Wild Tigers to be Reintroduced to Kazakhstan After 70 Year Absence
Conservationists are applauding an announcement made this week by the Republic of Kazakhstan that it plans to reintroduce tigers to part of their historic range, where they’ve been absent for 70 years....
View ArticlePhotos of wild tiger cubs in Thailand rekindles hope for species
Camera traps in eastern Thailand’s Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai (DPKY) forest complex have yielded photos of tiger cubs, providing long-awaited evidence that the big cat is breeding in this part of Southeast...
View ArticleSiberian tiger shot and butchered by ‘monsters for use in Chinese medicine’
Animal rescuers have been devastated to learn a giant tiger they released back in to the wild a year ago has been butchered by poachers. Male big cat Pavlik – an Amur tiger, which is one of the largest...
View ArticleDon’t cross this tiger mom: Close encounter in Russia’s Far East
On Sept. 15, Aleksandr Rybin was checking a camera trap in Russia’s Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve when something red and long-tailed darted in the bushes in front of him. “A thought flashed in my...
View ArticleChinese wild animal shelter ‘secretly sells the fur of endangered tigers for...
A state-affiliated wildlife shelter in China has been accused of secretly dissecting the bodies of endangered tigers before selling them as products to make profits. The Qinhuangdao Wildlife Rescue...
View ArticleGiant pandas no longer endangered in the wild, China announces
Giant pandas are no longer endangered in the wild, but they are still vulnerable with a population outside captivity of 1,800, Chinese officials have said after years of conservation efforts. The head...
View ArticleShould the commercial breeding of tigers and tiger farms be banned?
More than 8,000 tigers live in captivity in China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam, where they are kept and bred for commercial uses, including for selfies with tourists and illegal trade in their bones,...
View ArticleThe cat is back: Wild Amur tigers rebound in China, thanks to govt policies
There was a time when tiger expert Dale Miquelle wasn’t sure if there’d ever be a substantial population of Amur tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) in China again. In the 1990s, Miquelle and his...
View ArticleRussian baby tiger fights for life after frostbite, surgery
Russian animal rescuers said Wednesday they were fighting for the life of an Amur tiger cub who had been found dying from exhaustion and frostbite in the country’s far east. An emaciated female tiger...
View ArticleThe Years of the Tiger: the demand for tigers and the price they pay
On the 1st of February 2022, the Year of the Tiger starts. The Chinese zodiac is an increasingly popular pseudoscientific classification scheme with followers in Asian countries, like China, Japan,...
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