"I am fearless."
“My parents and husband are my tower of strength. They think my job is very special and unique for a woman, but at the same time they’re worried sick about my safety when I’m in the field.”
Singye Wangmo is one of only a few female forestry officers working in Bhutan. Her role requires her to leave her husband, parents and pets at home while she spends weeks working in the field protecting around 30 wild tigers and other wildlife that live in Bhutan’s Royal Manas National Park.
Leading a team of 30 rangers, Singye’s job involves the monitoring of tigers through camera traps, conducting surveys on foot and patrolling known poaching hotspots. Poaching groups often venture in to the park, but Singye is determined to continue the work she has been doing for 3 years: “The fight to save tigers is our collective responsibility. Human beings are the answer to saving tigers. You and I are the answer.”
"We're not going to lose tigers."
“We’re not going to lose tigers. Let’s stay positive.”
Ollie, tiger lover and committed conservationist, devotes his free time and energy to raising funds to protect tigers. Ollie first ran for charity in 2013, when he and his fiancé raised £600 for tigers by running the Edinburgh Rock ‘n’ Roll half marathon.
Last year he covered over 500 miles running both the London and Paris marathons, and completing a Richmond Park duathlon. This served as perfect training for the Royal Parks Foundation half marathon, in which he donned a tiger onesie and raised £350.
Wherever you are, whoever you are, you can help protect tigers too.
We want to see the number of tigers in the wild doubled by 2022. Tiger numbers have started to rise, and with your support we can make this happen. It could be the greatest conservation success story of our time. Be part of it.