Putin’s PR stunt with a Siberian tiger caused the tiger’s death
We know that Putin is obsessed with looking like a macho man. It is part of his attempts to look like a strong, imperialist leader. And he has taken many opportunities to polish this...
Tagged: tiger conservation
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...
Wild cat conservation is on our doorstep as everything is connected
Forest Dwelling Cats This is an update from an e-zine I used to write many years ago. The point made is important I believe. Pictures of Cats (PoC) conjures up funny pictures. There is...
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...
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,...
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...
Vaccinating Siberian tigers against canine distemper virus
A research study by the scientists of Cornell Wildlife Health Center, in association with others e.g. Dr. Sarah Cleaveland of the University of Glasgow, have concluded that even a low rate of vaccination at...
Joe Exotic is a likeable man who bred tigers to create money-spinning cubs for photoshoots
On the first day of their lives, Joe Exotic took cubs from their mothers that he had deliberately bred to exploit them. When the cubs grew up they were surplus to requirements and parked...
Bengal tiger poachers trap them in metal jaws and skewer them in mouth and anus
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...
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...
How many types of tigers are there?
Six subspecies of tiger 2018 How many types of tigers are there? Scientifically speaking a ‘type of tiger’ is a subspecies so the question could be rephrased: How many subspecies of tiger are there?...
Prince William Inadvertently Sucked into Laos Tiger Farm Sham
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...
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...
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