tigers

Photos reveal Myanmar's large and small predators

admin_huliq — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:25:28 -0500

Using remote camera traps to lift the veil on Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have painstakingly gathered a bank of valuable data on the country's populations of tigers and other smaller, lesser known carnivores (see photo attachments). These findings will help in the formulation of conservation strategies for the country's wildlife.

Putin Tackles Environment, Helps Save Ussuri Tigers

erku — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 11:48:22 -0500

The Amur (Ussuri) tiger, one of the world’s rarest predators living in Russia’s Far East, China and Korea, is registered in the International Red Data Book.

Tigers disappear from Himalayan refuge

harminka — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:44:38 -0500

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is alarmed by the dramatic decline of at least 30 percent in the Bengal tiger population of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve in Nepal, once a refuge that boasted among the highest densities of the endangered species in the Eastern Himalayas.

Attitudes toward consumption and conservation of tigers in China

harminka — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:38:21 -0500

The potential market for tiger products in China is enormous, but a vast majority of the Chinese public would rather have wild tigers than tiger-bone wine, according to new research published in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE.

Logging road threatens rare peat dome, tigers

harminka — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:45:09 -0500

In an investigative report published today by Eyes on the Forest, evidence shows that a new logging road in Riau Province -- strongly indicated as illegally built by companies connected to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) -- is cutting into the heart of Sumatra’s largest contiguous peatland forest, a rare hydrological ecosystem that acts as one of the planet’s biggest carbon stores.

'Genetic corridors' are next step to saving tigers

harminka — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:26:50 -0600

The Wildlife Conservation Society and the Panthera Foundation announced plans to establish a 5,000 mile-long “genetic corridor” from Bhutan to Burma that would allow tiger populations to roam freely across landscapes. The corridor, first announced at the United Nations on January 30th, would span eight countries and represent the largest block of tiger habitat left on earth.

Asian tigers urged to reject polluting foreign investors

harminka — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:05:36 -0600

South East Asia's tiger economies should prize the long-term health of their environment above the ongoing short-term gains provided by foreign firms that pollute, economists have claimed.

Tiger that escaped enclosure at San Francisco Zoo may have 'climbed' over wall

mohammad — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:11:23 -0600

Zoo officials are now saying that a Siberian tiger that escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo in San Francisco, California on December 25, killing one and severely injuring two humans in the Terrace cafe, may have climbed or jumped over the walls that kept the tiger inside her habitat.

San Francisco Zoo Declared Crime Scene After Deadly Tiger Attack

admin_huliq — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 20:52:39 -0600

The San Francisco Zoo in California is closed to visitors and has been declared a crime scene after a tiger escaped from its enclosure Tuesday, killing a teenager and injuring two others.

San Francisco Zoo: Tigers Escape, Attack Leaves One Person Death

admin_huliq — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 22:53:58 -0600

In a story from the AP, the San Francisco Zoo was evacuated today after four tigers escaped their enclosure. Tiger attack kills one person and injures two others. One tiger was shot and the others captured.

Study says 2000 tigers possible in Thailand

harminka — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:11:58 -0600

Thailand’s Western Forest Complex – a 6,900 square mile (18,000 square kilometers) network of parks and wildlife reserves – can potentially support some 2,000 tigers, making it one of the world’s strongholds for these emblematic big cats, according to a new study by Thailand’s Department of National Park, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation and the New York-based Wildlife Conservation Society.

Study finds potential to double tiger numbers in South Asia

harminka — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:09:29 -0600

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other institutions declare that improvements in management of existing protected areas in South Asia could double the number of tigers currently existing in the region.