KATHMANDU — It starts off like the premise for a joke: “Why did the tigers cross the road?” But for researchers and conservationists in Nepal, the spread of roads throughout the big cats’ habitat is no laughing matter. A new study underscores just how serious the problem is, showing that road traffic impedes tiger movements […]
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Himalayan catfight looms as tigers, leopards venture into snow leopard land
KATHMANDU — A tiger sits quietly surrounded by trees, observing something in the distance. It then roars and darts toward its target: a leopard that jumps down from a tree. The two big cats confront one another, but with the leopard taking the submissive stance of lying on the ground, the standoff doesn’t escalate into […]
Tarzan and Tanya: How These Lions Went From a Cruel Circus to a Happy Ending
Tanya and Tarzan endured seven whole years of hell in a cruel circus in Guatemala. These poor animals were confined to a small barren cage the size of a queen-sized bed, according to rescuers with Animal Defenders International (ADI). Now, thanks to ADI the couple can remain forever inseparable in their forever home at the […]
Tiger Cub Confiscated During New Mexico Shooting Investigation Sent to Colorado Sanctuary
An approximately 4-month-old tiger cub presently being referred to as “Duke” was rescued after Albuquerque police officers responded to a call about gunshots fired. The call led officers to a convenience store where a bystander had been struck by a bullet. Soon after, police heard a gunshot coming from a nearby mobile home where they […]
Teenager is mauled to death by a tiger only for his 75-year-old grandfather to suffer the same fate 12 hours later – before a third relative dies of shock in India
A man and his grandson have been mauled to death in separate Bengal tiger attacks within 12 hours of each other. The first victim, 12-year-old Chethan was killed in a tiger attack on the evening of February 12 while harvesting coffee at a plantation adjoining a forest in Karnataka, southern India. Just hours later, on […]
Ukraine Lion in Severe Condition After Being Rescued From Russian Shelling
A lion in Ukraine is in “extremely severe” condition after being rescued from Russian shelling. UAnimals told Newsweek that the male lion was living in a small enclosure in the Sumy region of Ukraine, which borders Russia. He was here when the shelling took place, according to Oleksandr Todorchuk, Founder of Ukrainian animal welfare charity […]
How to Protect Big Cats in Your Travels and Help Stop the ‘Cuddle of Death’
Animal activists and wildlife conservationists have long since sounded the alarms of the detrimental effects of close encounter with wildlife attractions. Now there is proof that human-animal contact is not the best thing for wild animals and, worse, can cause irrevocable harm. New research on the popular wildlife tourist attraction known as “cub-petting” reveals the […]
Major win! US Senate passes the Big Cat Public Safety Act
In a major advance in our long fight against the abuse of captive big cats, the U.S. Senate just passed the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263/ S. 1210), a bill we have championed for years because it prohibits keeping big cats as pets and also bans contact between big cats and the public. […]