Infographic on why the tiger is endangered
The infographic explains why the tiger is endangered in a succinct way. There are many articles on this website on the gradual slide into extinction in the wild of all subspecies of tiger. The...
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Bengal tiger’s giant leap to freedom into the Bay of Bengal
This is a screenshot from a video, provided by Parveen Kaswan, of a Bengal tiger being released from a boat on what I believe is a river tributary leading to the Bay of Bengal...
Carole Baskin speaks fluently about ending private ownership of tigers and cub handling
In this interview of Carole Baskin by a presenter at WINK news, she speaks eloquently and fluently about her passion, which is to phase out private ownership of tigers in the USA and to...
Endangered Nepal tiger – great efforts to save the Bengal tiger in Nepal
In 2009 I wrote that the endangered Bengal tiger in Nepal was heading towards extinction in the wild in that country. I was in despair and said that it was just one more sad,...
China is a CITES contracting party but should they be?
Yes, China is a CITES contracting party. But is China playing the game with a straight bat? Is China doing what it should be doing under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species...
How many tigers live in the Sundarbans 2021?
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...
Tiger reserve rangers take special steps to protect this tigress’s cubs
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is on the border with Nepal. A tigress named Beldanda living in the reserve had lost her entire litter of five cubs last year. On this occasion rangers came across the...
Tiger crosses 4-lane highway in Central India
“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...
5 reasons why the tiger is endangered
Here are five reasons why the Tiger is endangered. They centre around loss of habitat, declining numbers, declining numbers of breeding adults and poaching for body parts all leading to an uncertain future in the wild.
Why Are Bengal Tigers Endangered?
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...
How successful is Project Tiger?
India’s Project Tiger is unsuccessful. When Project Tiger was set up in April 1973. Indira Gandhi was interested in wildlife and had spoken about conservation some 4 years earlier in a speech to the...
Domestic Cats to Become Surrogate Mothers To Tigers!
In a far-fetched proposal to help save the highly endangered tiger domestic cats might become surrogate mothers to tiger cubs (it would be a “gestational surrogacy” as I understand it). This is a proposal...
Shoot the Tiger Poachers!
The Bangladeshi authorities have stepped up their fight against tiger poachers. They have to because the poachers, funded by big business, usually in China, are winning the battle. Not enough resources are put into...
Apparently India can’t count tiger numbers accurately
A little over a month ago I wrote an article about tiger numbers in India being 30% up. This was world-wide, good news. It gave hope that there was a chance that the Bengal...
Bengal tiger numbers are up in India!
Bengal tiger numbers are up in India! The authorities in India have recently reported a 30% rise in the number if tigers in their country over recent years. This brings hope for their survival...
Note: sources for news articles are carefully selected but the news is often not independently verified.
