End Tiger Trade

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For some of us, every day is :-) Thank you for your passion, love and action to keep this magnificent big cat wild forever!

More captive tigers in America than in all of the wild? There are undeniable ties to tiger cub photo and petting opportunities, which is reason enough for real tiger lovers to never support such awful practices.

America’s tigers spend their lives in cages, bred for profit with little oversight Patchy regulation has allowed a persistent subculture of trading and private ownership.

Friday food for thought: "Once you panic, you stop thinking. Once you stop thinking, you start dying."
There is nothing like being out in the wild--especially in tiger territory--to remind humans of our place in the natural world.
The key is to stay calm, even as night falls on the Sunderbans and you know tigers are out on the hunt.

The Deadliest Tigers on Earth | Home | Earth - A New Wild This page explores why despite high levels of conflict in the Sundarbans between man and tiger, there is not only a tradition of fearful respect and acceptance of these man-killers but also an increasing scientific understanding of why the tigers are needed.

(let's make this a thing :-)) A wild tiger, doing what a tiger does best and basking in her own glory.

Tiger VS Boar | BBC Earth Footage of a tiger hunting a boar is rare, as they rarely attack such a strong prey. Subscribe to BBC Earth for more amazing animal videos - http://bit.ly/BB...

A tragic reminder that captive tigers forced to perform stunts for humans is cruel, dangerous and not entertainment.

Circus tigers maul trainer to death in Italy The animals attacked Ettore Weber, 61, during a rehearsal for a show near Bari.

And then this:

Sniffer dog finds sedated tiger cub in express post The young tiger was found severely dehydrated without food as it was stuffed among shredded newspaper inside a plastic container.

Wednesday Wisdom: "We're so busy watching out for what's just ahead of us that we don't take time to enjoy where we are."

The United Nations Environment Program values the global wildlife trade at $23 billion a year, coming fourth in illicit trading behind drugs, human trafficking, and arms smuggling. Estimates for the trade in Southeast Asia vary from $2 billion to a quarter of the global business.

Noose tightens around Southeast Asia's illegal wildlife trade- Nikkei Asian Review BANGKOK -- Boonchai Bach's world of impunity crumbled this month in Nakhon Phanom, the provincial town in northeast Thailand near the border with Laos

Rare, wonderful footage of awesome Amur tigers - just the thing to brighten your Wednesday morning! Read the story here: http://bit.ly/2F91iBZ.

Unique images of wild Amur tiger cubs in Russia's Far East New photographs of tiger cubs in the wilds of Siberia indicate that conservation efforts to save Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favorite animal are beari...

TGIF - copy this cat and find time to relax and just be. Have a great weekend!

So, a few bad guys were caught. But we lost so much more: a critically endangered female Sumatran tiger and a rhino. Dancing on the edge of extinction.

Indonesian ex-soldier among three jailed for illegal trade in Sumatran rhino, tiger parts MEDAN, Indonesia — A court in Indonesia has sentenced three men, including a former soldier, to two years in jail for illegally trading in body parts from a critically endangered…