Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal.

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Critter News

APRIL 24, 2011

This is an awful story of a tiger kept captive at a horrible truck stop in Louisiana. The Animal Legal Defense League is trying to save it. Please visit this link and respond.

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Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. Animal experts descended for investigations of their own, and employee morale sank to an all- time low. Tags: zoos california san francisco tigers. It's a long list. From the San Francisco Chronicle.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

Three endangered Malayan tiger cubs were born at Busch Gardens Tampa Sunday, March 31. Each cub weighs between six and seven pounds, and is currently being monitored around the clock by the park’s animal care team. Malayan tigers are critically endangered. Malayan tigers are critically endangered.

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Critter News

MARCH 2, 2010

It's the Year of the Tiger on the Chinese calendar and there's plenty of talk and meetings going around. But what does it really mean if you and I don't engage in saving this beautiful animal? Tags: tigers china endangered species. I like this opinion piece in the Huffington Post.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

He and some friends were trying to take a shortcut and climbed over a fence with signs warning of predatory animals. Tags: darwin award tigers. Another Darwin Award nominee. They didn't believe the signs because they couldn't see any.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 10, 2008

Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister of Russia, just got a tiger cub for his birthday. But children and animals seem to bring out a softer side. He told journalists that Koni has not met the tiger cub. Once the tiger was asleep, Putin placed a collar with a GPS tracking system around her neck.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Mosethla Bush Camp guide awaits us by the open Land Rover and with a loaded rifle in front of the steering wheel, we continue into the bush (oddly, while observing lions and tigers in India, not a single rifle was in sight). The others follow, some dozen animals in all. Driving slowly behind them… The guide knows his animals.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

It's bad enough to send animals to zoos, but to a zoo in Baghdad?? It makes me sick thinking about the animals already there (numbering 1,500 including lions and tigers.).

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I don't care if a chimp has tea with you every day at 3, watches TV, drinks whiskey and smokes cigars, it is still a wild animal. They should not be in people's homes any more then lions or tigers should. They are wild animals. Wild animals are some of the coolest animals around. That's what animals do sometimes.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

Mosetlha Bush Camp guide awaits us by the open Land Rover and with a loaded rifle in front of the steering wheel, we continue into the bush (oddly, while observing lions and tigers in India, not a single rifle was in sight). The others follow, some dozen animals in all. If such a trend continues, we will lose these animals for good!

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Critter News

MARCH 13, 2010

Examples include panda bears, wolves, elephants, tigers, etc. Tags: marine life marine animals endangered species. It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. It's the same problem with marine life. So what happens to them?

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Animal Person

MARCH 27, 2009

In "Council Bozos Want to Ban Circus Animals in City" Ellis Henican ridicules the New York City Council for introducing a bill to ban the "display of wild or exotic animals for public entertainment or amusement." The elitist “animal-rights” zealots hate to admit this.

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Critter News

AUGUST 14, 2009

Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. The regulations closed a legal loophole which enabled traders to pretend animal products came from countries with lower levels of protection. From the Telegraph.

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Critter News

JULY 13, 2009

The trade in TCM {Traditional Chinese Medicine} products has also been growing at an annual rate of 10 percent, which has seriously impacted medicinal plant and animal populations, though more than half of plants and animals being used by TCM are from artificial propagation or captive breeding.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. One of the recent developments, which caught an eye of many pet-lovers, is an adoption of three newly born tigers by German shepherd in Chinese Reserve on January 2012.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Police seized tiger bones, anteater scales and bear gall bladders in an international operation against the use of endangered plants and animals in traditional medicine, officers said Friday. Illegal animal and plant products with a retail value of 10 million euros (13.6 From the AFP.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Did you know that lions, tigers and other felines are vanishing at an alarming rate? There are more tigers in captivity than in the wild! Did you know that the Amur leopard is one of the most endangered animals in the world? It would be a shame to live in a world without these majestic animals.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

That’s one reason, probably the biggest reason, why we don’t have centennials for animals that become extinct in the wild. Everything was going to be extinct – the condors, the whales, the Whooping Cranes , the elephants and tigers, the whole shebang, and that was even if we didn’t get nuked.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 18, 2016

Move over, Peyton Meowning, Fur-ena Williams, and Tiger Woods – there’s a new kind of athlete in town, one that can run 30 miles per hour, jump up to seven times their own height, and chase a red laser dot … Continue reading → The post BEST CAT-HLETE appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Critter News

JANUARY 14, 2010

Now there is a marriage made in heaven, two countries with atrocious records on animal issues have come together. Maybe they can start trading them for bear gall bladders and tiger parts. The EU was a small market for Canada. Of course, we're disappointed in their actions," Ms. Shea said by telephone from China today.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 2, 2010: **The USDA and National Institutes of Health find animal welfare violations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison; **the Catalan Parliament in Spain finally votes to ban bullfighting in the region; **the Marine Mammal Care Center in San Pedro, CA has a record year for marine life suffering from illness (..)

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

We are standing here and admiring your animals. Glorious animals, very beautiful," Putin, surrounded by International Olympic Committee members, told Berdymukhamedov by telephone as he stood by the cage in the Sochi national park.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2016

In Africa, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat (making animals lazy and people drowsy). Yes, animals are guaranteed some time free of the camera-snapping crowds. This is the usual game viewing routine in reserves of Africa and India. In India, no one goes at mid-day because of the heat and the law.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

In Singapore, Common Redshanks mostly drink Tiger Beer. Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals. I agree that the throat is white. They despise Chardonnay, as anyone (except Spotted Redshanks) should. I was just thinking that tailorbird might be a good brand name for a cheap line of men’s clothing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 9, 2014

I’ve seen pet bloggers sharing photos and stories that literally save the lives of animals. Hanging out, dancing around in crazy animal print leggings , and singing at the top of our lungs that we “have the eye of the tiger” is a memory I will treasure. appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Did you know that there are more tigers living in captivity than there are in the wild? This is not only a great television event, Nat Geo WILD’s Big Cat Week is an extension of National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative (BCI), a long-term commitment to halt the decline of these iconic animals in the wild.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Here's the good news: This is a very readable explanation of how animals in the Hundred Heartbeat Club (there are 100 or fewer individuals in the wild today) got to be in the club. This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone.

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4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2012

From Cougars, tigers, cheetahs, jaguars, and snow leopards and more, it’s a great time to learn more about these amazing cats! There are now more tigers living in captivity than in the wild. The week features shows that highlight the kings and queens of the jungle!

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Enjoy photos of leopards, tigers, and even lynxes and ocelots! This book would make the perfect gift for the cat lover in your life. Each page features color photos of rare kittens and cubs from around the globe. These aren’t your regular kittens! The book even includes photos of cats that haven’t been photographed before!

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2011

Do you care about the stray dog or the almost extinct tiger? However, then you get into the argument of whether creatures only deserve stewardship at the species level or the individual level. What laws should be in effect, blah, blah (I could go on and on. ).

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 31, 2012

I’ve always been interested in wild versions of farm animals and was lucky enough to see both species this year and to me the grey junglefowl is like that cool hipster band to the red junglefowl’s worldwide pop smash – it makes less effort and is less colourful but somehow understatement makes it more interesting.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 2, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Tiger on the Loose: Can It Happen Here? ” (news article, Dec. 27): It’s little wonder that Tatiana, the tiger that escaped from the San Francisco Zoo, longed for her freedom. Tigers are designed by nature to roam far and wide, hunt, claim territory and seek out mates. Jennifer O’Connor Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 18, 2014

To the Editor: Re “ Worry Under the Big Top as Mexico City Moves to Ban Circus Animals ” (news article, June 15): Mexico City joins the growing list of cities that have banned the exploitation of animals in circuses. Why is the United States lagging so far behind? JENNIFER O’CONNOR Staff Writer, PETA Foundation Norfolk, Va.,

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2022

When there are no animals around to sit on, Cattle Egrets sometimes sit on trees, even though they frequently b h about the trees’ low speed and inability to stir up insects. In Singapore, a Tiger Shrike was observed casting a pellet after eating a large scarab beetle.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

A winding track through dense woodlands takes us to the Telia Lake in the southeast of the Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra. Our guide explains that it was discovered by tiger cubs and taken off to play with, hence the claw and tooth marks. All of a sudden, in a hushed voice he says one word only: “Tigers!”

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