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  • June 2008

    • Farming Tigers for Profit Best Way to Save Species

      Spiked  |  Jun 22, 08 5:42 CDT

      Farming Tigers for Profit Best Way to Save Species

      (Newser) - Though animal conservationists hail the success of India's Jim Corbett National Park in increasing populations of endangered tigers, Kirk Leech complains in Spiked that numbers continue to decline—and that expanding protected areas for tigers harms indigenous human populations. His solution: for-profit tiger farms, where selling animal parts to meet unrelenting demand can finance more farms and better breeding to prevent extinction. More »

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      India  • farming  • conservation  • tigers  • animal rescue groups

    • Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs

      Associated Press  |  Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT

      Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs

      (AP) - Siegfried and Roy welcomed five new tiger cubs to their exotic habitat on the Las Vegas Strip yesterday. Siegfried Fischbacher said the new arrivals would be therapeutic for Roy Horn, who was partially paralyzed when a 380-pound white Bengal tiger sank his teeth into Horn's neck five years ago and crushed his windpipe. The two illusionists plan a one-night-only comeback in February. More »

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      Las Vegas  • tigers  • Siegfried and Roy  • Siegfried Fischbacher  • Roy Horn

  • March 2008

    • Report Rips Zoo in Tiger Attack

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Mar 19, 08 7:37 CDT

      Report Rips Zoo in Tiger Attack

      (Newser) - When a 243-pound tiger escaped its pen and began mauling Christmas Day visitors, the San Francisco Zoo was painfully understaffed and ill-equipped to respond to the emergency, according to a new report. "The zoo is too often chasing problems," concluded the independent Association of Zoos and Aquariums of the attack, in which a 17-year-old visitor died and two friends were injured. More »

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      San Francisco Zoo  • animal attack  • zookeeper  • tigers  • Tatiana  • Carlos Sousa Jr  • 911 call  • tiger attack  • visitors  • Paul Dhaliwal  • Kulbir Dhaliwal

    • Endangered Tigers Fading Fast

      BBC  |  Mar 12, 08 8:51 CDT

      Endangered Tigers Fading Fast

      (Newser) - The World Wildlife Fund has warned that the world's tigers are in grave danger of extinction, reports the BBC. Experts believe tiger numbers have fallen in half over the last 25 years to as few as 3,500 worldwide, the WWF said. The South China tiger and the Sumatran tiger are in the most danger from habitat destruction and demand for tiger parts for use in Chinese medicine. More »

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      India  • endangered species  • conservation  • tigers  • World Wildlife Fund  • Sumatra  • habitat

  • February 2008

    • Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

      AFP  |  Feb 13, 08 11:50 CST

      Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

      (Newser) - At least half of India's Bengal tiger population has vanished in the last five years, according to the latest alarming census of the endangered predators. A Project Tiger conservationist blamed "poaching, and loss of quality habitat and prey," reports AFP. A 2002 survey estimated there were 3,700 tigers in India's reserves and forests, but the latest count found just 1,411. More »

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      India  • endangered species  • conservation  • tigers  • poaching  • predators  • Bengal tigers

  • December 2007

    • Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 29, 07 10:30 CST

      Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

      (Newser) - The first chaotic hour after an escaped tiger at the San Francisco Zoo killed a 17-year-old man on Christmas is revealed in riveting detail in the transcript of the police log released by authorities yesterday. The report shows that zoo employees first thought the injured man who reported the escaped Siberian tiger was crazy, the San Francisco Chronicle reports, perhaps slowing the urgency of the police response. More »

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      San Francisco  • police  • San Francisco Zoo  • tigers  • Tatiana

    • Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 28, 07 4:24 CST

      Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

      (Newser) - A San Francisco Zoo wall apparently scaled by a Siberian tiger who subsequently killed a teenage park patron is four feet lower than national standards, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The big cat, Tatiana, also mauled two of the victim's friends after her escape Christmas Day. Zoo officials initially reported that the wall surrounding the moat and tiger area was at least 20 feet high, but new measurements put it at about 12.5 feet high. More »

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      San Francisco  • San Francisco Zoo  • tiger mauling  • tigers  • Carlos Sousa Jr

    • Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 27, 07 11:18 CST

      Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

      (Newser) - The victims of the Christmas Day tiger mauling may have tried to climb into the animal’s enclosure, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Police have found a shoe and blood near the cage moat, and a footprint on the fence. “Somebody really agitated her and gave her some method to break out,” the zoo’s director said of Tatiana, the 4-year-old Siberian tiger who was shot and killed after the attack. More »

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      San Francisco Zoo  • tigers  • tiger mauling  • Tatiana  • Carlos Sousa Jr  • Siberian tiger

    • SF Zoo Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

      ABC News  |  Dec 26, 07 11:35 CST

      SF Zoo Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

      (Newser) - Investigators are attempting to figure out how a 350-pound Siberian tiger escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo yesterday, crossing a 15-foot moat and scaling a 20-foot wall. The tiger, Tatiana, killed a man and severely mauled two others before being shot and killed by police. The surviving victims are listed in critical but stable condition. More »

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      San Francisco  • San Francisco Zoo  • zookeeper  • tigers  • Tatiana

    • Zoo Tiger Escapes, Kills Visitor

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Dec 25, 07 10:03 PM CST

      Zoo Tiger Escapes, Kills Visitor

      (Newser) - A tiger escaped from its cage at the San Francisco zoo today and killed a visitor, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Two other visitors were attacked during the rampage, but they survived. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. Police shot the tiger dead as it attacked patrons of a zoo cafe. Officials aren't sure how the tiger escaped.  More »

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      San Francisco  • zoo  • tigers

    • Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      Associated Press  |  Dec 23, 07 7:45 CST

      Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

      (Newser) - Officials are searching for the thugs who skinned and beheaded a rare Siberian tiger at a zoo in central China. The female carcass—missing its head, legs and skin—was found outside its pen in Yichang City in Hubei province. Four homemade anesthetic rifles lay nearby. "It is highly possible that the killers anesthetized the tiger, opened the cage and then dragged the animal out and butchered it," said one official. More »

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      China  • zoo  • animal cruelty  • wildlife  • tigers  • World Wildlife Fund  • Siberian tigers

    • Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

      Associated Press  |  Dec 6, 07 5:15 CST

      Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

      (Newser) - In a rare victory for embattled conservationists, police in northern India yesterday busted a major tiger poaching ring as the gang was negotiating a sale of three tiger pelts and skeletons, AP reports. The remains were believed to be headed to China, where tiger body parts are sold on the black market for medicine, a major factor in the decline of India's tiger population.  More »

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      China  • India  • tigers  • poaching  • Big Cats

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