Where Tigers are on the Menu

Where Tigers are on the Menu

Tiger farms are horrible places. That we have long known. What we have not known is just how horrible some of them are: they operate as little more than meat factories where the predators are cooped up in small cages where visitors can gawk at the majestic creatures before the…

Wild-born Cubs reignite Conservation hopes for Indochinese Tigers

Wild-born Cubs reignite Conservation hopes for Indochinese Tigers

Tigers producing cubs in the wild should be a simple fact of nature. Sadly, it tells us a lot about the state of affairs in the world we’ve created that such a commonplace event can now be seen as something of a “miracle.” To wit: In neighboring Thailand, conservationists have hailed…

Another Five Tigers are Dead

Another Five Tigers are Dead

Officials in Vietnam have just made a gruesome discovery: the carcasses of five dead tigers in a wildlife trafficker’s freezer. The internal organs of the Indochinese tigers had been removed, likely for use as ingredients in traditional medicine. And there you have it. Despite heroic efforts by conservationists and wildlife officials…

Two Tigers are ‘Killed Each Week’

Two Tigers are ‘Killed Each Week’

On average, two tigers are killed every single week for their parts, despite ongoing efforts to protect the critically endangered predators across their ranges in Asia. So say two leading conservationist groups, TRAFFIC and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), in a joint report. Based on data from the…

WWF tells Nations: ‘Close Tiger Farms!’

WWF tells Nations: ‘Close Tiger Farms!’

Close tiger farms. That’s what the Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has called on governments in Asia to do. The conservationist group issued its call on occasion of International Tiger Day on July 29. Closing such farms, where the animals are bred in captivity and routinely exploited for commercial purposes,…

‘Tiger Temple’ had Shocking Secrets

‘Tiger Temple’ had Shocking Secrets

For an example of how far wildlife traffickers are willing to go, look no further than neighboring Thailand. In a case that has roiled even hardened wildlife officials, police officers discovered the carcasses of 40 newborn tigers in a kitchen freezer at a famous Buddhist temple in central Thailand. Conservationists campaigned long…

Tiger poaching incident in Indonesia serves up a Warning to Malaysia

Tiger poaching incident in Indonesia serves up a Warning to Malaysia

The ruthless murder of wild tiger continues, this time in neighboring Indonesia. Three men, who are believed to have been members of a wildlife smuggling ring, were arrested for poaching critically endangered Sumatran tigers in the protected forests of Mount Leuser National Park in Sumatra. Police officials found tiger bones,…

Cambodia’s Tigers are Extinct. Will Malaysia be Next? Not if We Act

Cambodia’s Tigers are Extinct. Will Malaysia be Next? Not if We Act

Ceaseless habitat loss and relentless poaching driving tigers into extinction. Sound familiar? It should. This time, though, it has happened in Cambodia. Once tigers roamed much of the nearby Southeast Asian nation. Now they’re all gone – or, as biologists put it, “functionally extinct” with no breeding populations left in…