WWF Finds U.S. Grocery Retailers Stocking Toilet Paper Linked To Rain Forest Destruction

New report highlights several retailers that have already dropped Paseo products, made from Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) fiber. Washington DC (PRWEB) February 08, 2012 American companies and consumers are inadvertently contributing to Indonesian rain forest and tiger habitat destruction by buying toilet paper and other tissue products made with fiber from Asia Pulp & [...]

Tiger mauled to death at Toronto Zoo

By Jenny Yuen ,Toronto Sun First posted: Thursday, December 15, 2011 01:36 PM EST Updated: Thursday, December 15, 2011 06:26 PM EST “Tiger Woods” has mauled his mate to death. For months, a three-year-old male Sumatran tiger – Harimau Kayu – imported from the San Diego Wild Animal Park in June for a breeding program [...]

London Zoo (ZSL) get green light for extension to tiger enclosure

Published: 28 October 2011 By JOSH LOEB LONDON Zoo got the green light to build a multi-million pound extension to its tiger enclosure at a meeting at City Hall last night (Thursday). The zoo’s pair of Sumatran tigers, Raika and Lumpur, are currently confined to a 600sqm enclosure but will have the run of a [...]

Tiger Cubs Make Their Debut At Sydney Zoo

Sumatran tiger Jumilah is seen with her cubs on display at Taronga Zoo on October 25, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images)   First Posted: 10/29/11 08:15 PM ET Updated: 10/29/11 08:17 PM ET What’s cuter than a baby animal? Three baby animals. The video below, from the Associated Press, shows young [...]

Four rare Sumatran tigers born at Oklahoma City Zoo

BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.com Oklahoman    Published: October 5, 2011 Four Sumatran tiger cubs have been born at the Oklahoma City Zoo. The cubs are the first Sumatran tigers born at the zoo, and officials nationwide are excited about the addition to the captive population. There are only 71 Sumatran tigers in North American zoos and [...]

Sumatran tiger cub’s death at L.A. Zoo still a mystery

Photo: Two of three Sumatran tiger cubs born last month at the L.A. Zoo are shown in an Aug. 26 photo. One of the three cubs was found dead Monday. Credit: Los Angeles Zoo September 14, 2011 |  8:26 am   A baby tiger found dead at the Los Angeles Zoo apparently died of head trauma, [...]

Bengkulu farmer killed in tiger attack

The Jakarta Post | Mon, 09/12/2011 8:00 AM Jakarta: The body of Milyan, an 18 year-old resident of Pino Baru village in South Bengkulu Regent, Bengkulu, was found dead after apparently being mauled by a tiger, his family reported. “He was attacked when he was alone in the coffee plantation,” Milyan’s aunt Surainah said Sunday, [...]

Visitors Can See New Tiger In Exhibit At National Zoo In DC

4:39 PM, May 25, 2011 WASHINGTON (WUSA) — A Sumatran tiger has arrived at the National Zoo. Zoo officials say the 2 1/2-year-old female tiger named Damai is spending time outside in her exhibit where visitors can see her. The Zoo now houses three Sumatran tigers: Damai, Soyono and Soyono’s 5-year-old offspring, Guntur. Tiger keeper [...]

Rare Sumatran tiger killed by electric fence

Sunday, March 27, 2011  An endangered Sumatran tiger has died after brushing against an electric fence set up by Indonesian farmers, in the second such incident this year, an official said Friday. There are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers left in the wild and environmental activists say the animals are increasing coming into contact with [...]

Montgomery Zoo tiger predicts Super Bowl winner

NBC NEWS Stephanie Tiso Story Created: Feb 4, 2011 at 5:13 PM CST Story Updated: Feb 4, 2011 at 9:26 PM CST The outcome of Sunday’s game has been predicted by a tiger in Alabama. A Sumatran Tiger at the Montgomery Zoo was given two containers of treats. Each container had the logo of a [...]