Tiger

Richard Parker, a massive bengal tiger lost at sea for nearly a year with only a teenage boy to keep him company. Or is it the other way around; Pi, a teenage boy with only a tiger to share the boat with? As interesting as it is unlikely, but just who are Pi and Richard Parker? Pi, formally Piscine, grew up at his father’s zoo, the same one where Richard Parker came upon. As the story states, the tiger was initially named Thirsty because he was caught while drinking, yet there had been a…

shot at? You, wouldn’t want to be shot at or shot just like these animals. Trophy hunting should be banned especially because of the endangered species that are becoming instinct, For example: The Black Rhinos, Red Pandas and Snow leopards, Siberian tigers are becoming endangered due to being hunted for their fur, claws, and horns. What is Trophy Hunting? Trophy hunting is the shooting of wild animals. The trophy is the pride of the hunter in order to keep it as the precious memory in his house…

Poachers kill them mainly for their horns and tails. People would pay about $50,000 for two horns from one single black rhino. That’s a lot of money involved so poachers can’t resist it. In some cultures, superstition also plays a roll for black rhino’s body parts; the people used to hang one of their tails in a room where a woman is giving birth and it’s suppose to help ease with labor pains. Since some people believe in that they would go out and buy a rhino’s tail. Black rhinos are like…

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…

It was reported that Tigers and lions have about 18,000 less room then they would in the wild. Also those polar bears have about one million times less space then they would in the wild. Tigers have been reported with up to 4,000 square miles in Siberia, how could a zoo exhibit ever compare to what they had in the wild. This being said how could animals breed…

awareness of the topic. These groups solely rely on donations, which allow them to lobby governments, raise awareness, maintain facilities and fund units like the anti-poaching team. A similar animal, the Amur Tiger also had a staggeringly low population. In the early 1900’s there was roughly 40 tigers left in the wild, but through conservation efforts the species was able to overcome this and has a current population of roughly 500. What the future holds for the Amur…

When imagining the deadliest animal in the world, the faces that usually come to mind are that of a tiger, a snake, or maybe a shark. However, the most dangerous animal in the world does not have the claws of a tiger, the venom of a snake, or the teeth of a shark. This animal is measured in millimeters, produces hundreds of offspring from a single mother, and feeds off human blood. It is the mosquito. The most common species is culex pipiens, but there are others such as aedes aegypti, aedes…

For instance, animals such the Amur Leopard, Amur Tiger, and the Red Panda are species that have been classified as endangered species because of human proceedings (Endangered Species Conservation). Although every year we are meant to lose 1 to 10 species, we are currently losing approximately 1,000 to…

know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice” –anonymous all I can think of is the elegant Bengal white tiger. The white tiger, scientific name Panthera Tigris Tigris is my personal favorite animal. The white tiger is awfully similar to the majestic Bengal tiger in appearance, behavior and, habitat apart from its beautiful ivory coat. The Bengal white tiger uniqueness is greatly thanks to its shocking appearance. The tiger’s magnificent appearance is a result of its glossy…

fight back. Then there are regular animals like tigers and wolves. Every day you have to fight for you life against these animals. Then on one day after Arode was scrounging for food, he took it to his house in the trees there were a mysterious knock on his door. Arode wondered “who could that be?” because he was the only one in “The Jacobian…