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Esther Conway

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WildCats Conservation Alliance, ZSL, mother, dog owner, London lover. Views are my own.

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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Translocations and reintroductions are an increasingly popular reaction to the biodiversity crisis, but more needs to be done to understand the long-term impact. This paper suggests a standardised framework to evaluate and improve the outcomes. #conservation
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Assessing conservation translocation outcomes with standardized metrics based on IUCN case studies
The use of conservation translocations to restore threatened species in the wild is dramatically increasing. Yet, failure of these conservation efforts is frequent and difficult to analyze because of...
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
#WorldWildlifeDay
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
While protected areas ensured higher annual survival of female tigers, more cubs and a stable population, logging in multiple-use lands is a key threat and may increase poaching. This study suggests the need for more investment in law enforcement, especially outside protected areas. bit.ly/4s9lzP2
wild tiger in snow and bare trees
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
New research highlights the hidden impact of roads on Asia’s wildlife. A review across 36 countries documents over 200,000 roadkill records and shows roads fragment habitats, alter behaviour and increase risk for many threatened species. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Exciting new research from the biochemists!
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New research shows real progress for the Critically Endangered Amur leopard. Camera trap monitoring in southwest Primorsky Krai estimates 118 individuals, double 2014 levels and up 20% since 2020. conservewildcats.org/2025/12/01/p...
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Far Eastern Leopard in Southwest Primorsky Krai
This study provides an up‐to‐date population assessment of the Far Eastern leopard in southwest Primorsky Krai, Russia.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
New research from Nepal’s Tarai Arc shows what works for human–wildlife coexistence. Predator-proof corrals and improved fencing reduce losses from tigers, leopards and elephants, but long-term solutions need habitat restoration too. conservewildcats.org/2025/12/15/p...
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Peoples perceptions on human-wildlife conflict mitigation
This study provides the first comprehensive evaluation of peoples perceptions on human-wildlife conflict mitigation across five protected areas in Nepal's Tarai Arc Landscape.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 04/01/2026
Camera traps in China’s largest tiger reserve captured a rare first: an Amur tigress with five cubs. Filmed in late 2025 at Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, the sighting signals conservation gains for the endangered Amur tiger—though experts warn the population is not fully secure.
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Camera traps in China capture first-ever footage of Amur tigress with five cubs
Camera traps installed in the world’s largest tiger reserve, in China, have captured footage of an Amur tigress and her five cubs for the first time. Recorded in November 2025, the footage from…
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Fascinating look at the problems facing the Sundarban’s tigers
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13/11/2025
No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Feeling rather chuffed with my American version of #TigersBetweenEmpires brought all the way to London by @jonathanslaght.com. Thank you!
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Wildlife Conservation Society @wcs.org · 30/10/2025
First review is in: WCS’s @jonathanslaght.com shines a “scientific-yet-soulful spotlight on one of the world’s most amazing creatures” in his new book, Tigers Between Empires. The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work. 🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
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Review: A Minneapolis man and his ‘life-changing’ tiger encounters
Nonfiction: Jonathan C. Slaght’s “Tigers Between Empires” shines spotlight on endangered cats.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
African Swine Fever crashed wild boar in Thailand (2022–24). Now they’re bouncing back at Khao Laem NP: detections rose from 41 (2022) to 343 (H1 2025). Good for the food web and neighbouring communities. 🐗🐯 🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Good luck to colleagues at Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse
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Artificial insemination raises hopes for world's rarest big cat
The world-first insemination of an Amur leopard in France has lifted hopes of animal lovers for the survival of Earth's rarest big cat.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A proposed rail expansion in India’s Western Ghats aims to boost coal transport, but could slice through vital tiger and wildlife corridors. A powerful example of the tension between development and connectivity. 🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
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Rail expansion plans spark clash between coal and tiger conservation
Conservationists, wildlife activists, and citizens put up a spirited legal and civil society battle to prevent the fragmentation of Western ghat sanctuaries, threatened by coal corridor infrastructure...
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Jonathan C Slaght @jonathanslaght.com · 09/10/2025
Hey @tigur.com this is yours! DM me a good mailing address and I'll ship today or tomorrow
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 08/10/2025
[COMMENTARY] “The IUCN congress offers a crucial chance to turn global attention toward the pet trade. If we fail to act, this commerce will continue hollowing out ecosystems, spreading invasive species, and endangering health,” a new op-ed argues. ** Views expressed are author's.
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New global guidelines needed to rein in the wildlife pet trade (commentary)
The illegal and unsustainable wildlife pet trade depends on the appeal of live animals — creatures that people naturally want to care for. Yet behind the allure of a bright-eyed chameleon or playful…
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🐯🐆🐯🐆 Our 2024 Annual Report is here! With your support we: ✨ Protected 22,595 km² of habitat ✨ Trained 320 rangers ✨ Deployed 320 camera traps ✨ Reached 4,440 students Read more 👉 conservewildcats.org/wp-content/u...
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Loopholes in legislation and failures in enforcement across tiger range states, undermine the impact of wildlife conservation efforts. More needs to be done before it’s too late. Read this report.
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Agrobiodiverse @agrobiodiverse.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Biodiversity data funding opportunity www.gbif.org/news/6r10aNQ...
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2025 BID call for proposals: Africa
Deadline for submissions: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Results of the snow tracking survey of Amur tigers published in this recent paper.
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Track Survey of the Amur Tiger
In Russia, range‐wide winter track surveys of the Amur tiger are conducted every ten years based on snow track measurements.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Captured by our partners in Thailand, this camera trap image is a striking glimpse of life in the wild and a reminder of what’s at stake. Our 2026 work depends on 2025 funding. Support us today 👉 conservewildcats.org/donate/ ©Freeland / DNP
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Meet Rory the Roller!🐦 A European Roller made an extraordinary journey from wintering in South Africa to China, travelling more than 15,000 km!🌍 Fitted with a satellite-tracker by our Partner @birdlifesa.bsky.social, he was next identified in China. Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/news/2025/08...
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Finding Rory the Roller
A European Roller’s extraordinary journey from South Africa to China demonstrates the power of birds and migration to connect us, along with teaching us about their needs along the world’s Global Flyw...
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Nature Reviews Biodiversity @natrevbiodiv.nature.com · 14/08/2025
A Review from Zoe Davies, Matthew Struebig and colleagues summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia and conservation solutions. Web link: bit.ly/4fCpij1 Readcube: bit.ly/4mEsVY3 Translations of the article in primary ASEAN languages: bit.ly/4mDBOB7
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Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Global Tiger Day: let’s pause and celebrate success! For 25 years, WildCats Conservation Alliance has powered tiger recoveries, and for the first time in decades, wild tiger numbers are increasing thanks to science-led conservation. youtu.be/nK2ha2sRzBM
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A Turning Point for Tigers: First Population Increase in Decades
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
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Indie Aut. Stuart Miller📖✍️🤓 Believe in yourself & your potential @stuartmiller1.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Instagram channel @Art_DailyDose Jo Hobbs, is a UK needle-felting artist known for crafting realistic miniature animal figures from wool Artist: @jurlyjocreation #art #needlefelting #dog #sculpture #animals #UnitedKingdom #UK #artist
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Huge thanks to everyone who donated to the WildCats #BigGive Campaign. We surpassed out target by £1 with three minutes to spare!
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🌍 It's #EarthDay AND the start of our @biggive.bsky.social campaign! 🎥 Watch + share the vid: youtu.be/DQ7zhPoMJN4 From 22–29 April, all donations to WildCats will be doubled to help protect wild tigers + Amur leopards from poaching. 🐅🐆 💥 Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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🐅 Double your impact to help stop big cat trafficking 🐆
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
🐅 New research highlights the need for targeted conservation in Dong Phayayen–Khao Yai, Thailand—one of the last strongholds for Indochinese tigers. Despite stable numbers, recovery is limited by low prey, fragmentation & Highway 304. 📄 Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/14/s...
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A low-density yet stable population of Indochinese tigers
Tigers utilise 55 % of the Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai complex despite a stable population and high survival.
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
New study: CDV found in wild tree shrews for the first time in Malaysia 🦠 This overlooked species could be silently sustaining the virus & fuelling spillover to endangered Malayan tigers 🐅 🔗 Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/13/s... #MalayanTiger #WildlifeDisease #CDV
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Canine distemper virus transmission in Malaysia
Preliminary study of canine distemper virus transmission from small mammals to Malayan tiger tiger at Kampung Besul Lama, Terengganu.
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Rocket 88 Books @rocket88books.com · 12/03/2025
Preorder has begun on the Fatboy Slim book at fatboyslimbook.com
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New study maps the global spread of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV), revealing its multihost potential across domestic & wild carnivores. Spillover events in shared habitats drive its expansion, making it a major conservation concern. conservewildcats.org/2025/03/10/c...
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Canine Distemper Virus (CDV
Geographical Distribution of Carnivore Hosts and Genotypes of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) Worldwide: A Scoping Review and Spatial Meta-Analysis
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Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
In our new paper in @science.org, we show that tropical forests are changing over time, but too slowly to track climate change. Our article, led by @jeaggu.bsky.social just out: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @naturerecovery.bsky.social @forestplots.bsky.social
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Tropical forests in the Americas are changing too slowly to track climate change
Understanding the capacity of forests to adapt to climate change is of pivotal importance for conservation science, yet this is still widely unknown. This knowledge gap is particularly acute in high-b...
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Stay up to date with the latest studies, reports, and insights shaping the future of tigers and Amur leopards. From habitat protection to human-wildlife coexistence, explore the science driving conservation efforts. 📖 Dive in now: conservewildcats.org/resources/co... #AmurLeopard #TigerConservation
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Latest Research - WildCats Conservation Alliance
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
🌏🐅 This #WorldWildlifeDay, the theme is “Wildlife Conservation Finance: Investing in People & Planet”. With funding under threat, WildCats Conservation Alliance provides an alternative—securing £4M+ for tiger & Amur leopard conservation. 🐆💚 youtu.be/tI00aRAVUsY #WWD2025
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World Wildlife Day 2025: Investing in Wildlife, Investing in Our Future
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 02/03/2025
WHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
Map of Stand Up for Science events, with official SUFS events in Red and solidarity events in Blue
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
The USAID funding freeze threatens wildlife, ecosystems, and communities. As people turn to forests for survival, tigers and Amur leopards face greater risks. This shows how vital alternative funding like WildCats Conservation Alliance is. 👉 Read the full story: conservewildcats.org/2025/02/25/f...
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USAID Funding Freeze Threatens Wildlife
Discover how the USAID funding freeze threatens wildlife, ecosystems, and global conservation efforts through both direct and indirect impacts.
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Nature @nature.com · 25/02/2025
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks. go.nature.com/4kd1vIu
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Trump 2.0: an assault on science anywhere is an assault on science everywhere
US President Donald Trump is taking a wrecking ball to science and to international institutions. The global research community must take a stand against these attacks.
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Very sad to see the state of @hampsteadheathcol.bsky.social after this weekend’s destructive English National Cross Country event. More stress on this important biodiverse habitat when pressure is already being put on its funding. 😢
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
When you hope things can't get much worse - the downward spiral continues
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The moment researchers were blown away to learn that tigers hunt bears: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2yo...
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#TheMoment researchers were blown away to learn that tigers hunt bears
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
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Chris Zappa @chriszappa.com · 16/02/2025
Billionaire co-founder of AirBnB Joe Gebbia has joined Elon Musk’s DOGE team, so let’s spread awareness and make sure nobody books a goddamn thing through AirBnB ever again, shall we?
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
This Valentine’s Day, meet Boris and Svetlaya—two orphaned Amur tigers. After their release over 100 miles apart, Boris trekked 120 miles to reunite with Svetlaya. Months later, they welcomed their first cubs—proof that conservation can create new beginnings. conservewildcats.org/2025/02/14/a...
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Amur Tiger Romance
Discover the remarkable Amur Tiger Romance of Boris and Svetlaya, two orphaned tigers reunited in the wild after a 120-mile trek.
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Gaps in the Indonesian legal system need to be addressed to halt online illegal wildlife trade according to this paper published in @oryxthejournal.bsky.social
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Online illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia: strengthening the regulatory framework and law enforcement | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Online illegal wildlife trade in Indonesia: strengthening the regulatory framework and law enforcement
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
A good overview of what happened at the recent CITES standing committee meeting #tigerconservation #tigerfarming #leopardconservation
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Follow @conservewildcats.bsky.social for more wild tiger and Amur leopard conservation news! 📷Bengal tiger captured at a WildCats funded waterhole © ZSL Nepal
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
🔬 Women & Girls in Science Day! 🔬 Listen to our WildCats podcast where we explore gender bias in science, a crochet-based mathematical breakthrough, and insights from our Professional Development Award recipient, on challenges women face in conservation. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/0Knd...
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Can females ensure the future of felines?
WildCats Pawcast · Episode
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WildCats Conservation Alliance @conservewildcats.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Khao Laem’s tigers were thought to be lost—until a 2016 discovery. Now, poaching, habitat loss & crime still threaten them. Since 2018, Freeland, Thailand’s Dept of National Parks & WildCats have fought to protect them. Watch now: 🎥👇 📺 youtu.be/OHx5JR2fdg0
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Sunken Forest, Rising Hope: Khao Laem's Tigers
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Esther Conway @estr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Great news! Wildcats is now on Blue Sky. Please follow for tiger and Amur leopard news!
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
“On Friday, February 7, 2025, at 11:59 pm (EST) all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs. Essential personnel expected to continue working will be informed by Agency leadership by Thursday, February 6, at 3:00pm (EST).

For USAID personnel currently posted outside the United States, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the Department of State, is currently preparing a plan, in accordance with all applicable requirements and laws, under which the Agency would arrange and pay for return travel to the United States within 30 days and provide for the termination of PSC and ISC contracts that are not determined to be essential. The Agency will consider case-by-case exceptions and return travel extensions based on personal or family hardship, mobility or safety concerns, or other reasons. For example, the Agency will consider exceptions based on the timing of dependents’ school term, personal or familial medical needs, pregnancy, and other reasons. Further guidance on how to request an exception will be forthcoming.

Thank you for your service”
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