In the 1940s the Amur tiger was on the brink of extinction, with no more than 40 tigers remaining in the wild. Thanks to vigorous antipoaching and other conservation efforts by the Russians with support from many partners, including WWF, the Amur tiger population recovered and has remained stable throughout the last decade or so.
But poaching of tigers and its prey, increased logging and construction of roads, forest fires and inadequate law enforcement are threats that affect the survival of the species.
WWF, in partnership with Russian authorities and other NGOs, is helping establish an ecological network of protected areas to secure well-connected habitat for the Amur tiger, funds antipoaching patrols in the Russian Far East and supports an ungulate recovery program. WWF is collaborating with the Russian authorities and other partners in the recent survey of Amur tigers.
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The Sumatran tiger at the San Francisco Zoo gave birth Thursday morning and was resting and nursing her cub Friday evening, zoo officials said.
Chief zoo veterinarian Jacqueline Jencek has been monitoring Leanne’s progress through a video camera to prevent disturbing the 230-pound tiger. It will be at least a week before Jencek and others go near the new mother and baby, and thus don’t know if it’s male or female.
“I’m trying really hard to have Leanne undisturbed,” Jencek said. “When she rolls on her back I can see a little brown, furry cub.”
It is the first birth of a Sumatran tiger at the zoo since 1956. The species is critically endangered, with only a few hundred left in the wild and 210 in zoos around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
A Wild Tiger, which had earlier killed a boy, has killed a young woman today in the Dhorar Forest Range. The partial body of the unidentified woman was found outside Bhuvapur village in the morning after people noticed a trail of blood and pugmark of the tiger. The recent incident has prompted the Lakhimpur Kheri Forest Division to initiate the process of declaring the tiger as a man-eater.
“We have sent a letter to the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden DNS Suman requesting to declare the tiger a man-eater,” said North Kheri Divisional Forest Officer KK Singh.
Besides attacking and killing humans, the tiger has also killed four animals, a dog, a cow and two buffaloes, in the last two-and-a-half months. Read the rest of this entry »
Here is another amazing video of a wild tiger who is fighting with a wild boar. It turns out to be a difficult fight and you can see that this wild tiger does his best to be the winner in this brutal game. Though I should say that the quality of this movie is very poor and it’s very difficult to watch it from the very beginning till the very end because of it. But if you manage to watch it write you comments about this wild tiger. What do u think about him?
Wow, just look at this funny tiger with a big nose who is posing on the floor. This tiger wants to play and when you look at him it is difficult to imagine that this animal is very dangerous for a man and can kill any alive being so easily.
My life’s mission, religion, passion and all the work that I do is associated with wild tigers, even my home is around tiger habitat and my companions are animals that live in tiger country, in short my profession is Tiger conservation.
I was born in a small Indian village, education brought me to the big cities, always loved animals as well as the natural sciences and my first professional education began in a prime medical college at New Delhi , India . This formal education lasted only but two years as my passion & involvement for wildlife conservation soon took over.
My first big job when I was in my twenties moved me to Kanha and then Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserves as a head of a conservation project funded by CIDA & implemented by WCWC, time flew and the project was completed in 1999. I needed monies to run conservation projects and luckily in late 1999 I was invited to the Netherlands by Artists for Nature Foundation (ANF International) to give a few field lectures on tiger conservation & their habitat on the occasion of their book release “Tigers”. This resulted in my appointment as Director of ANF, India for tiger conservation.
11 years ago when I came to Bandhavgarh & Kanha passion forced me to observe tigers in their natural habitat and go into the forest. It was expensive. I needed funds to continue my work with local communities living around tiger reserves and tiger habitat conservation. I began guiding visitors into the parks and within two years I was thrilled to be guiding Discovery, BBC and their famous professionals into tiger country. Today, thanks to my exchanges with these professionals, well know conservationists, well wishers and the local villagers I act as a common point/catalyst in their interaction with tigers and the related conservation efforts. Being given the status of a NGI (Non Government Individual) of Bandhavgarh NP in the year 2000 has no doubt helped this process and I now spend most of my time in conserving the great cat and its habitat. Photographing the majestic and graceful Royal Bengal’s has always been an obsession and I do hope some of my images will help create an impression amongst others so that they come forward and help protect these charismatic animals in their natural habitat.
Good morning, my tiger lovers. In this video you can watch such a small and cute little white tiger posing in the zoo. He is so beautiful when O look at it I want to touch it and even kiss his wet nose. I am sure that little tigers are the most beautiful kittens in the world and I can prove it. Watch this video and post your comment about it!
Do u know that tigers are so sweet and kind when they are not hungry? They do not kill anyone for pleasure and when someone like this crazy monkey wants to disturb them they do not pay any attention to these silly animals. Look how a big beautiful tiger plays with a silly monkey which is lucky enough not to be killed and eaten!!!
Who can be more beautiful than a wild tiger - only a tiger baby. In this video you can watch a cute tiger baby playing in the house and after that it is playing outdoors. I love watching such beautiful kittens as this tiger baby and the more I watch the more I understand that tigers are the cutest animals in the world and tiger babes are the smartest ones.
Common Name: Siberian tiger, Amur tiger; Tigre de Sibérie(Fr); (Sp)