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 [...]

Vietnam zoo owner jailed for tiger sales

(AFP) – 03.26.2011 HANOI — The owner of a private zoo in Vietnam has been jailed for three years for selling the endangered tigers that he was supposed to protect, a conservation group and officials said Friday. Huynh Van Hai, of Thanh Canh Tourism Park in Binh Duong province, near Ho Chi Minh City, was [...]

Local College of Chinese Medicine Celebrates Partnership to Save Tigers, Other Wildlife

The Bay Area’s American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (ACTCM), in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), is working to save the world’s endangered wild tigers and promote the sustainable use of medicinal species in traditional Chinese medicine. San Francisco, CA (Vocus/PRWEB) March 21, 2011 For nearly half a century the conservation efforts of [...]

Siberian tiger attacks and kills bus driver in China as tourists watch in horror

BY Aliyah Shahid DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, January 6th 2011, 10:15 AM A file photo of a Siberian tiger crouching on top of a tourist bus at a branch of Harbin Siberian Tigers Breeding Center in Shenyang in northeast China’s Liaoning province. A Siberian tiger mauled and killed a tour bus driver in China [...]

Putin on the prowl to save world’s endangered tigers

Representatives of 13 countries are meeting in Russia to outline plans to double the wild tiger population, currently as low as 3,200. By Simon Montlake, Correspondent / November 19, 2010 New Delhi This weekend, representatives of 13 countries will gather in St. Petersburg, Russia, to pledge support for the tiger, a rare example of a [...]

Jungle Island To Re-Open Tiger Exhibit Temporarily

Jungle Island To Re-Open Tiger Exhibit Temporarily Sep 3, 2010 7:34 pm US/Eastern More About Ligers: http://www.bigcatrescue.org/big-cat-facts/ligers WATSON ISLAND (CBS4) Jungle Island will temporarily re-open its Tiger/ Liger exhibit this weekend with the approval of the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission. Mahesh, the 700-pound tiger named who escaped last weekend will not be in the [...]

India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers

India to urge China to curb illegal trade in tigers Priscilla Jebaraj & Ananth Krishnan Tuesday, Aug 31, 2010 Two delegations from New Delhi to hold talks in Beijing  The fourth India-China financial dialogue to be held after a 3-year hiatus Mechanism to share information on wildlife crime to be discussed NEW DELHI/BEIJING: Defence ties [...]

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 [...]

Anthony Marr Visits Big Cat Rescue of CARE 7 Tour

Anthony Marr Visits Big Cat Rescue of CARE 7 Tour May 31, 2010 The tigress Sita in Bandhavgarh National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India (1998) – photo by Anthony Marr FTTT Note: This is reposted from Big Cat News http://bigcatnews.blogspot.com/2010/05/anthony-marr-visits-big-cat-rescue-of.html Anthony Marr Met With Interns, Staff & Volunteers to Talk Tigers and global warming tonight at the [...]