Waracabra tiger
The Waracabra tiger is a mystery big cat but in actuality it is the combination of South American bush dogs rummaging through the forest disturbing trumpeter birds who howl loudly! Please read on. KPN...
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In Thailand tigers have lighter flames put under their noses to force their heads up for selfies
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...
The Backyard Tiger – Big Cat Public Safety Act will end big cat abuse
The backyard tiger is an abomination. It is disrespectful of the world’s most impressive and well-known animal. People who keep tigers in their backyard are being self-indulgent idiots. Sorry if that is rude. I...
Tiger attack – tigers tend to avoid people
There is a good amount of misleading information written about the tiger attack. It is something that tends to get sensationalised by journalists. And amongst the large wild cats such as the puma, leopard...
Tiger roar – intimidating, low frequency, long distance call
One of the most imposing and characteristic sounds of nature is the tiger roar. How do they do it and what is its significance? Picture (thumbnail): by GavinBell (new window). Published under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs...
Sumatran tiger 2022 – critically endangered
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...
Heroic effort to evacuate lions and tigers from Ukraine to Poland during Putin’s invasion
NEWS AND COMMENT: The Save Wild sanctuary east of Kyiv decided to evacuate after Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine nine days ago. They decided to take six lions, four tigers, two caracals and an African...
History of the big cats – a summary
Here is a potted history of the big cats by a student of the wild cats – me. It is not meant to be overly heavy ?. The big cats are grouped together because...
Javan tiger – extinct due to human-tiger conflict
The Javan tiger is extinct but its close neighbour the Sumatran tiger is not (estimated 441 to 679 individuals as at 2008). The Javan tiger’s scientific name is Panthera tigris ssp. sondaica. The islands...
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,...
Act of human folly by a cleaner cost the life of this rare Malayan tiger
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...
Blue Tigers – a discussion
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...
Lion Wins nearly all the Lion vs Tiger Fights
by Yousef (Kuwait) Intro: this is Yousef’s argument about a lion versus tiger fight in response to MikeB’s article. He disagrees with me. This page has been republished. A poll on this topic that...
When do tigers leave their mother?
When do tigers leave their mother? Tigers leave their mother conclusively between 17 and 24 months of age. Males leave earlier than females. By 15 months of age young male adult tigers often leave...
Multiple misdeeds over Saudi gift to Trump of cheetah and white tiger robes
NEWS AND COMMENT: For me, this is a story of multiple misdeeds as I have described it. During Trump’s tenure of the presidency of the United States he visited Saudi Arabia and was given...
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