"This lady came up and said, 'Oh my gosh, you can ride them? Can I pet them?' " recalled Cassie Egbert, international marketing officer for the Montana Department of Agriculture in Helena. "Then she said, 'Can I buy them as pets?'

WWF-MALAYSIA refers to the recent news "Hope Remains for Siberian Tigers" of the Siberian tiger cubs born in the Lost World of Tambun Sunway City. The three new tiger cubs are the third generation born since they started breeding Siberian tigers in

The goal of captive breeding is, or rather, should be, to build up and maintain an adequate number of a species to successfully re-establish genetically sound wild population bases. In effect it sounds simple enough. In practice it is, of course,

Unfortunately some places have found this a good opportunity to abuse this endangered species and even sell tiger parts for a profit. Xiongsheng Bear & Tiger Entertainment City in China was/is just one of these places (it is unknown whether or not the

Kai, one of The Parks at Chehaw's four cheetahs, unexpectedly died Tuesday, less than a week before the season's first "Breakfast with the Cheetahs" program, the park announced Wednesday. Chehaw Executive Director Doug Porter said Kai, who was nearly

Feisty 'Billy' Arjan Singh is a conservationist recognised by most tiger lovers. Born in Gorakhpur in 1917, he joined the British army in 1940 and fought in World War II. Upon his return to India he puchased a farm on the edge of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve and

Our national animal, the tiger, is our pride and protecting it is our duty. In the 1970s, Mrs. Indira Gandhi was acknowledged by the world to have saved the tiger in India. Today, we are in a similar situation where only a leader of great foresight and

"Project Tiger provides real hope for the survival of the striped predator in India. The Prime Minister of India has made a personal promise to save the tiger. And we now have over one million 'Kids for Tigers' around India who have sworn to help save

The tiger is arguably the most magnificent and recognized of all animals, but is facing a very real risk of extinction in the wild. As human populations continue to soar, the tiger's forest home has reduced to about 7 percent of its former extent. This

Imperilled cat I have always held that the leopard has not received its due respect from its arch predator - Homo sapiens. My favourite of all the big cats has always been persecuted. In some places, it is even considered a 'pest' to be eradicated. My