Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

A tiger was found dead outside the Kohra forest range of Kaziranga on Saturday, sparking suspicions of revenge killing by angry residents of adjoining villages. The tiger was aged between seven and eight and may have died around two days ago. We found the ninth rib of the tiger broken and partially calcified.

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Critter News

APRIL 11, 2010

It is an irony not lost on the Chinese public that the Year of the Tiger has not been good for the big cats. On Tuesday, state media reported that dozens of tigers and other endangered animals had died of malnutrition over the past two years at the Northern Forest Zoo in the Chinese city of Harbin. Tags: zoos tigers china.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2010

India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. You can put tigers on a farm for legal parts harvesting and still call it "protection." Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. I don't trust the Chinese government on any issue.

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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

AUGUST 27, 2009

Tigers are not safe anywhere. Tags: zoos wildlife crime poaching tigers indonesia. A Sumatran female at the Taman Rimbo Zoo was drugged by poachers, slaughtered and harvested for her parts. Just awful.

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Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

From EcoWorldly.the frozen carcass of a baby tiger was found in the trunk of a taxi cab on its way to a buyer in Hanoi. The baby tiger was between four and five months old. The baby tiger was between four and five months old.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 20, 2008

Some conservationists worry that the tigers living at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand are drugged, but the monks deny it. Tourists visiting the Tiger Temple pay big money: anything from $15 just for entry, up to $50 for the very special photograph of a tiger with its head in your lap. Tags: tigers thailand.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2023

Bare-throated Tiger-Herons , a rarety elsewhere, are almost a pest here. In an unusual twist, Tiger-Herons get their name from the markings on juveniles and immatures. Adults are much less tiger-ish. This bittern has “tiger-stripes” in all ages, but they are vertical, not horizontal. And yet, there it was!

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Critter News

JANUARY 30, 2010

The BBC has an article about the spreading practice of "farming" tigers. Tags: tigers china.

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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

JUNE 25, 2010

The guy was clearly trafficking in illegal parts as there were about 50 kg of bones belonging to other tigers. Tags: wildlife smuggling vietnam wildlife trafficking tigers panthers. This happened in Vietnam.

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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. The zoo made major changes to its emergency-response procedures, including raising the wall of the tiger grotto, found to be about 4 feet shorter than what national standards recommend. It's a long list.

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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. Tags: tigers china endangered species. I like this opinion piece in the Huffington Post. But what does it really mean if you and I don't engage in saving this beautiful animal?

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Critter News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

As this article points out , tigers are worth more dead than alive if you use humanity's flawed accounting system. Tags: wildlife crime extinction Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers china. It's not only China, but all Asian countries that are playing a major role in reducing this beautiful animal's number.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2016

So, I birded India, land of Indian Peafowl , Saag Paneer (my favorite Indian dish) and Tigers. Well, they were all memorable, but these two involve subjects people have asked about without fail—the Taj Mahal and Tigers. Target: Tigers. Our local Ranthambhore guide told us that a tiger had been located on our route.

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JUNE 2, 2024

We save pandas and tigers, as we should, but we don’t give as much thought to the creepy crawlies and other less-attractive creatures that also need our help. But, to us, Peregrines are the sign of nobility, agility and strength, so we never sentence them in the same way that we do the gulls.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

A tin yellow tiger is staring at us from the Melghat Tiger Reserve gates, as the narrow tarmac road winds through teak forest ( Tectona grandis ) along the hillside. From the next curve in the road, I can see the cows grazing deep in the valley: “If I was a tiger, I would check my prey from here.”

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Critter News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Another tiger lost. Tags: poaching tigers malaysia endangered species.

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Critter News

JANUARY 1, 2010

With only 3,200 tigers left in the wild. Tags: tigers.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Kaziranga has one of the densest populations of Bengal Tiger in India. We would also visit Ranthambore National Park where we hope to see more wonderful wildlife, and with luck, tiger. You are certain to see Greater One-horned Rhinoceros , Water Buffalo and Hog Deer , and with a bit of luck Smooth-coated Otters.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Tiger Shrike. Raffle`s Malkoha. Rhinoceros Hornbill. Rufous-collared Kingfisher. Rufous-tailed Tailorbird. Rufous-winged Philentoma. Rufous Woodpecker. Scarlet-rumped Trogon. Stork-billed Kingfisher. White-rumped Shama. The post Birding Taman Negara, or the dubious joys of rainforest birding appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2021

A wet Tiger Shrike (Nanhui, China). A very wet Japanese Night Heron (Chongming, China). A wet Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Nanhui, China). A wet Black Drongo (Nanhui, China). A wet female White-Throated Rock Thrush (Nanhui, China). A wet Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Nanhui, China). And finally, a wet African Penguin (Cape Town, South Africa).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron : Tiger-herons might not be as exotic as feathered weirdos like the Sunbittern and Sungrebe but any bird with “tiger” in its name is kind of cool. The Bare-throated Tiger-Heron has no shame. Fasciated Tiger-Heron- a lot more conservative than the Bare-throated.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 5, 2022

The most remarkable sighting for that journey and surely for the entire trip was a juvenile Rufescent Tiger-Heron that was stalking in some grasses next to the road. Rufescent Tiger-Heron. There was a light rain falling as we observed this bird move around unbothered.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2016

Asia: Somewhere below that mysterious eagle, at the far shore of the lake, lies one Bengal Tiger … and further to the right – two more! These are my first wild tigers ever! 10000birds.com/tadoba-andhari-tiger-reserve-the-tiger-afternoon.htm. 10000birds.com/rarer-than-tigers-the-indian-wild-dog.htm.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

Tags: India poaching tigers china endangered species.

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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 dirt road winds in between rocky outcrops – kopjes, by Burchell’s Zebras and Greater Kudus.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2024

As we gazed upwards at those backlit migratory warblers, I noticed a Bare-throated Tiger-Heron … nesting! It was by far my best (and longest) view of this species. Two other birds, both residents, surprised us. This species is relatively common in tropical Mexico, but I certainly never expected to see it nesting in an urban park.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

“ Bare-throated Tiger-Heron !” Bare-throated Tiger-Heron. Even Desi, who had been growing bored with the boat ride (even iguanas couldn’t keep him entertained), was awed by the tiger-heron. For me, the highlight of the trip came when a heron flushed from well ahead of the boat and flew upriver.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

Tags: darwin award tigers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2021

On our journey back, we tried again by a couple forested bridges for any glimpse of a Rufescent Tiger-Heron , but no luck on that front. The area is known for being a breeding area of the enigmatic Rufous Crab-Hawk and it was the first place I saw the species, many years ago. Rufous Crab-Hawk. Maybe another time. Such is birding.

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MAY 28, 2020

A Tiger Shrike – as always – looks very stylish. Little Ringed Plovers are fiercely protective of their cute chicks. Understandably, after all the trouble of incubating the eggs. A Grey Night Jar does what it does best – being almost invisible.

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MARCH 2, 2019

This means that when we drive across a bridge in the Caribbean foothills, we need to stop and check for key river specialist year birds like the Sunbittern , Fasciated Tiger-Heron , or American Dipper. Such stops have already yield the tiger-heron and dipper.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tiger Shrike. Black-winged Kite: Yes, it is a tail. And of course, there are all kinds of insects, spiders, dragonflies, caterpillars, etc. I wish I could be more precise about them, but I am not an entomologist. Brown Shrike: Shrikes that are on a diet only eat the legs. Cuckoo species (common?):

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In any case, if these two stork species are split and you want to research the Asian species, you will still have to face the tigers. Which by the way is episcopus , or bishop, though the black bishop’s cap that gave the bird this name is not particularly distinct in my photos.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

What you might get instead, assuming the larva reaches maturity, is a lovely Isabella Tiger Moth. Isabella Tiger Moth © Steve Jurvetson a. Other factors such as age also affect the fuzz factor. A woolly bear won’t give you a clue regarding the coming cold.

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