You may not know it, but many captive wild cat species have been declawed in the USA and around the world. Declawing is a very contentious operation. It is, to be brutally frank, barbaric and that word comes both from me and from Dr. Bruce Fogle DVM the well-known veterinarian and author. The news media …
Declawing wild cats leaves them with a 46%-66% reduction in forelimb strength Read More »
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 up their heads for pictures with tourists. It’s unimaginable and not only is it a violation of animal welfare laws in …
Gavin Mayo on Twitter said: “I spent $500k on a baby tiger today. We are not the same”. Here is the video accompanying those words. So, what do you think? Stupid show off unconcerned or too ignorant to realise that his very expensive tiger cub came from somewhere. What about the tigress-to-cub bond? That’s been …
‘Tigers for sale’ is a phrase that I do not want to read when it concerns private sales from unscrupulous traders selling to naive customers. This page is not about inter-zoo sales which are bad enough. Humankind should not be trading tigers online. It should be entirely banned across the globe. Sadly, that is asking …
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 their mother for several days at a time. They test their independence. Females develop more slowly and stay with their mother …
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 a …
This is a cat photo that was used in an advert for Newman’s Own Organic pet food. Apparently it’s been online since 2013. There is a discussion as to whether the photo is genuine and whether is depicts a Toyger kitten. A Toyger is a fancy breed of cat selectively bred to look like a …
It is end of days for the big four “Tiger Kings” of America. One of these prominent big cat exploiters was (his days are numbered) the exotically named Bhagavan Doc Antle. He has been indicted on various animal cruelty charges and he will, hopefully, follow the path of his associates and end up out of …
NEWS AND COMMENT: A fourth “Tiger King” has now been charged with animal cruelty. His name is Bhagavan “Doc” Antle, the owner of Myrtle Beach Safari featured in the Netflix docu-series. The previous three were Jo Exotic (the original Tiger King as featured on Netflix), Tim Stark, the founder of the self-proclaimed animal refuge Wildlife …
4 ‘Tiger Kings’ in America have now been charged with animal cruelty Read More »
This is a great picture of a tigress and her three cubs. I believe it was taken by Swetha Kumar. I am not sure where it was taken but it was probably in India or Bangladesh because I am fairly confident that they are Bengal tigers. I wonder how old the cubs are? At six-months-of-age …
This is a picture of four out of seven frozen tiger cubs. It is an horrific picture. It is a very sad picture. To think these beautiful tiger cubs were killed and frozen like this for commercial gain on the Asian market. It just fills my heart with dread and despair at the inhumanity and …
Picture of seven frozen tiger cubs for Asian body parts market Read More »
It is surprising that after a considerable amount of research through many books that I have on cats including wild cats and on the Internet (and I’m a good Internet researcher) I cannot find clear, definitive information that tigers can have identical twins. This does not necessarily mean that they can’t. It just means that …
This is another one of those interspecies relationships that we hope is in the making. At the moment, however, this sweet and beautiful tiger cub in captivity is unsure about the attention given to him by two otters who appear to be enamoured by him. They want to be with him and I suppose play …
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Here are a couple of fantastic pictures of Siberian tiger cubs taken in a zoo in south-west China. They are septuplets. The mother gave birth to her seven cubs on the 10th May 2017. China is trying to increase the number of Siberian tigers. All the remaining tiger subspecies are endangered. Some subspecies extinct already. …
This is a striking photograph of a dog mothering four rare tiger cubs: two golden tigers, a snow tiger and a white tiger. It’s in China. I just think it makes a fantastic photograph. The coat contrasts are amazing. You will note that there appears to be a puppy at the end of the queue …
Two golden tigers, a snow tiger and white tiger raised by a dog (picture) Read More »
