There are tiger farms in Laos. This is where Bengal tigers are bred for slaughter just like livestock to feed the insatiable desire from wealthy Chinese who think that eating bits of a tiger and drinking tiger bone wine makes … Continue reading →
Do tigers like catnip? The answer depends upon the individual tiger. Some domestic cats don’t respond to catnip and most tigers do not respond to catnip. Big Cat Rescue (BCR) state that tigers respond to catnip but they do mention … Continue reading →
Under pressure from animal rights activists, Tinder, the mobile dating app has urged users not to post photographs of themselves posing with tigers. This is a success for animal advocates. It pleases me. If we could only get trophy hunters … Continue reading →
The tiger’s strength is legendary. There are many stories about this cat’s awesome ability to move a carcass that is several times heavier than itself. The authors (Mel and Fiona Sunquist) of Wild Cats of the World refer to some … Continue reading →
Tigers have to travel widely to find enough food to survive. There are not many recordings on how far tigers travel while hunting at night. A scientist, George Schaller, estimated using the average walking speed of a tiger, that tigers … Continue reading →
The Times newspaper tells us that there is a gruesome video online which shows a live donkey being fed to tigers at a zoo in eastern China. The video has gone viral. Once again we are in a debate about … Continue reading →
One question that you might ask when you look at a tiger is: how can the coat be good camouflage? The background colour is orange upon which there are dark, jagged stripes. The orange is quite bright and certainly not … Continue reading →
Aasha is a female Bengal tiger. She was a travelling circus tiger. When she was spotted with ringworm at the age of nine months she had the weight of a three-month-old cub at 30 pounds and most of her coat … Continue reading →
Merriam-Webster defines “Sanctuary” as, “A place where someone or something is protected or given shelter: the protection that is provided by a safe place.” However, according to NBC News, Tiger Temple, a supposed sanctuary located west of Bangkok, Thailand is … Continue reading →
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 by a scientist, Dr Franklin West. … Continue reading →
