WWF, DENR and FEU Programme Aims to Double Wild Tamaraw Numbers by 2020
June 2013. Camera traps deployed in the rugged mountains of the Philippines Mindoro Island's Iglit-Baco range have captured dramatic images of Tamaraw (Bubalus mindorensis) - the world's rarest buffalo species and the Philippines' largest endemic land animal.
Part of ‘Tams-2' - an ambitious public-private partnership initiative to double wild Tamaraw numbers from 300 to 600 by 2020, the small infrared cameras are crucial tools in giving scientists a glimpse of the habits of particularly secretive animals. The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has deployed hundreds of camera traps worldwide.
Just 350 remain alive
Camera traps deployed on Mindoro revealed ground-breaking images of Tamaraw - a species too elusive and dangerous to approach. Only about 350 of the dwarf buffalo are thought to remain, prompting the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to classify them as critically endangered - one precarious step above extinction.
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