Grrrrrrrrrrreat news OMBLES, WWF are back with us for yet another tigerrific brief!!

So get on your tiger feet and prepare for a neat brief to kick the week off!

The Lunar Year of the Tiger is drawing to a close (Sat 21 st Jan) and we’re calling on the OMBLES to help us do a last push to encourage tiger adoptions and raise awareness of the challenges faced by these beautiful animals and how to help them.

One Minute Brief of the Day:

Create posters to raise awareness of WWF’s tiger conservation efforts and encourage tiger adoptions before the Year of the Tiger is over @wwf_uk

Prizes:

WINNER - 1-year free tiger adoption + your work could be featured on billboards in the UK!!

Please tweet your entries to @OneMinuteBriefs, @WWF and @wwf_uk with the hashtag #YearOfTheTiger

Deadline 6pm GMT. Remember to include your Twitter handle in the bottom right-hand corner of your entries.

About tigers/the Lunar Year of the Tiger

Over the last century, global wild tiger populations have plummeted, from around 100,000 tigers at the beginning of the 20th century, to as few as 3,200 in 2010. They face threats from poaching, conflict with people, habitat loss and fragmentation, and climate change.

However, the tiger range countries came together in 2010 and committed to doubling their population by 2022, the next lunar Year of the Tiger. As the Year of the Tiger draws to a close, we’ve seen evidence that a centuries-long trend of wild tiger decline has finally been reversed. It’s a very rare glimmer of hope for nature, that one of the world’s most ambitious conservation goals has started to reverse decades of decline.

But progress is fragile. While global tiger numbers may be on the rise, they are still the most endangered big cat species, and tigers today are restricted to around 5% of their historic range. Without continued conservation efforts, we could see tigers disappear from some countries in the next decade.

So, we’re looking for the OMBLES to help us spread the word ahead of the end of the Year of the Tiger this Saturday. By adopting a tiger, you can help fund projects that work with local communities to monitor tiger movements and realise benefits from living in close proximity to tigers, as well as to reduce poaching, secure well-managed protected areas and restore fragmented areas of habitat so tiger populations can grow.

About WWF UK

WWF is the world’s leading independent conservation organisation. Our mission is to create a world where people and wildlife can thrive together.

To achieve our mission, we’re finding ways to help transform the future for the world’s wildlife, rivers, forests and seas; pushing for a reduction in carbon emissions that will avoid catastrophic climate change; and pressing for measures to help people live sustainably, within the means of our one planet.