Thank you for your amazing support for our efforts to give wild tigers a wild future despite the continued cost-of-living crisis! Last year we introduced our forest safety education programme into our Education projects as we tried to reduce the number of deaths and injuries due to human-wildlife conflict. We also managed to include the provision of desks and seating in a remote school and some backpacks for the children who walk miles every day to and from school whilst carrying their books and writing materials. The provision of Education packs for the poorest children living with wild tiger ..read more

It is hard to imagine that Winter is here already. I spoke with our patrolling co-ordinator a short while ago and he said: “It’s getting quite cold here now!” That was quite a surprise, usually we’re into December before the first mentions of cold. Well, 2023 has been a strange year weatherwise so perhaps I shouldn’t be that surprised. Thank goodness for the help of our wonderful supporters like you, I thought. Thanks to your kindness and generosity another 160 Anti-Poaching Patrollers will have a warm winter jacket this year. We definitely couldn’t have done this without your help. Thank you ..read more

The monsoon season seemed to fly by this year, perhaps it was because such a lot happened? Once again monsoon rainfall was variable and stop start in nature. Such conditions present many challenges for our anti-poaching patrollers and those people who live with wildlife at their door. Before I go on, I must thank you for your continued tremendous support for our efforts throughout some incredibly challenging times. Thank you, we couldn’t do what we do without your loyal support. In the last 13.5 years, I have dealt with reports of tiger attacks, poaching activities, and deaths of both wildlife ..read more

To quote one of our most senior anti-poaching patrollers “This has been the strangest September monsoon I can remember since 1995!” Why? I asked. The response was straight to the point: more rain, more thunderstorms, more tiger deaths and more human deaths! It wasn’t the response I had hoped for; but with daily contact with our team in India even I had been increasingly concerned by the reports we received. In 13.5 years of volunteering at Tigers4Ever and 16.5 years knowing Bandhavgarh and its wild tigers, I hadn’t seen such terrible events either! As many of you will know if you have been fol ..read more

We continue to be amazed by your tremendous support for our anti-poaching patrols, during these challenging times. Thank you, without your help and generosity our Anti-Poaching Patrols would already be reduced to critically low levels. This is always a major concern for us when our reserves become depleted as poaching of both wild tigers and their prey is continually increasing in Madhya Pradesh and throughout India. Your generosity and grant funding received from Olsen Animal Trust have ensured that we could maintain quadrupled patrolling throughout the monsoon period, which is also peak poac ..read more

It has been a strange but busy time for Tigers4Ever since our last project report. Whilst lots of things have happened in India, we continue to be immensely grateful for your tremendous support for our work. Thank you. A New Waterhole at Last! In our February report we reported failure to put a solar-powered pump system in place to fill two waterholes in the heart of the Biruhli buffer forest. Despite the failure, the extra excavation work done in the summer of 2022 to make the large waterhole bigger has paid off. Together with some unseasonal rainfall in the drought season, the enlarged water ..read more

We are eternally grateful for your continued support for our anti-poaching patrols during these challenging times. Thank you. The cost of living crisis seems never-ending and we know that makes life much harder for everyone. Without your help our Anti-Poaching Patrols would already be reduced to no more than the double patrolling we did back in 2020. It is something which concerns us massively, as poaching incidents of both wild tigers and their prey continue to rise across India. Your generosity has helped us to maintain treble-patrolling throughout 2023, so far, something which is absolutely ..read more

When we launched our Patrolling Equipment project in late Summer 2022, we knew that the pandemic had hit hard and we couldn’t keep pace with the renewal and replacement kit needs for the brave men and women who risk their lives to keep wild tigers safe, from our patrolling costs alone. Today we know that without your tremendous support most of these patrollers would be suffering from the seasonal weather extremes with inadequate or inappropriate kit. Your generosity has helped us to ensure that every patroller has waterproof clothing during the harsh rains of the monsoon season and 80% of the ..read more

Every day we are grateful for your tremendous support for our anti-poaching patrols, especially with so many other challenges facing us all these days. Your help and generosity not only helped us to increase to quadruple patrolling throughout the 2023 monsoon period, peak poaching season, it has helped us to achieve triple patrolling in the 5 months since. As a small charity, we rely heavily on individual donors like you to deliver the essential services which help us to keep wild tigers safe. As a result, your donations are essential to ensuring that we can provide the best protection we can ..read more

With 2023 finally over and the brunt of early morning foggy conditions beginning to pass in Bandhavgarh, we can finally plan our next wildlife waterhole with more certainty. Winter has been quite a challenge for both our anti-poaching patrols and our existing waterholes. Cold weather and wild elephants have taken their toll on two more of our waterholes bringing the number of solar pumps needing repairs up to five. Whilst the 4-fold increase in human-wildlife conflict has certainly kept our patrols very busy too. Back in the UK we have added 5 new members to our team of dedicated volunteers, t ..read more