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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: tigers

tigers stories: 14 news summaries

 SF Statue Honors 
 Killer Zoo Tiger 

'I felt sorry for the sordid and needless way she died,' man says of Tatiana

Dec 26, 08 6:23 PM CST
(Newser) - A San Francisco artist has commemorated the tiger who fatally mauled a teenager at the city’s zoo last Christmas with a statue, the Chronicle reports. “I wanted to do something to commemorate the life and death of this beautiful creature,” Jon Engdahl, 48, said of Tatiana, who... More »

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animal attack • tigers • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo

 Tigers Turn to
 Humans After Floods  

Maneaters stalk villagers in West Bengal

Oct 26, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - First came the floods, now come the tigers. A remote village in West Bengal is dealing with a soaring number of tiger attacks since the powerful predators were driven across the border from Bangladesh by flooding. Villagers report 15 attacks already this year, six of them fatal, according to the ... More »

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India • animal attack • tigers • Bengal tigers

OPINION

Farming Tigers for Profit Best Way to Save Species

Strategy may dull beasts, but conservation ridiculous when it's at human expense

Jun 22, 08 5:42 AM CDT
(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... More »

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conservation • India • farming • tigers • animal rescue groups • Jim Corbett National Park

 Siegfried, Roy Adopt Tiger Cubs 

Five new arrivals will help with Roy's recovery, says his partner

Jun 13, 08 12:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

 Report Rips Zoo in Tiger Attack

Facility was understaffed and unprepared for emergency

Mar 19, 08 7:37 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Endangered Tigers Fading Fast

Numbers plummet as WWF calls for quick action

Mar 12, 08 8:51 AM CDT
(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... More »

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endangered species • conservation • India • Sumatra • tigers • World Wildlife Fund • habitat • South China tiger • Sumatran tiger

Tiger Numbers Plummet in India

More than half vanish in 5 years

Feb 13, 08 11:50 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Police Logs Detail Chaotic Response to Escaped Tiger

Skeptical first report slowed response

Dec 29, 07 10:30 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Tiger's Wall Lower Than National Standard

But how she jumped it is beyond me: zoo chief

Dec 28, 07 4:24 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Zoo: Killer Tiger Was Provoked

Shoe, blood by fence indicate a visitor may have dangled leg

Dec 27, 07 11:18 AM CST
(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... More »

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

SF Zoo
Probes Deadly Tiger Attack

Investigation focuses on animal's escape route over wall, moat

Dec 26, 07 11:35 AM CST
(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... More »

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San Francisco • animal attack • zookeeper • tigers • Tatiana • San Francisco Zoo

Zoo Tiger Escapes, Kills Visitor

Two others mauled at San Francisco zoo before police shoot tiger dead

Dec 25, 07 10:03 PM CST
(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... More »

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Thugs Skin Tiger in China Zoo

Carcass of beheaded female discovered outside cage

Dec 23, 07 7:45 AM CST
(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... More »

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

Cops Bust Major Tiger Poaching Ring

Skeletons headed from India to Chinese medicine markets 

Dec 6, 07 5:15 AM CST
(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... More »

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