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MEET THE TIGERS OF KHATA CORRIDOR

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Khata corridor is a narrow stretch of forest connecting Bardia National Park in Nepal with Katerniaghat Wildlife Sanctuary in India. It’s around 13km long and 6km wide (similar to the size of Guernsey), and it’s home to between five and seven magnificent Bengal tigers. One of the most magnificent is a male called Dalla, who’s around eight to nine years old. We named him after Dalla village, which lies in the corridor, as he was photographed near there several times.

Your other adopted tigers currently include four beautiful adult females, and a male and female cub, and we hope to introduce more as camera trap monitoring continues. When he was old enough to fend for himself, the male cub headed off to establish his own territory and seems

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to have settled in Katerniaghat. We look forward to keeping you up to date with the movements of these amazing stripy citizens, as well as telling you about crucial work you’re supporting to address the threats they face and support the local people who live alongside them. Unlike national parks and reserves, Khata corridor isn’t formally protected. Around 30,000 people share your adopted tigers’ home, and many live in poverty, relying on the natural resources around them for everyday essentials such as food, fresh water and fuel wood. Understandably, living so closely together can be a challenge for people and tigers, but it can also be an opportunity. Funds from your adoption will make a big difference to both.

Welcome to your first update on the tigers of the Khata corridor, and a huge thank you for all the support you’ve given Kamrita

efore introducing your new adopted tigers, I want to say a special thank you from the field team for helping to protect Kamrita and

her fellow tigers in Chitwan National Park. Over the years, we’ve grown very fond of her and have loved sharing her stories with you.

Although we’ll miss Kamrita, it’s good to know that she lived a long and healthy life in the safety of the park, and successfully raised at least five cubs. The important work you supported in and around Chitwan will continue, and I hope you’ll enjoy getting to know your new adopted tigers as their fascinating lives are revealed.

COMPILED BY SABITA MALLA FROM WWF-NEPAL’S TIGER TEAM, WHOSE WORK YOUR ADOPTION HELPS SUPPORT

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YOUR FIELD REPORT

WE’RE HALFWAY TO OUR GOAL OF DOUBLING WILD TIGER NUMBERS BY 2022. SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Find out in our special report, enclosed with your update.

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BIG CATS IN A SMALL WORLDFor example, adoption funds will give a huge boost to our work with community-based anti-poaching groups, made up of young local people. We help to set up and train the groups, and their duties include patrolling the forests for signs of poaching, removing snares and setting up and checking the camera traps.

We also help community groups to manage and restore habitats including forests, grasslands and waterholes. And we support ventures such as homestays, a form of ecotourism in which visitors stay in family homes and gain first-hand experience of local culture and the incredible wildlife around them, including your adopted tigers. These are just some examples of crucial work you’ll be helping to support, and we can’t wait to tell you more.

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we irrigate our crops with, and numerous other things we depend on for our health, happiness and prosperity. The total value of these natural assets in the UK is phenomenal –– estimated to be at least £1.5 trillion. But this is hardly ever taken into account in the decisions governments and businesses make about developments, such as new housing. That needs to change, urgently.The UK government has committed to developing a new 25-year Environment Plan. It’s a golden opportunity to put the natural world at the heart of policy-making and economic planning, and we’ve been working to influence its development. Find out more and watch our animation:

TIGERS SHARE THE NATURAL HABITATS THAT ARE VITAL TO OUR WAY OF LIFE. SO THANK YOU FOR HELPING TO PROTECT THESE AMAZING ANIMALS THROUGH YOUR ADOPTION

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huge thank you to everyone who kindly made a contribution last year to help sniffer dogs Murray and Sears protect

tigers and other rare wildlife in Chitwan. As you may have guessed, this dynamic duo (both Belgian shepherd dogs) was named after tennis ace and WWF ambassador Andy Murray, and his wife, Kim Sears. After licking their handlers into shape, the perky pooches have been hard at work in the fight against wildlife crime. And now there are even more paws on the ground, in the shape of gorgeous Labradors, Fancy and Fellow.

Poaching is one of the biggest threats facing wild tigers. Despite having no proven scientific evidence of their medical properties, tiger skin, bones, meat and other parts are still used in traditional Asian medicine, or for tonics and luxury items.

It’s vital that we keep on protecting tiger habitats from poachers, especially Chitwan, which is home to tigers, rhinos and elephants – all poaching targets. Dogs have a huge role to play in tackling wildlife crime as, depending on their breed and their training, they can sniff out animal parts and even the poachers themselves. Murray and Sears are tracker dogs and can track a poacher from a crime scene. Fancy and Fellow are sniffer dogs and their skill lies in sniffing out hidden tiger or rhino parts.

The four clever canines now live and work together as a dog squad based near the park headquarters. Dog squads also act as deterrents to poachers and, thankfully, Chitwan remains poaching free.

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PAWS ON PATROLREMEMBER MURRAY AND SEARS, THE AMAZING CANINE CRIME FIGHTERS IN CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK? WELL, TWO MORE DOGGY DETECTIVES HAVE JOINED THEM

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“MY CONSERVATION HERO IS MY GEOGRAPHY

TEACHER, MS CARTILAGE. SHE TAUGHT ME SO MUCH ABOUT OUR

PLANET AND WHY IT NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED”

From Shannon

“TO WWF, YOU ARE THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED

ME TO WANT TO BE A VET WHEN I GROW UP AND I THINK WHAT

YOU DO TO HELP ANIMALS IS AMAZING”

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TO ME. THEIR DEDICATION TO THE

PRESERVATION OF WILDLIFE AND THEIR HABITATS

DESERVES OUR UTMOST ADMIRATION, RESPECT AND

GRATITUDEFrom Rosemary McLean

“MY CONSERVATION HERO IS DAVID

ATTENBOROUGH BECAUSE HE IS SO INSPIRATIONAL

AND AMAZING”From Anna, age 10

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IN YOUR SUMMER UPDATE, WE ASKED YOU TO NAME YOUR CONSERVATION HERO AND LOTS OF YOU RESPONDED. NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF YOU NOMINATED FAMOUS NATURALIST (AND WWF AMBASSADOR) SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH, BUT THERE WERE OTHER MORE PERSONAL TRIBUTES TOO. HERE’S A SELECTION, AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WROTE IN:

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MY CONSERVATION HERO IS MY DAD.

HE TAUGHT ME HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO PROTECT

BEAUTIFUL WILDLIFE. THANK

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