‘Tigers for sale’ is a phrase that I do not want to read when it concerns private sales from unscrupulous traders selling to naive customers. This page is not about inter-zoo sales which are bad enough. Humankind should not be … Continue reading →
NEWS AND COMMENT-NAPLES ZOO, FLORIDA USA: A rare Malayan tiger whose name was Eko, was shot dead by a police deputy because he had grabbed the arm of a cleaner which had been stuffed into his enclosure to pet or … Continue reading →
The Bali tiger is extinct. It disappeared in the 1940s (Sunquists) or as late as the 1950s (IUCN Red List). Its scientific name is: Panthera tigris ssp. balica. Pictures It is sad that the only pictures of the Bali tiger … Continue reading →
There are probably three things about blue tigers that are worthy of coverage: (a) the interesting writings of an early tiger hunter and missionary, Harry R. Caldwell, which reveal a lot about us and our relationship with wild animals (b) … Continue reading →
Ligers are real but unnatural. The liger is a hybrid from a mating between a female tiger and a male lion. The lion and tiger don’t meet in the wild. They only have the opportunity to mate when they are … Continue reading →
This page is in two parts: the first is the essay on the tiger for kids in Chinese. The second part is the essay in English followed by the Chinese translation broken down into sections. Note: Your internet browser may … Continue reading →
Do tigers kill bears? Yes, tigers do kill bears but it will happen quite rarely although there is conflicting information on the frequency of bear/tiger encounters. I’m going to quote a section of the best book on wild cats1, which … Continue reading →
Yes, is the answer. The Amur tiger a.k.a. the Siberian tiger lives in Russia’s far eastern region. Although they were much more widespread in days gone by, there’s been a bounce back in population numbers thanks to President Putin championing … Continue reading →
It is claimed that there are 210 tigers in the Sundarbans (the combined Indian and Bangladesh portions) as at 2021 but a new count is required on the Bangladesh side, it seems. Also I would not be entirely confident about … Continue reading →
HOUSTON, TEXAS USA – NEWS AND VIEWS: It appears that a Houston resident kept a tiger as a pet and the tiger escaped leading to sightings of it wandering around the suburbs of Houston looking in, my opinion, nervous and … Continue reading →
