A Michael Broad Blog
NEWS AND VIEWS: In a crass example of animal cruelty in Thailand, Lady Freethinker has exposed the objectionable practice of stuffing cigarette lighter flames under the noses of tigers to force them to lift up their heads for pictures with tourists. It’s unimaginable and not only is it a violation of animal welfare laws …
This article is about the systematic abuse of tigers in east and south-east Asia in the interests of financial profit proving that tigers are today more valuable dead than alive. It is a total breakdown in the human-tiger relationship. What hope for tiger conservation? Pink tiger bone jewellery Pink tiger bone jewellery is, as …
The eating of tiger body parts including the tiger’s penis by some people and cultures in Asian is a consequence of their anxiety. It’s a superstition which helps to reduce anxiety and therefore there is a placebo, mental health benefit but it is the only one. It allows the person eating the soup to …
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. I’m told that people in the West, in developed countries, should be reluctant to …
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 I presume is a reference to their anus). It creates a quite horrifying image …
This picture is shocking quite frankly. It was found on a confiscated mobile phone from a suspected tiger poacher. As you can see the man is standing over a dead tiger. He appears to be punching the tiger with his left fist. The picture was taken in Thailand. There is a smile on the …
In answering the question in the title it is important to refer to the date of this article because things are changing all the time and getting worse for Bengal tiger conservation. This article is quite short for the simple reason that it is based upon the succinct reasons as stated by the people …
The Guardian newspaper has published a lengthy and very admirable report about how senior Laos officials, going all the way up to the Prime Minister’s office, worked with businesses involved in the mass importation and exportation of the body parts of endangered species for financial profit. The government took a cut of the profit …
