Wildlife Alliance

Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti)

Status: Endangered

Description:

Habitat Range:

These tigers reside in Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, southern China, and Malaysia. Primary tiger corridors consist of tropical forests and grasslands along mountainous country borders. Few permits are granted to research these transboundary regions, limiting ability to track and monitor tiger populations.

Numbers Left in the Wild: 1,000-1,785

Primary Threats:

Poaching for their skins and black market traditional Chinese medicines made from tiger parts. They are experiencing relentless habitat loss because of human encroachment, illegal logging, and slash & burn agriculture, which is creating habitat fragmentation. As a result, these isolated populations have a limited gene pool and ability to locate a mate. They are also experiencing food-source competition because their prey is being sold as bush meat in local markets, or eaten by hunters themselves.

What we are doing to help:

• Our Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) is home to 7 Indochinese tigers that have been rescued and rehabilitated from the illegal wildlife trade.
  
  
• For years, Wildlife Alliance's Adopt-a-Tiger program has supported our tiger protection efforts in Southeast Asia.
  
  
• Our SWEC ranger teams focuses on the protection of this species' habitat.
  
  
• The Wildlife Rapid Rescue Team (WRRT) stops wildlife traffickers from smuggling tigers and tiger parts across Cambodian borders, as well as rescuing tigers that are already captives inside the country.