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Could the U.S. really have more tigers in captivity than exist in the wild? This video explores the growing and largely ...
By sticking to a narrow interpretation of export permit requirements, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George is missing a golden opportunity to end the rampant exploitation of ...
Seneca Park Zoo's female Amur tiger Katya is being treated for a noncancerous tumor on her bladder wall, zoo officials ...
Established in 2002 by animal welfare advocate Bobbi Brink and nestled in a cozy spot on Martin Way in the hills of Alpine, ...
Natural cases are not common. Golden Tabby tigers are mostly born in captivity for research and conservation because they have slim chances of survival in the wild. Conservation and protection ...
Median life expectancy of Amur tigers in captivity is 14.3 to 16 years, meaning that half survive for fewer years and half survive for more. Currently, Katya — who was born in 2005 at Seneca ...
Seven rescued tigers are settling in at Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge, where they’re finding healing, space to roam, and a ...
Zoos might be depressing, but rather, for what happens outside their fences. There are more tigers in captivity today than there are in the wild. The elephants in the pachyderm house are safe from ...
A thylacine or 'Tasmanian wolf', or 'Tasmanian tiger' in captivity, circa 1930. These animals are thought to be extinct, since the last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930 and the last captive ...
"rehabilitated" in captivity or released deep in the park. Resident Surya Prasad, who has been active in a community-forest project, said: "If the tiger had come to our home and killed us ...