Tiger
Temple: Where You Can Play With REAL Tigers
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The beautiful big cats are pictured at the
controversial Tiger Temple in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, where around 100 live
alongside Buddhist monks. Many were brought to the reserve as cubs and have
grown up around humans. But even so these pictures ...
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The hunt for British Big Cats attracts far more newspaper column-inches than any other cryptozoological subject. There are so many of them now that we feel that they should be archived by us in some way, so we should have a go at publishing a regular round-up of the stories as they come in. Curated by Carl Marshall and Olivia McCarthy
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
NEWSLINK: Collaring the big cats
Collaring
the big cats
Methow Valley News
Jumping out of bed on freezing winter nights, heading out on snowmobiles into the Methow Valley backcountry, traversing miles of tough terrain on snowshoes – members of the Okanogan Cougar Project Team say they've loved every minute of it. For the past ...
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Methow Valley News
Jumping out of bed on freezing winter nights, heading out on snowmobiles into the Methow Valley backcountry, traversing miles of tough terrain on snowshoes – members of the Okanogan Cougar Project Team say they've loved every minute of it. For the past ...
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NEWSLINK: Another big cat found dead in Uttarakhand
Another
big cat found dead in Uttarakhand
Hindustan Times
Meanwhile, tiger deaths are continuously being reported from all parts of the state including CTR and Rajaji National Park. The forest department is responsible for these deaths as despite all efforts, the department has failed to conserve big cats in ...
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Hindustan Times
Meanwhile, tiger deaths are continuously being reported from all parts of the state including CTR and Rajaji National Park. The forest department is responsible for these deaths as despite all efforts, the department has failed to conserve big cats in ...
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Thursday, 30 May 2013
IMPORTANT NEWS: Grumpy cat gets rubbed out
JASON OXENHAM
GREYED-OUT: The artist who painted the much-loved grumpy cat has spent many hours creating artworks, only to have them covered over by Watercare.
CELEBRITY CAT: Grumpy Cat is a social media phenomenon.
The loss of a painting of a grumpy cat has sparked a discussion about the fate of one of Auckland's most prominent water towers.
The disgruntled kitty appeared on Big King reservoir last year and quickly gained the adoration of dozens of people who use the dog-friendly reserve. It resembled the famed Grumpy Cat of Facebook notoriety.
Eventually, like so much graffiti before it, the cat was covered over with grey paint.
Security cameras have also been installed on one side of the tower to keep taggers at bay.
But the anonymous person responsible for the grumpy cat painting says the cameras only stop the people doing legitimate artworks.
"It's never going to deter the ugly stuff, because you can pull your hoody up and tag the entire thing in 30 seconds. But I can't spend an hour up there painting anything nice anymore," he says.
The Mt Roskill resident has been painting the tower with his pop-surrealist pieces for about six years.
"I'm just trying to make my neighbourhood more interesting for me," he says.
"I'd cover that thing in paint if I could."
He says it is unfortunate that Watercare, the company responsible for the reservoir, cannot make the distinction between art and tagging.
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