Male and female tigers communicate through a combination of visual signals, vocalisations and scent marks. It is believed that scent marks are perhaps their most important method of communication. Tigers deposit a musky liquid which is strong smelling and which … Continue reading →
CNN report on their Twitter feed that a Bengal tiger travelled 1,300 km (800 miles) in search of a mate. They say that it is the longest such distance travelled by a big cat in search of a mate. This … Continue reading →
Law enforcement in Madhya Pradesh, India have finally tracked down, after six years of trying, a man whose name is Yarlen. He is a tiger poacher and he believes that eating the penis of sloth bears helps to cure impotence. … Continue reading →
In order to preserve the fur coat I’m told that tiger poachers in India trap adult tigers with metal traps which clamp around their paws and while they are incapacitated they skewer them in their mouth and from behind (which … Continue reading →
This is a picture of four out of seven frozen tiger cubs. It is an horrific picture. It is a very sad picture. To think these beautiful tiger cubs were killed and frozen like this for commercial gain on the … Continue reading →
It is surprising that after a considerable amount of research through many books that I have on cats including wild cats and on the Internet (and I’m a good Internet researcher) I cannot find clear, definitive information that tigers can … Continue reading →
“Instead of expecting tigers to be cautious. Isn’t it logical that authorities must be cautious while planning roads and mitigation measures? – National Tiger ConVersation Authority (NTCA) In America, sometimes a stray cat crosses the freeway. Sometimes a kitten is … Continue reading →
An Italian tiger tamer, Ettore Weber, 61, was mauled to death during a training session at his circus, Circo Orfei. It is Italy’s best-known circus. At the time the circus was in Triggiano, in the Puglia region of Italy. We … Continue reading →
There are three main types of variation in tiger appearance: body size, striping patterns and the coloration of the skin and skull characteristics. This post is about tiger stripes. The ground colour of tigers’s skins (pelages) varies from dark red … Continue reading →
The tiger has two basic techniques for killing prey and they are dependent on the size of the animal. Smaller animals are normally killed with a bite to the back of the neck. Larger animals are suffocated by a bite … Continue reading →
