Esther Conway
@estr.bsky.social
WildCats Conservation Alliance, ZSL, mother, dog owner, London lover. Views are my own.
Fascinating look at the problems facing the Sundarban’s tigers
How do our emissions drive tiger attacks and push women into trafficking?
New WildCats podcast episode, out as UN climate talks take place in Belém: “Can Tigers Be Climate Refugees Too?”
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4LCS...
New WildCats podcast episode, out as UN climate talks take place in Belém: “Can Tigers Be Climate Refugees Too?”
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/4LCS...
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Fascinating look at the problems facing the Sundarban’s tigers
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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. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
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.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
Feeling rather chuffed with my American version of #TigersBetweenEmpires brought all the way to London by @jonathanslaght.com. Thank you!
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Feeling rather chuffed with my American version of #TigersBetweenEmpires brought all the way to London by @jonathanslaght.com. Thank you!
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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...
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
Review: A Minneapolis man and his ‘life-changing’ tiger encounters
Nonfiction: Jonathan C. Slaght’s “Tigers Between Empires” shines spotlight on endangered cats.
www.startribune.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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...
The book, out Tuesday, Nov. 4, details WCS’s tiger conservation work.
🌏 🐅 www.startribune.com/jonathan-sla...
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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
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
October 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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
🔊 Sound on for happy snorts! 🎥 Freeland / DNP
Good luck to colleagues at Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse
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.
phys.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Good luck to colleagues at Parc Zoologique et Botanique de Mulhouse
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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...
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
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...
india.mongabay.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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...
🔗 india.mongabay.com/2025/10/coal...
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Hey @tigur.com this is yours! DM me a good mailing address and I'll ship today or tomorrow
***giveaway*** this signed, Advance Reader Copy of TIGERS BETWEEN EMPIRES (pub date 4 Nov 25 from @fsgbooks.bsky.social)! Like/Reskeet to enter! US addresses only! Will pick random winner on Thurs, 9 Oct 25 and ship quick. 🐅 #booksky
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Hey @tigur.com this is yours! DM me a good mailing address and I'll ship today or tomorrow
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[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.
“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.
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…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
[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.
“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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🐯🐆🐯🐆 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...
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...
September 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🐯🐆🐯🐆 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...
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...
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.
(2/2) The report — ‘Law of the Tiger’ — is the most comprehensive legal analysis to date of tiger trafficking laws across 12 range countries.
With just 5,700 left in the wild, #tigers don’t have time for weak laws.
More 👉 loom.ly/GScoVQ0
With just 5,700 left in the wild, #tigers don’t have time for weak laws.
More 👉 loom.ly/GScoVQ0
The world's tigers are at risk: new report exposes legal gaps facilitating illegal tiger trade - Wildlife Trade News from TRAFFIC
Analysis of 12 Tiger Range States reveals gaps that put wild tigers at risk. ...
loom.ly
October 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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.
Reposted by Esther Conway
Biodiversity data funding opportunity www.gbif.org/news/6r10aNQ...
2025 BID call for proposals: Africa
Deadline for submissions: 3 November 2025, 15:59 CET (UTC+1)
www.gbif.org
September 13, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Biodiversity data funding opportunity www.gbif.org/news/6r10aNQ...
Results of the snow tracking survey of Amur tigers published in this recent paper.
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.
conservewildcats.org
September 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Results of the snow tracking survey of Amur tigers published in this recent paper.
Reposted by Esther Conway
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
©Freeland / DNP
September 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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
©Freeland / DNP
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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...
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...
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...
www.birdlife.org
August 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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...
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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A Review from Zoe Davies, Matthew Struebig and colleagues summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia and conservation solutions.
Web link: https://bit.ly/4fCpij1
Readcube: https://bit.ly/4mEsVY3
Translations of the article in primary ASEAN languages: https://bit.ly/4mDBOB7
Web link: https://bit.ly/4fCpij1
Readcube: https://bit.ly/4mEsVY3
Translations of the article in primary ASEAN languages: https://bit.ly/4mDBOB7
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.
bit.ly
August 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A Review from Zoe Davies, Matthew Struebig and colleagues summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia and conservation solutions.
Web link: https://bit.ly/4fCpij1
Readcube: https://bit.ly/4mEsVY3
Translations of the article in primary ASEAN languages: https://bit.ly/4mDBOB7
Web link: https://bit.ly/4fCpij1
Readcube: https://bit.ly/4mEsVY3
Translations of the article in primary ASEAN languages: https://bit.ly/4mDBOB7
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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
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
A Turning Point for Tigers: First Population Increase in Decades
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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
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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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
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
June 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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
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
Huge thanks to everyone who donated to the WildCats #BigGive Campaign. We surpassed out target by £1 with three minutes to spare!
⏰ Just 2 hours left to help us hit our @biggive.bsky.social goal!
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Every donation helps protect wild tigers & Amur leopards 🐅🐆 and thanks to a generous donor, 100% goes straight to the field.
Please help push us over the line before time runs out!
🔗 donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
April 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who donated to the WildCats #BigGive Campaign. We surpassed out target by £1 with three minutes to spare!
Reposted by Esther Conway
🌍 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...
🎥 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...
🐅 Double your impact to help stop big cat trafficking 🐆
YouTube video by WildCats Conservation Alliance
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🌍 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...
🎥 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...
Reposted by Esther Conway
🐅 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...
Despite stable numbers, recovery is limited by low prey, fragmentation & Highway 304.
📄 Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/14/s...
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.
conservewildcats.org
April 14, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🐅 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...
Despite stable numbers, recovery is limited by low prey, fragmentation & Highway 304.
📄 Read more: conservewildcats.org/2025/04/14/s...
Reposted by Esther Conway
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
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
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.
conservewildcats.org
April 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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
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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Preorder has begun on the Fatboy Slim book at fatboyslimbook.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Preorder has begun on the Fatboy Slim book at fatboyslimbook.com
Reposted by Esther Conway
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...
Canine Distemper Virus (CDV
Geographical Distribution of Carnivore Hosts and Genotypes of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) Worldwide: A Scoping Review and Spatial Meta-Analysis
conservewildcats.org
March 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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...
Reposted by Esther Conway
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
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
@forestplots.bsky.social
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...
www.science.org
March 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@naturerecovery.bsky.social
@forestplots.bsky.social