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Endangered Tiger News - 04.03.12

Endangered tiger delivers 3 tiny cubs at Calgary Zoo
Hamilton Spectator
TIGERS A three-month-old Amur tiger cub lounges in a chair at the Pittsburgh Zoo on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. Amur tigers, more commonly know as Siberian tigers, are a critically endangeredspecies due to habitat destruction and illegal fur trade.
See all stories on this topic »Tiger Mauls Wildlife Filmmaker John Varty
ABC News (blog)
A spokesperson at his Tiger Canyons reserve described it as a “bad attack,” but was hopeful he would be able to make a full recovery. Varty was recently interviewed by ABC News about his controversial efforts to save endangered animals.
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ABC News (blog)Students shave heads to raise awareness for deforestation, endangered animals
LSU The Reveille
The student-led group Operation Tiger protested the Asia Pulp and Paper company, which is clearcutting, or stripping forests of their trees, and speeding up the extinction of endangeredspecies such as the Sumatran tigerTigers have been classified by 
See all stories on this topic »MapHook App Used to Raise Awareness of Sumatran Tiger Habitat
MarketWatch (press release)
Unsustainable clearing of Sumatra’s tropical rain forests for the ultimate purpose of producing paper products is having a devastating effect on the critically endangered tiger and on other animals such as elephants, rhinos, and orangutans.
See all stories on this topic »Auction to benefit endangered species
Times-Standard
”In 1988 when I got my first gallery representation in San Francisco, I began a series of tigerpaintings,” said Regina Case, the organizer of the auction. “My partner, John, brought me a book of Bengal tigers photographed at Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve 
See all stories on this topic »John Varty, ‘Tiger Man of Africa,’ attacked on South Africa farm
GlobalPost
Wildlife filmmaker and conservationist John Varty was mauled by a tiger at his TigerCanyons sanctuary in South Africa. Gillian van Houten and partner John Varty play with Julie, an endangered Bengal tiger being rehabilitated to live in the wild, 
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GlobalPostTiger dies at Niabi
Quad City Times
Bengal tigers are endangered species, and typically live to be in their late teens or early 20s in captivity, Heinzman said. Neither of the big cats gave any indication anything was wrong prior to their sudden deaths. “She had been eating normally,” he 
See all stories on this topic »Gov. Brown OK’s Gaming Compact for Rohnert Park Casino
Patch.com
Others fret the impact on the federally-endangered Tiger Salamander, while supporters say the city needs the revenue the casino will bring to town. The casino west of US Highway 101 between Wilfred Avenue and Stony Point Road led to a failed effort in 
See all stories on this topic »Calgary Zoo’s rare Siberian tiger gives birth to three cubs
Calgary Herald
The mortality rate for tiger cubs is one in three. The Amur, or Siberian tiger is an endangeredspecies. Zoo officials are keeping an eye on the 11-year-old mother and her cubs using infrared cameras placed in the den. They will likely remain out of 
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Online Petition: The Siberian Tiger is an Endangered Species inhabiting mainly the Sikhote Alin mountain region with a small subpopulation in southwest 
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Endangered Tiger News - 04.02.12

Rogue Wildlife Conservationist Uses Radical Means to Save, Film Animals
ABC News (blog)
Filmmaker John Varty is one of the most controversial wildlife conservationists in Africa and has caught heat for his radical ideas on how to save endangered species, from the tiger to the rhino. While most conservationists and biologists take great 
See all stories on this topic »Like Tigers? Then Go With Green Toilet Paper
WholeFoods Magazine
There is a direct relationship between the business practices of certain mainstream toilet paper brands and the continually shrinking habitat of the endangered Sumatrantiger, according to a report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
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WholeFoods MagazineRare Bengal Tiger and Cubs Caught in Camera Trap Photos
Wired News
The Bengal tiger is an endangered Indian subspecies called Panthera tigris tigris. According to the latest population survey by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, no more than 2500 Bengal tigers exist globally.
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Wired NewsZoo unveils design plans for new $19.6 million tiger and sloth bear exhibits
Ballard News Tribune
The $19.6 million exhibit will transform the current 60-year-old, outdated tiger and sloth bear exhibits into a “spacious, naturalistic and state-of-the-art home for these endangered species,” according to the zoo. According to the zoo, 
See all stories on this topic »Tour on Asia’s Wild Side
New York Times
Tour operators are responding with new itineraries, including luxury tiger safaris in the jungles of India and bird watching in Cambodia’s Northern Plains. Here is a look at some of the newest areas that are opening to tourists.
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New York TimesTiger Woods primed to shatter Jack Nicklaus’ Majors record: This win is no joke
CultureMap Houston
Nicklaus’ record is as endangered as ever. Nicklaus knows better than anyone. He “came back” from his four-year lag to win two Majors in 1980 — though he never had to answer as many “slump” question as Tiger has. Snapping his PGA Tour victory drought 
See all stories on this topic »Wiping out the wildlife?
NDTV
Yet, what’s surprising is that environment impact assessment reports (EIA) prepared by expert consultants for obtaining mining permissions here, have no records of any tigers or leopards- both highly endangered species. The forest cover in Sindhudurg 
See all stories on this topic »Tiger At Zoo Miami Dies
NBC 6 Miami
Roshe’s exhibit mate Carlita, also 19, is a white tiger who faces health issues and will be moved to another off-exhibit. Two endangered Malayan tigers will now be placed in the Tiger Temple. The 7-year-old male named Hati and 12-year-old female named 
See all stories on this topic »Ministry to Conserve Endangered Fish Species
AllAfrica.com
By Issa Yussuf, 21 March 2012 Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR is planning to conduct a study on the fish species around its waters to establish the endangered variety for conservation, the Minister for Livestock and Fisheries, Mr Said Ali Mbarouk, has said.
See all stories on this topic »Not a Normal Killing
Scientific American (blog)
In Vietnam, wealthy businessmen and government officials show off by taking colleagues out for expensive feasts of rare wildmeat, dining on stews of endangeredpangolin fetuses or barbeque spreads of threatened civets. In China, products like tiger
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03.12.12 - Endangered Tiger News



Cute – but endangered – The Lions of Gir
National Geographic
Not many people know about these lions and when I decided to go there to work on a personal project about endangered wildlife in India I was often asked if I wasn’t mistaken, and was thinking maybe about the better known Bengal tigers.
See all stories on this topic »Tiger cubs greet
New York Post
While partygoers including Ana Beatriz Barros, Jeisa Chiminazzo, Russell Simmons, Sean Stone, Sean Avery and a slew of UN ambassadors were not allowed to hold the endangered creatures, they were permitted to pose for photos and pet the cubs in the arms
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New York PostStudy finds genetic evidence of tiger movement from Ranthambore
The Hindu
Led by S. Shivaji, in-charge of the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species (LaCONES) of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), the study was the first attempt to establish movement of tigers across a fragmented landscape
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The HinduIs Obie spared?
Canton Repository
Road NE in Massillon, snapped this photograph of Obie XLII, the Massillon Tigers live mascot, during the “Beat McKinley! Parade” in downtown Massillon in 2011. By Doug Staley It looks like you can scratch Obie off the endangered school mascot list.
See all stories on this topic »‘Poached’ leopard raises Sariska tiger alarm
India Today
One of the six tigers which were translocated to Sariska from Ranthambore Park. Wild cats are endangered the world over but the situation is worse in Sariska, where the tigers had once fallen prey to poaching. In 2004 there were strong and persistent
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India TodayArtists raise awarness to save the tiger
Hindustan Times
Eminent artists, including Anjolie Ela Menon, have joined together to raise awareness on the need for conservation of the tiger in India. As part of the project, theatre performances will be held in London and Warsaw to tell the story of the endangered
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Hindustan TimesOhio Exotic Animals Bill Introduced
Huffington Post
Efforts to strengthen state law took on new urgency in October when authorities were forced to hunt down and kill 48 wild animals — including endangered Bengal tigers — after their owner freed them from his Zanesville farm and then committed suicide.
See all stories on this topic »TAKE ACTION to stop Asia Pulp and Paper’s logging in Indonesia’s tiger rainforests
The Ecologist
The ramin trees aren’t the only endangered species at risk because of APP’s activities. Indonesia’s ramin trees grow in the peatland swamp forests, habitat of the endangered Sumatran tigers. According to Greenpeace, APP have cleared areas of peatland
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Web1 new result for endangered tiger a Tiger Journal: A Change in Strategy
My goal for this journal, as well and the Endangered Earth Journal, was initially to be a reflection of my research into the endangered tiger and endangered
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03.06.12 - Endangered Tiger News

Indonesia’s tiger habitat pulped for paper, investigation shows
The Guardian
The habitat of the endangered Sumatran tiger is being rapidly destroyed in order to make tissues and paper packaging for consumer products in the west, new research from Greenpeace shows. A year-long investigation by the campaigning group has uncovered
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The GuardianThe Tiger tells its tale
The Hindu
‘I am the Tiger’ is an evocative one-woman show that uses dance, music and poetry to tell the story of an endangered species, the tiger. This Shivani Wazir Pasrich production was flagged-off here in the Capital on Saturday and the team is scheduled to
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The HinduSE1 primary school pupils to raise cash for endangered tigers
London SE1
200 pupils at Cathedral School in Redcross Way will dress up in tiger costumes this Friday as part of a month-long initiative to raise funds and awareness for tiger conservation projects. Concerned that there are only 4000 wild tigers left in the World
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London SE1Four held with tiger’s hide in Nawalparasi
Himalayan Times
District Police Office, Nawalparasi making four arrestees public with tiger’s hide at Parasi on Thursday March 1, 2012. PASASI: District Police Office, Nawalparasi on Wednesday evening rounded up 4 suspected traders on endangered tiger’s hide at
See all stories on this topic »Art joins effort to save the tiger
MSN India
As part of the project, theatre performances will be held in London and Warsaw to tell the story of the endangered big cat. The project, ‘I am the tiger’ uses dance, music and poetry to tell the story of a tiger, Taqdeer, and the fight for survival
See all stories on this topic »Could Africa save China’s tigers?
BBC News
A former international fashion executive - with no formal conservation background - is trying to save the highly endangered South China tiger from extinction thousands of miles away from the deep recesses of the Chinese countryside.
See all stories on this topic »Future Of Sumatran Tigers Threatened By Human Disturbances
RedOrbit
While the Indonesian government has set aside many areas and national parks for the conservation of endangered species, about 70 percent of tiger habitat in Sumatra remains outside these protected areas. The preservation of such habitats,
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RedOrbitPrime Real Estate for Sumatran Tigers? Lush Forests
LiveScience.com
“The lack of cover also leaves tigers vulnerable to persecution by humans, who generally perceive them as dangerous.” [Iconic Cats: All 9 Subspecies of Tigers] The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) is a critically endangered tiger subspecies
See all stories on this topic »Tiger count rising in Assam
Deccan Chronicle
tigers soon, Assam forest minister Rockybul Hussain told reporters that census through pug marks and camera-trapping has indicated that the tiger population in Kaziranga and other wildlife sanctuaries of the state was rising. of endangered species,
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02.27.12 - Tiger News

Are zoos cashing in on tiger trade?
Bangkok Post
SENSELESS SLAUGHTER: This tiger was found after police inspected a slaughter house in northeast Bangkok on Feb 5. All five remaining tiger subspecies are considered seriously endangered and three subspecies have vanished in the last 60 years.
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Clemson 5K raise to benefit wild tigers
Greenville News
By Anna Simon There are nearly as many tigers in a Clemson University freshman class than in the wild today, and some Clemson students are working to preserve the endangered cats that are both mascot and a pride-inspiring symbol of the university.
See all stories on this topic »Sumatran wildlife endangered be deforestation
Catholic Online
Sumatran tigers, elephants, orangutans, rhinos, as well as indigenous communities, is threatened by the “world’s fastest deforestation rate.” The World Wildlife Fund says that dwindling forests are caused by the local pulp and paper industry.
See all stories on this topic »Tigers settle in to their new Dudley home
Dudley News
Dudley Zoo’s two tigers have settled in well to their new home, much to the delight of curators. The highly endangered females, 18-month-old Amur tiger Tschuna and Daseep, a 17-month-old Sumatran, transferred to the Castle Hill attraction on February
See all stories on this topic »The eye of the tiger: My date with Madonna and a golfing icon (sort of) in
Daily Mail
The big cats on the reserve are rare South China tigers and, with fewer than 100 left in the world and none in the wild, they are the most endangered of all tigers. So when SJ and I were offered the chance to see them in as natural a habitat as you
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Daily MailWild Amur tigers in Russia
Toledo Blade
There are an estimated 200-400 Amur tigers in the wid and about 150 in 53 zoos in the United States. There area eight subspecies of tigers, including the Amur and Bengal; three are extinct and the other five are listed as endangered.
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Toledo BladeStop In the Name Of the Endangered Species Law: Put That Sea Turtle Back
Honolulu Civil Beat
At some point during the two-hour pursuit, Porter Watson, a local resident and marine videographer, jumped into the water, drifting within a football field’s length of the whale while capturing footage of preying tiger sharks. “I happened to drift into
See all stories on this topic »Animal Planet celebrates the regal tiger with a month long programming with
afaqs (press release)
India’s leading wildlife channel, Animal Planet presents a special programming line-up Where Tigers Rule showcasing one of the most fascinating and endangered creatures of the wild. Filmed in breathtaking landscapes located in India’s magnificent
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02.20.12 - Tiger News

Crime chiefs agree to get tough on illegal tiger trade
BBC News
By Mark Kinver Environment reporter, BBC News Crime chiefs from countries with populations of wild tigers have agreed to work together in order to combat the illegal trade in the big cats. Heads of police and customs from 13 nations agreed to tighten
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BBC NewsCountries Agree to Further Crack Down on Tiger Trade
International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development
Animal protection groups say the agreement comes at a critical time as the population of tigers in the wild is estimated to have dwindled to 4000. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) supported the effort and pushed for
See all stories on this topic »Kenwood Elementary Donates to Conservation Organization, Adopts Tiger
Patch.com
As part of its effort to be a green school, Kenwood Elementary has adopted an endangered Tiger with funds donated to the World Wildlife Fund. The adoption is more so symbolic and a stuffed tiger sits in the school’s media center to remind students of
See all stories on this topic »Agreement’s aim to protect tigers
UPI.com
At a two-day meeting in Bangkok, chiefs of police and customs organizations from 13 nations agreed to tighten controls and improve cross-border cooperation to combat smuggling of tiger parts, seen as one of the main threats facing the endangered big
See all stories on this topic »Man charged for possessing tiger skins, African ivory
New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian court today charged a man arrested near the Thai border in possession of tiger skins and African ivory, in the latest case pointing to a thriving market for endangered wildlife. Malaysian Department of Wildlife and National
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New Straits TimesLaw enforcement officials cooperate to fight tiger poaching
Radio Australia
Senior law enforcement officers from tiger range countries, meeting in Bangkok this week have agreed to improve cross-border cooperation, to curb the smuggling of tigers and other endangered species. Despite the best efforts of conservationists,
See all stories on this topic »India should create wildlife cadre to protect tigers: Valmik Thapar
Times of India
of Drugs and Crime saw police and customs heads and Tiger conservationists from 13 Asian countries agreeing to tighten controls and improve cross border cooperation to curb the illegal smuggling of tigers and other critically endangered species.
See all stories on this topic »Tiger twosome arrival makes zoo history
Stourbridge News
DUDLEY Zoo has made history this week, with the arrival of two young rare female tigers. Highly endangered Amur tiger, Tschuna, aged 15 months and 14 month-old Daseep, a Sumatran tiger, have transferred to the Castle Hill site from Wuppertal Zoo in
See all stories on this topic »Tiger Valentine: Zoos’ erotic perfume tempts big cats
New Scientist (blog)
Starring in the images are Raika and Lumpur, the zoo’s Sumatran tigers, a subspecies so endangered that only a few hundred still exist in the wild - a situation which, to judge from these pictures, isn’t the tigers’ fault.
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New Scientist (blog) Web1 new result for endangered tiger Saving the Species - The Tiger News, Est. 1907
News. Saving the Species. Student organization Tigers for Tigers holds second annual 5K to raise money for endangered wild tigers. by SCOTTIE WHITELEY
thetigernews.com/news.php?aid=7492&sid=1

Some tigers roam treeless, fenced-in areas at the Xiongsen Tiger and Bear Mountain Village in Guilin. Many others are packed in small cages. Until two years ago, the farm sold tiger steaks.

Some tigers roam treeless, fenced-in areas at the Xiongsen Tiger and Bear Mountain Village in Guilin. Many others are packed in small cages. Until two years ago, the farm sold tiger steaks.

This Tumblr page will document 2010 - the year of the tiger!
My goal is to make a feature-length film where the tiger is the star, trying to have her cubs and fight off poachers who want to sell her for parts!
All donations will be used to help fund this movie and all proceeds will be given to charities to help protect these magnificent endangered animals!

This Tumblr page will document 2010 - the year of the tiger!

My goal is to make a feature-length film where the tiger is the star, trying to have her cubs and fight off poachers who want to sell her for parts!

All donations will be used to help fund this movie and all proceeds will be given to charities to help protect these magnificent endangered animals!