Friday October 23, 2009, 12:35 pm
OMG...After reading this article it even gets worse than the photos, when these poachers were caught, they were armed with better guns than the "Rangers"...what is with that????

And...they may get time?

Oh just put me out of my misery to hear about this anymore and just shoot these guys!!!! Better yet, can get get a Super Tiger that will do the death grip on this poachers and just end our pain of losing these special creatures?

This is sick, wrong and apparently Not enough is getting done to remedy this.

Friday October 23, 2009, 9:01 pm
This so sad, it just shows you how shameless those animal trafficers are.
poor babies, i hope they live.

Saturday October 24, 2009, 6:43 am
There's a petition to help stop tiger poaching at:

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/130423089

Saturday October 24, 2009, 10:20 am
Marilyn, it is VERY common for poachers to have better weapons and equipment than the officers. Forestry and wildlife officials in these countries are severely underpaid or even don't get paid for weeks or months at a time. Many times, this is what can cause some of these officers to go along with poachers. It is up to us to help provide clothing and other equipment for these officers to do their duty.

Saturday October 24, 2009, 10:25 am
I couldn't send you directly a message, but I know of organizations that actually help officers as well as people living with tigers with basic needs:

http://www.tigerwatch.net/ (Tiger Watch is based in Ranthambhore)

http://www.tigerawareness.co.uk/ (Tiger Awareness mostly works also in Ranthambhore but also works in Bandhavgarh, both in India I may add)

http://www.globaltigerpatrol.org/ (Global Tiger Patrol does a lot of work throughout India)

http://www.21stcenturytiger.org/ (21st Century Tiger works mostly in the Russian Far East as well as Sumatra)

http://www.tigrisfoundation.nl/ (Tigris Foundation works in the Russian Far East)