Ohio Wildcats Arrive to New Home in Sandstone

Tue, 03/27/2012 – 6:37pm Dana Thayer and photojournalist Adam Jagunich, FOX 21 News SANDSTONE – After 28 hours and 800 miles on the road, this trailor has a few more feet to go before a white tiger will arrive at her permanent home in Sandstone. “This is huge this is just the first of a [...]

Navy Pier shuts down royal white tigers

TWN Note: For information about white tigers please visit: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/    John Kass 9:52 p.m. CST, January 24, 2012 Navy Pier abruptly closed its popular “royal white tigers” — featuring Gita and her cubs — after I showed up Tuesday asking about an interesting fact: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is revoking the white tiger [...]

Zoo park stripped of striped beauty

Hyderabad | Posted on Oct 11, 2011 at 08:40am IST HYDERABAD: At a time when the decreasing tiger count in the state has been of much concern, the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad lost Karuna, a 24-year-old Royal Bengal Tiger. The average life span of the Bengal Tiger is about 15-20 years. Karuna died of [...]

White tiger cubs at Vandalur await names

TWN Note: Please read this excellent article “White Tigers: Conserving a Lie” http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/ D MadhavanD Madhavan | Sep 26, 2011, 03.16AM IST CHENNAI: Chief minister J Jayalalithaa has an unusual task at hand – she has to give Tamil names to three white tiger cubs, who were born in the Vandalur zoo on August 5. [...]

Indian tiger trail: The famous four

Tiger at Bandhavgarh National Park (Image Courtesy: Syna Tiger Resort, Bandhavgarh, Madhya Pradesh) IPSHITA MITRA Sep 16, 2011, 12.00am IST “And when my eyes saw the big cat approaching stealthily from the dense bushes, the moment was ecstatic…amidst the dark of the night and twittering crickets, seated on the safari jeep, when our torch lights [...]

Tigers Need Us!!

Tigers are not gimmicks, attractions, props or pets. Tony The Truck Stop Tiger represents one of the estimated 5,000* tigers privately owned in the United States whose numbers exceed tigers left in the wild. These captive U.S. tigers suffer in backyards as “pets,” in roadside zoos attractions and circuses, and are bred for profit; tiger cubs [...]

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 [...]

Maine animal sanctuary has baby Bengal tiger

Makeena, a baby white Bengal tiger. For more information about white tigers please see this excellent article : http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/ The Associated Press May 16 2011 MOUNT VERNON — A baby white Bengal tiger has a new home at an animal sanctuary in Mount Vernon, Maine. Courtesy D.E.W. Animal Kingdom and Sanctuary The tiger Makeena was [...]

Magician Rick Thomas arrives for tiger act

By Jonathan Bell Published Feb 23, 2011 at 4:00 pm (Updated Feb 23, 2011)  TWN Note: Visit this link: http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2010/02/white-tigers-conserving-misery/ for information about white tigers. Coming to Bermuda: A promo video screenshot of magician Rick Thomas on stage with a white tiger. Las Vegas showman Rick Thomas says he’s thrilled to perform in Bermuda with his [...]

Third white Bengal tiger cub born into Lagoon family

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/ By Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner staff Last updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011 – 10:14pm FARMINGTON — A third white Bengal tiger cub has been born in captivity at the Lagoon amusement park zoo. “Yes, there is a third tiger cub,” Lagoon Vice President of Marketing Dick Andrew [...]