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TIGERS ARE ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION! If we don't act now they will be gone by 2020!
Tigers are on the threshold of extinction. According to WWF, Tigers are amongst the ten most endangered species in the world. Over the last century more than 95% of the Tiger population has been wiped out & three sub-species are already extinct. Less than 3500 tigers remain in the wild today with around 50% in India & their numbers are declining fast.
Initial results from the Wildlife Institute of India Tiger census (released on 24 May 2007) are warning that India has far fewer tigers living than had been previously thought. Complete stories on BBC & Discovery Channel. The next five years are going to be extremely critical if we are to save India's Tigers & forests. This is a small attempt to mobilise people like you & me to connect with conservationists out there with plenty of energy but very little money (Click here for more details on the Tiger situation & the Satpura Forests - the largest tiger habitat in the world).
I am selling prints of two tiger cartoons & doing custom caricatures to help raise money for a Community Conservation Project in Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Maharashtra.
The conservation project involves setting-up a field station in Moharli, with three conservationists for a year. They will work towards improving the living conditions of the tribals who live in extreme poverty & reducing biotic pressure on the forest. The project will thereby help protect one of the largest Tiger habitats in the world. It will be executed by Satpuda Foundation (http://www.satpuda.org/), a registered grass-root NGO & will cost 2.76 lakh rupees (Click here to learn more about the project).
Every single paisa raised will go to the charity. All transactions will be transparent & available on this blog below. If at any time you are not satisfied - I will refund you all your money & you can keep the cartoons.
Date, Name & Amount
01/06/07 Vikram Nandwani - Rs. 5000
01/06/07 R K Nandwani - Rs. 2000
01/06/07 Devyani Chatterjee - Rs. 1000
01/06/07 Tilottama Chatterjee - Rs. 1000
01/06/07 Sunil Ankalgi - Rs. 1000
01/06/07 Dushyant Singh - Rs. 2000
01/06/07 Kusum Rohra - Rs. 1000
01/06/07 Nirmal Patel - Rs. 1000
01/06/07 Nisha Menon - Rs. 2000
01/06/07 Priyankara Nandwani - Rs. 5000
01/06/07 Saakshi Juneja - Rs. 1000
02/06/07 Pai Family, Mysore, India - Rs. 1000
08/06/07 Shweta Foulger - Rs. 1000
10/06/07 Krishnan Subramanian - Rs. 1000
11/06/07 Anupam (Bombay Addict) - Rs. 1000
11/06/07 Sandhya Surap - Rs. 2000
16/06/07 Abhishek Mukherjee - Rs. 1000
18/06/07 Ketan Kansagra - Rs. 1000
19/06/07 Name Withheld 01 - Rs. 1000
25/06/07 Rashmi Nair - Rs. 1000
25/06/07 Rashmi Singh - Rs. 1000
02/07/07 Mrinal Singh - Rs. 2000
02/07/07 Mike Payne - Rs. 1000
02/07/07 Kim Ward - Rs. 1000
02/07/07 Sunil Samal - Rs. 800
02/07/07 Sriprasad Giri - Rs. 2000
02/07/07 Anna Wakeman - Rs. 800
02/07/07 Nitish Khetavath - Rs. 2000
05/07/07 Simon Foster - Rs. 1000
06/07/07 Steve Concannon -Rs. 800
06/07/07 Diane Smith - Rs. 400
08/07/07 Poonam Arora - Rs. 1000
11/07/07 Vinitha & Rajan Srinivasan - Rs. 2000
13/07/07 Lalit Patil - Rs. 1000
01/08/07 Puneet Malik - Rs. 1000
21/08/07 Andreas Thulin - Rs. 2000
24/08/07 Prashant Karandikar - Rs. 1000
10/09/07 Alexis Leon - Rs. 2000
10/11/07 Isha, Piyul & Anjan Mukherjee - Rs. 3000
15/01/08 Chinmay Pangarkar - Rs. 1000
24/02/08 Ash Nallawalla - Rs.1000
25/04/08 Lavina Melwani - Rs. 1500