Raise Awareness and Funds
Help us spread the word and generate support for tiger conservation!
Hold an event or sale
Use the following suggestions to come up with your own way to raise donations for the Tiger Conservation Campaign! Be sure to give it a tiger theme! For events or contests – raise funds for tiger conservation by charging admission or asking for donations. And be sure to check on your local/state rules for some of these ideas (like holding a raffle).
Get sponsored to do something
Get family, friends, and/or businesses to sponsor you, as a way to raise funds and awareness for tiger conservation.
Ask people to sponsor you and your friends to:
Be an Informed Shopper
Many products you use in your daily life may impact tiger habitats. By making informed shopping choices, you can reduce demand for products that drive habitat loss.
Cleaning and Bath Products, Cosmetics, and Foods
Demand for palm oil - found in many common cleaning and bath products, cosmetics, and foods - threatens tiger habitats in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. In order to grow the palm trees that produce the oil, vast tracks of native forests that support tigers, their prey, and other endangered species are destroyed. You can help tigers by supporting companies that pledge to use sustainably harvested palm oil.
Learn more about these issues and find shopping guides:
Paper and Wood Products
Healthy forests are important not only for wild animals like tigers, but also for people. Wood from large trees is used to make printer/copy paper, toilet paper, furniture, houses, and more. Sadly, many of the trees in Asia’s forests are currently being removed faster than they can re-grow, resulting in deforestation. In addition to limiting the future production of wood products used by people, deforestation also leads to habitat loss for wild animals, such as tigers and their prey, that live in forests. Since it is unrealistic to completely stop the removal of trees from forests for human use, awarding countries and companies that practice responsible forest management may be the best solution to reduce deforestation and minimize impacts on tigers. You can help by buying paper and wood products that have the Forest Stewardship Council certification. Also look for paper products, including toilet paper, with a high percentage of post-consumer recycled content. Some items, such as furniture, you can also buy “used”.
Learn more about these issues and what you can do to help:
Palm oil & Tigers: Learn what you can do
A note on tigers as pets:
Tiger cubs are undeniably cute, but they do not make good pets. They require round-the-clock care, regular veterinary attention, and they grow up to be large, dangerous animals with huge, expensive appetites. Keeping tigers as pets is also illegal in many cities, counties and states. Please instead show how much you care about tigers by supporting their conservation.