Tomorrow's Tigers

From an estimated population of around 100,000 a century ago, wild tiger numbers hit an all-time low of as few as 3,200 in 2010. The same year, the governments of all 13 tiger range countries came together to address the decline. At the high-profile St Petersburg Tiger Summit, these countries committed to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next Lunar Year of the Tiger. It remains one of the most ambitious conservation goals ever for a single species.

To support the TX2 goal, WWF has put its full force behind this ambitious effort by establishing the Tigers Alive Initiative, a global WWF initiative to engage all tiger range countries and other stakeholders worldwide. The 13 tiger range countries are: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. WWF supported areas have already seen increases in tiger numbers this century – demonstrating that the aims of TX2 are within reach.

Coinciding with this year’s Lunar Year of the Tiger and the culmination of the global TX2 commitment to double wild tiger numbers, Tomorrow’s Tigers’ goal is to pass £1 million generated in sales of art rugs since the project’s launch and highlight the continued threat to wild tiger populations and the ongoing work of WWF internationally to address this.

Apart from the unique contribution from Ai Weiwei, the rugs are each made in a limited edition of 10 and will retail at prices starting at £10,000 with profits supporting tiger conservation globally. WWF invites you to support Tomorrow’s Tigers in generating more than £1 million from the sale of these stunning and highly collectable art rugs to sustain this vital conservation work.