Wildlife figure in ICU after being clawed

March 29 2012 at 12:20pm By Kamcilla Pillay and SAPA John Varty gives close contact comfort to an abandoned cub. (John Varty/ JV Images) South African documentary film-maker John Varty sustained two broken ribs, lacerations to his hands and legs and puncture wounds after a tiger attacked him on his farm near Philippolis, in the [...]

Chinese tigers learn to hunt under an African sun in bid to save species

Published on Monday 27 February 2012 02:07 Any schoolchild will tell you that there are no tigers in Africa – but they would be wrong. They are hunting and breeding in the wild in the African bush in a remarkable scheme to save the most iconic sub-species of the magnificent Asian big cat from extinction. [...]

Environmentalists and investors draw claws over plan

Next generation … $30 million has been ploughed into helping secure the future of the endangered South China tiger. Photo: courtesy Li Quan Ben Cubby October 17, 2011. A BOLD plan to shield the South China tiger from extinction has become a battleground between environment groups and so-called ”angel investors”, who have plunged $30 million [...]

Tigers Like Tony Need Your Help Now!!!

Tony The Truck Stop Tiger represents one of the thousands of privately owned tigers in the United States whose numbers are greater than tigers left in the wild. Captive U.S. tigers languish in roadside zoos and attractions, are exploited and abused in circuses, photo ops and exhibitions, entertainment shows, pseudo-sanctuaries, bred for profit or are [...]

Rare white tiger gives birth to quintuplets

Brian Gillie, Strange News Examiner July 3, 2011 TWN NOTE: Please see this excellent article written by Sharyn Beach White Tigers: Conserving a Lie A snow tiger mother recently gave birth to quintuplets at a zoo in Northeast China on Friday, according to Xinhua. The mother is recuperating after having such a large litter, the [...]

Assam tiger expected to boost gene pool at Bhopal zoo

New Delhi, May 29 (PTI) A four-year-old orphan tiger, shifted recently from a rehabilitation centre in Assam to Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal, seems to have brought cheers to the officials as they hope it will add to the gene pool of the wild cats in the breeding centre. The tiger, named Vivek, reached [...]

Rare tiger gives birth to 3 cubs in Indonesia

(AP) – 1.26.2011 JAMBI, Indonesia (AP) — A rare Sumatran tiger has given birth to three healthy cubs at a zoo in western Indonesia. The Taman Rimbo Zoo in Indonesia’s Jambi province says the big cat also gave birth to one additional cub that died immediately. Sumatran tigers are on the brink of extinction because [...]

Thailand zoo unveils 2 new members of its white Bengal tiger family

By Associated Press January 6, 2011, 4:20 a.m. For Information About White Tigers Visit: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/cats/wild/white_tigers.htm and http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/ BANGKOK (AP) — Bangkok’s zoo has unveiled new arrivals to its white Bengal tiger family — a pair of white-and-black striped cubs named “One” and “Two.” The Dusit Zoo held a photo opportunity Thursday for the 50-day-old female [...]

Zoo appoints cows and buffalo experts to oversee tiger-mating

Raakhi Jagga Posted: Sun Oct 10 2010, 04:50 hrs While India is observing International Tiger Year keeping in view the falling number of tigers, the Ludhiana Zoo has not yet geared up for action. This point came to light at yesterday’s Wildlife Week concluding function at the Zoo where Dr Sandeep Jain, Member, Punjab State [...]

Tiger kills too-trusting carer

Tiger kills too-trusting carer Monday, August 16, 2010 A Siberian tiger killed a keeper in a wildlife rescue center in Anhui province after being left to roam its pen as the area was being cleaned. Zhan Guanshun died from a bite into his neck after he was attacked and mauled while in the cage on [...]