Tiger News
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New Delhi -
Tourists on a wildlife safari in central India were treated to a rare and vicious fight for survival between a sloth bear defending its young and a huge Bengal tiger.
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Prague -
The Prague zoo on Tuesday celebrated the health of two rare Malayan tiger cubs -- a male and a female -- born there six weeks ago.
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The group Joon Moon has released their new three-track EP "Tiger" on Kwaidan Records, which has a neo-soul and retro vibe to it.
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Bejing -
Visitors to a Chinese zoo got ringside seats to a shocking live feeding after a group of investors tossed a live donkey into a tiger pit.
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Bejing -
Visitors to a Chinese zoo got ringside seats to a shocking live feeding after a group of investors tossed a live donkey into a tiger pit.
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By AFP
Bejing -
Visitors to a Chinese zoo got ringside seats to a shocking live feeding after a group of investors tossed a live donkey into a tiger pit.
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By AFP
Five frozen tigers have been discovered in a Vietnamese man's freezer with their organs removed, according to official reports Tuesday, in a country seen as a global hub for the illegal wildlife trade.
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Bejing -
The Beijing wildlife park whose tigers killed one woman and injured another this summer was not to blame for their deaths, an official investigation concluded Wednesday.
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Mumbai -
A massive search operation is underway in India for the country's most famous tiger, with millions of adoring fans worried sick about the big cat known as Jai who went missing three months ago.
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Jakarta -
A critically endangered Sumatran tiger has died at a notorious Indonesian zoo where hundreds of animals have perished in recent years, an official said Wednesday.
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Miami -
An endangered Malayan tiger attacked and killed a zookeeper in its enclosure in Florida as the woman prepared to give a talk to visitors, officials and media reports said.
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Doha -
A tiger was spotted wandering through a traffic jam on one of Doha's busiest roads on Tuesday, and government officials said they would investigate the incident after footage appeared online.
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Primorskiy -
Last week, zookeepers presented Amur the Siberian tiger with a live goat. Instead of eating the goat, Amur befriended it.
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Dhaka -
Bangladesh police Sunday shot dead six alleged tiger poachers in the world's largest mangrove forest as it launched a crackdown following a drastic fall in the number of big cats.
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China's fireworks displays can be spectacular and loud during the celebration of the Lunar New Year. The noise apparently scared a seven-month-old tiger cub kept in a high-rise apartment, causing it to plunge to its death.
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Bejing -
A seven-month-old tiger fell to its death from a Chinese high-rise building, state media reported Wednesday, apparently frightened by Lunar New Year fireworks.
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Kanchanaburi -
Thailand's wildlife protection agency, called in to investigate charges of mistreatment of tigers at the famous Luangtamahabua Buddhist temple called "Tiger Temple," have cleared the monks and the temple establishment of any wrong-doing.
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Forest officials in the south Indian state of Telangana have arrested four individuals who were trying to sell a tiger skin.
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Bejing -
An endangered tiger set free in Russia has killed 18 Chinese goats after crossing the frontier, with Beijing's state media saying on Wednesday that the feline felon had been freed by President Vladimir Putin.
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New Delhi -
A white tiger on Tuesday attacked and killed a youth who appeared to have jumped or fallen into its enclosure at a zoo in the Indian capital, witnesses said.
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Dhaka -
Thirteen countries with wild tiger populations agreed Tuesday to take part in a global count to establish how many of the critically endangered big cats are left and improve policies to protect them.
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A party goer threw beer at a tiger, while another reveler wanted to "fight a penguin" at a series of Friday night parties at the zoo in London.
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Some local fishermen in China were just minding their own business when a Siberian tiger attempted to board their boat. This incident has some interesting implications for the biosphere of China.
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Over 10 tigers have been slaughtered as entertainment and harvest for wealthy Chinese in the southern province of Guangdong. Police in Zhanjiang discovered a freshly slaughtered tiger during a raid last week.
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Singapore -
Singapore budget carrier Tigerair said Monday it will buy 37 Airbus A320neo planes valued at $3.8 billion, enabling the airline to cut fuel costs and fly to new, more distant destinations.Tigerair, which is 40 percent owned by Singapore Airlines, said ...
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London -
The birth of three tiger cubs at London Zoo has been filmed using hidden cameras. After a 106-day pregnancy the five-year-old Sumatran tigress gave birth to three bouncing cubs.
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Sydney -
The score is 9-0 in favor of a tigress in Uttar Pradesh. The tigress, in Jim Corbett National Park, has defied all attempts to kill it. The area is described as densely wooded, and wildlife officers have been unable to find her.
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New Delhi -
Forest officials in southern India have shot dead a tiger suspected of killing three people, ending its three-week reign of terror which forced dozens of schools to close, police said Thursday.
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Madrid -
Halfway through a circus act in Madrid on Sunday, an animal trainer was viciously attacked by the performing tiger he was working with. He was then rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
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A zoo in the Russian city of Novosibirsk is home to three liliger cubs born in May to a female liger, Zita. A liliger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and a female liger (ligress), while a liger is a hybrid cross between a male lion and tigress.
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Tiger Image
Baloo the American black bear, Leo the African lion and Shere Khan the tiger at Noah's Ark. Noah's Ark
The tiger is considered a symbol of prestige in China, with its pelt a sought-after luxury item. S. Taheri
Kiara the liliger Video screen capture
Siberian Tigers are listed as "endangered" by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List with just 400 living in the wild across Russia and China B_cool from SIN, Singapore
The Grumman F-11 carrier fighter.
A Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopter. wikipedia
A Bengal tiger in Bannerghatta National park in Bangalore. Muhammad Mahdi Karim
The beautiful Bengal tiger taking an innocent nap flickr.com
China Doll, one of the Big Cat Rescue tigers, carrying her pumpkin Big Cat Rescue video screengrab
Kiara, the Liliger YouTube screen capture
The researchers also assessed the costs of protecting source sites, including increased law enforcement, biological and law enforcement monitoring, and where appropriate, community engagement, informant networks, and trade monitoring. Tim Carter
Sarmoti, a tiger at Big Cat Rescue, posing with his Halloween pumpkin Big Cat Rescue Facebook page
Mother, Zita the liger Video screen capture
In the past 100 years wild tiger numbers have declined 97 per cent. There may be as few as 3,200 wild tigers left in existence, the lowest number ever recorded. In India, only 1,411 are left according to an official estimate. Paul Mannix
Exhibition of Circus Roncalli Hannes Grobe
Royal Bengal Tiger of India in Corbett National Park
an adorable cub flickr.com
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