Friday October 21: Last Day To Help Tigers Like Tony!!

TODAY is the last day to submit comments to the USFWS stating you support the proposal to eliminate the exemption for “generic” tigers. This is such an important action to take for Tony and the estimated 5,000 to 10,000 tigers like him privately owned in the United States. { Re: Zanesville tragedy } For more [...]

Film on R’bore tiger wins 3 awards in US

Anindo DeyAnindo Dey, TNN | Oct 11, 2011, 02.28AM IST JAIPUR: In a rare laurel for Ranthambore National Park, a documentary film on a tiger at the park has recently won three awards including that of the ‘best film award’ at a film festival in Jackson Hole, US. The film christened ‘Broken Tail’ is the [...]

Tiger’s Day celebrated in Russia

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:37a.m. Vladivostok and several other cities in Russia’s Primorsky Krai celebrated “Tiger’s Day” over the weekend. Tiger’s Day is an annual festival celebrated in Russia to promote the protection of the Siberian Tiger, a mammal also known as the Amur or Manchurian Tiger. In several Russian cities, orange became the most [...]

Roar For Tony & Captive U.S. Tigers On World Animal Day October 4th, 2011

World Animal Day is a special day to commemorate the respect and love we have for animals and also to bring attention to the importance of animals and raise awareness for them. It began in 1931 in Florence at a convention of ecologists as a means to highlight endangered species. Since then it has developed [...]

IFAW Launches ‘Will Only Words Remain?’ Campaign During Tiger Day Celebrations in Russia

Press Release Sept. 23, 2011, 10:32 a.m. EDT VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Sept. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — As thousands of Russians prepare to celebrate annual Tiger Day festivities this weekend from Moscow to Vladivostok, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW – www.ifaw.org ) is launching a public awareness campaign, Will Only Words Remain?, to [...]

New Tiger Cub Stamps Aim to Help Save Endangered Species

Credit: Wildlife Conservation Society Sep 21, 2011 10:36 AM ET By OurAmazingPlanet Staff A new U.S. postage stamp, the Save Vanishing Species stamp, was issued today (Sept. 20, 2011) by the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp, featuring an illustration of a tiger cub, supports efforts to save species like elephants, tigers, and great apes. Vanishing [...]

Sullivan: Free Tony the Tiger

By Diane Sullivan, Holly Vietzke, and Rose Church/Guest columnists Posted Sep 15, 2011 @ 01:57 PM Last update Sep 15, 2011 @ 03:08 PM Parents in Massachusetts bring their children to the zoo to see tigers. Parents in Maine need only bring them to their neighbor’s house, where it is legal to keep a tiger [...]

Tiger, tiger burning bright in Goa’s forests

2011-02-06 11:40:00  Panaji, Feb 6 (IANS) English poet William Blake’s ‘tyger’ might continue to burn bright if a spark lit by young poets and artists at a poetry camp in Goa – with the animal as its theme – catches on, even as the wilds are threatened by illegal mining. More than two centuries after [...]

BORN TO BE WILD: New Multimedia Program Inspires Teachers and Students to Stand Up for Tigers

BORN TO BE WILD: New Multimedia Program Inspires Teachers and Students to Stand Up for Tigers International Fund for Animal Welfare and Weekly Reader join forces to ‘save the tigers’ WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ — As a kickoff to Animal Action Week (October 4-11), educational publisher Weekly Reader has partnered with the International [...]

Russia Far East hosts major tiger party ahead of summit

Russia Far East hosts major tiger party ahead of summit Science Centric | 25 September 2010 12:23 GMT Every year on the last Sunday in September, Vladivostok turns orange with stripes. This year, as it hosts its annual Tiger Day on Sunday, Sept. 26th, the largest city in the Russian Far East will be buzzing [...]