife and people.
Forests for wildlife
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Protecting India's Bengal tiger means protecting everything else that lives in the ecosystem. The diversity of wildlife found in India's grassland, mangrove, and forest habitats are maintained and supported by the apex predator, the tiger. As India's economic development continues, it becomes increasingly important to conserve the last wild places where tigers survive. You are welcome to join us through Experience Wild India, our ecotourism initiative that provides the opportunity to be immersed within incredible tiger habitats, the Indian culture and on-the-ground tiger conservation.
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Forests for people
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People depend on ecosystems for food, cash crops and natural products that provide subsistence, and a viable ecosystem is only complete with its apex predator. Wild tigers support humans in addition to wildlife. Where human-tiger conflict prevails, we support tourist initiatives that allow local people to benefit and be apart of tiger conservation. Grassroots, community-based education and support is critical to help turning a wild tiger into as asset, not a liability.
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Tiger tourism
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One of the main threats to wild tiger populations is poaching, fueled by the international demand for tiger products. Local people are enticed by the promise of a paycheck. This cycle can be broken by making the value of a live tiger greater than a dead one. Tourism that benefits the communities surrounding tiger habitat, where human-tiger conflict is at it's worst, creates an international force for conservation of India's wild tigers.
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