Four Asian Tigers

Question 1 a) According to Lindsey et al. (2013), the restriction of lion trophy imports to the US and EU can result in a number of potential negative consequences for conservation, particularly the loss of major revenue sources (a single lion hunt can generate between $60,000 to $120,000). Considering that 85% of hunted lions are exported to these two markets, the resultant reduction in the demand for lion hunting would lead to lower prices, which in turn could make it prohibitive for…

There are only about 500 Amur tigers left in the wild. One of these endangered Amur tigers, Zolushka, which means Cinderella in Russian, gave birth to two cubs, that doubled the parks population. Zolushka is named after cinderella because she is an orphan. She lost her own mother when she was just four months old. Soon after two curious hunters found her alone in Russia, likely orphaned by poachers. She was starving and had frostbite, so the two hunters took her to a wildlife department. She had…

from Lowndes County, Alabama, the first three crossbands were complete, followed by a dark stripe that ran down either side of the body, with points of pigment reaching up to the midline in six places but never getting there, after which the last four crossbands on the tail were also complete. A specimen found in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana by Ernest A. Liner, had a similar striped pattern, with only the first and last two crossbands being…

with tigers. My first stuffed animal was a white tiger named Bone Tiger. Once I had Bone Tiger, I took him everywhere with me. As I got older, I would ask my parents for more stuffed animal tigers. Although I collected many stuffed animal tigers throughout my life, I have always kept Bone Tiger. My interest in tigers continued to grow as I got older. I grew up in Medway, MA., which is about 30 minutes from Southwick’s Zoo. Southwick’s Zoo is one of the few zoos in Massachusetts that has tigers…

The Burmese Python, which is an invasive species that rules the Everglades National Park, is extremely dangerous. According to Tarshis, “full grown pythons are the kings and queens of the Everglades” because they eat so much (8). These invaders cause so much pain and destruction. There were bird lovers in Hawaii, and they wanted the rats to go away from the fields. “The bird lovers ordered 73 Indian Mongooses from Jamaica. The plan that they hoped mongooses would help the rat population,…

poached for there horn, much like the elephant, the Rhino’s horn can be sold at a very high price. The reason that the horn can be sold for such a high price is because it offers many old traditional benefits. powdered horn is used in traditional Asian medicine as a supposed cure for a range of illnesses ranging from hangovers to fevers and even cancer. But the current surge has been primarily driven by demand for horn in Vietnam. As well as its use in medicine, rhino horn is bought and consumed…

Spider monkeys are found in the tropical lowland rainforests from Mexico to South America. Spider monkeys live mainly in the top of the tree canopy. They range from sea level to higher ground. Spider monkeys are also considered to be very intelligent compare to the gorillas. They are also called spider monkeys because they look like spiders when they are hanging by their tail, which is also considered a fifth hand. Their tail is sometimes longer than their body and is used for climbing and…

connection between the two different stories. The hyena which represented the crazy cook killed the injured zebra who was actually the Chinese sailor and the motherly orangutan who was Pi’s own mother. The Bengal tiger, Richard Parker, was in fact Pi himself. In fact, was Pi’s struggle with the tiger actually an internal struggle he had to face alone? There was a break, a deep silence that filled the interrogation room. Pi ended his second story with “‘Is that better? Are there any parts…

Paragraph 1 The Lady Or The Tiger Essay In the short story called the Lady Or The Tiger by Frank Stockton we read about Semi Barbaric King and his arena/court where he sends people who have convicted of Criminal offences. When they are sent to the arena they have a choice to pick two door behind one door there is a man eating tiger and behind the other there is a beautiful woman that the person who was convicted of a crime would be immediately married to that woman. The stories main…

Tigers are wild beasts, created to hunt and kill. Coexisting with such a large, dangerous animal seems frankly crazy. However this was the case for Pi in Yann Martel’s novel, Life of Pi. Pi was stranded in what seemed to be a hopeless situation with not much more than his faith, a tiger, and his will to live. In this novel as well as in normal human life faith is a very important aspect of people's lives. For Pi this was evidenced in his time stranded on the boat with a 450 pound bengal tiger.…