It’s World Tiger day today, but is it time to celebrate? Well, it depends what reports you read.
Bhutan has 100 tigers, 30pc up on a previous estimate, according to a new survey. Good news.
Bangladesh has 106, less than a quarter of the 440 estimated a decade ago. Bad news.
India’s Bengal tiger population is up 30pc to 2,226, but they are only now including all tigers in the country in the census.
Confusing news.
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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
Sunday, 2 August 2015
NEWSLINK: Rare good news for endangered big cats
The population of endangered tigers in Bhutan is over a third larger than previous estimates suggested, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) revealed today. The country is home to 103 tigers, where experts had thought there were only 75.
The new figures are the result of Bhutan's first national tiger survey, which WWF Bhutan Country
Representative Dechen Dorji described as a "roaring success." National tiger surveys, the WWF said, are "a crucial step in the Tx2 goal" to double wild tiger numbers.
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The new figures are the result of Bhutan's first national tiger survey, which WWF Bhutan Country
Representative Dechen Dorji described as a "roaring success." National tiger surveys, the WWF said, are "a crucial step in the Tx2 goal" to double wild tiger numbers.
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NEWSLINK/VIDEO: Lazy big cat rides on black rhino's back in South African nature reserve
This amazing footage shows a big cat hitching a lift with a black rhino by climbing onto it's back.
The genet has been pictured several times over the past year perched on the back of larger animals, including the rhino, but this is the first time it has been captured on video.
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The genet has been pictured several times over the past year perched on the back of larger animals, including the rhino, but this is the first time it has been captured on video.
Read more and watch the video...
Friday, 31 July 2015
NEWSLINK: Cecil The Lion's Death: Stars React With Anger & Disgust
The world, including many stars in Hollywood, are expressing their outrage surrounding the death Cecil the Lion, one of Africa's most beloved big cats.
Following the news that Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, killed the lion and is now being investigated by Zimbabwean authorities; stars have taken to social media with harsh words for Palmer.
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ARTICLE: Milwaukee's great 'lion' hunt — of 1961
This isn't Milwaukee's first, well, catfight.
Reports of sightings of a lion — or "lion-like creature" — on the city's north side and thereabouts this past week sound surprisingly similar to a series of big-cat sightings that made front-page news in The Milwaukee Journal in February and March 1961.
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Reports of sightings of a lion — or "lion-like creature" — on the city's north side and thereabouts this past week sound surprisingly similar to a series of big-cat sightings that made front-page news in The Milwaukee Journal in February and March 1961.
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NEWSLINK/VIDEO: Man facing charges after jumping fence to pet cougars at Ohio Zoo
An Ohio man is in hot water after he climbed into the cougar enclosure and filmed himself interacting with the big cats, reports People.
Joshua Newell, 35, recently posted a video on YouTube of himself hopping a fence at the Columbus Zoo to pet the big cats through a second barrier. He is now charged with criminal trespassing.
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Joshua Newell, 35, recently posted a video on YouTube of himself hopping a fence at the Columbus Zoo to pet the big cats through a second barrier. He is now charged with criminal trespassing.
Read more and watch the video...
NEWSLINK: Lions Are Now Free to Stroll Akagera Park
The gates of the quarantine Boma were opened, yesterday; the seven which were introduced into Akagera National Park nearly a month ago are now strolling outside their temporary enclosure.
By mid afternoon, the first lioness stepped out of the 1000sq meter perimeter Boma and a waterbuck corpse was placed outside the gates to encourage them move out of the enclosure to explore their new home.
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By mid afternoon, the first lioness stepped out of the 1000sq meter perimeter Boma and a waterbuck corpse was placed outside the gates to encourage them move out of the enclosure to explore their new home.
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