Sumatran tiger 2022 – critically endangered

Sumatran tiger

The story of the Sumatran tiger is a very sad one. It is the beginning of the end of the road for this cat’s presence in the wild. The disappointing truth is that the experts don’t even know, through ineffectual estimates, the number of adult Sumatran tigers that are left on the planet. I …

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Do male tigers kill their own cubs?

Tiger at kill site where young cubs are vulnerable to being killed by males

The question is specific and precise. It asks whether male tigers kill their offspring. The word that describes this is ‘filicide’. It describes the behaviour of animals and humans when they kill their offspring. The umbrella word for adults killing infants is “infanticide”. But infanticide can apply to a parents of one family killing …

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Why did the male Sumatran tiger kill his potential mate at London zoo?

Asim and Melati

It’s all over the news, an endangered male Sumatran tiger at London Zoo attacked and killed his intended mate soon after they were allowed to be together for the first time. Why did the male kill the female? The male cat is seven years of age and he arrived at Regent’s Park Zoo 10 …

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A defective door bolt cost the life of a zoo keeper and total costs of around £400,000 for the private zoo

Having been prosecuted for failing to protect their employees, a private zoo in the UK will have to fork out £400,000 ($574,000) which includes a fine relating to an earlier matter. The £400,000 and includes a fine of £255,000 for health and safety breaches which led to the death of one of its zoo …

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Demand for two products is destroying natural forest inhabited by endangered species

Rubber and palm oil

The world’s two most damaging natural products with respect to forests are: palm oil and natural rubber. The once vast, natural and ancient forests of Asia and Africa are inhabited by many precious wild species including notable wild cat species such as the Sumatran tiger, the Borneo bay cat, the African golden cat and …

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