Tiger with extended paw

News Archive - 2002

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On January 1, Dr. Matt Gompper began his tenure as a faculty member of MU's Fisheries and Wildlife Department. Along with his teaching and research duties, Dr. Gompper will be co-chair of the Mizzou Tigers for Tigers program.

February 14 - 22 — Mizzou Tigers for Tigers fulfilled one of its dreams to visit a tiger-range country. Fisheries and Wildlife faculty members Matt Gompper, Jack Jones, Mark Ryan and program coordinators Fran Pope and Janice Faaborg traveled to Nepal to assess conservation projects that Mizzou Tigers for Tigers has helped fund, look for potential teaching and study opportunities for MU undergraduate and graduate students, and explore research opportunities related to tiger and ecosystem conservation. We met and learned conservation lessons from the director of the Save the Tiger Fund, the head of WWF-Nepal, the CEO and staff of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation and other governmental and non-governmental agency personnel.

Chancellor and Save the Tigers Director

Chancellor Richard Wallace and Tracy Frish, then-director of the Save the Tiger Fund, meet at the MU campus.
Mizzou Tigers for Tigers was very fortunate to have Tracy Frish, then-director of the Save the Tiger Fund, visit MU on April 17 - 19. We kept her very busy! Tracy graciously went from one venue to the next talking about tiger conservation and the partnership between the Save the tiger Fund and Mizzou Tigers for Tigers.

Fall 2002 was filled with exciting MT4T activities. Our goal for the fall was to be a presence on campus and in our hometown of Columbia - and I think we succeeded!

We started the fall campaign with a booth on Lowry Mall at MU's Activities Mart. This events showcases campus organizations and give students a chance to see how they can participate in campus organizations. From that event, the Mizzou Tigers for Tigers new student group was formed. More on that organization later!

Gymnastics Team helps out

The MU Women Gymnastics Team helpded at the Twilight Festival.

We also had booths set up every Thursday night at Columbia's Downtown Twilight Festival. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and expressed interest and support for wild tigers! The highlight was the evening that the MU Women's Gymnastic Team helped us at our booth.

Raising money for the Save the Tiger Fund was also a goal for the fall. Fundraising help came from a variety of groups: the Walk-a-thon sponsored by the Sinclair School of Nursing Student, the toy tiger raffle and booths at the MU football games run by the Mizzou Tigers for Tigers student group, the car wash held by the Delta Upsilon Fraternity, the fund raiser held at Grant Elementary school, to name a few. All of these activities not only helped raise money, but also helped raise awareness and educate the public about the plight of the wild tiger.