Sentences with phrase «on wild tigers»

This would be effectively declare an open season on wild tigers.»

These dogs are tan with dark stripes much as you see on wild tigers.

Not exact matches

NEW DELHI — Hot on the heels of a study that used feces to track penguin populations from space (ScienceNOW, 6 June), researchers in India are reporting that DNA from tiger poop can help them estimate the cat's numbers in the wild.

Laska's team found that when the compound was smeared on wood, Siberian tigers and three species of wild dog at the nearby Kolmården Wildlife Park found it just as attractive as the meat they are usually fed with.

McAloose and her colleagues are now working on collecting samples from dogs and small wild carnivores in the Russian Far East to get a more complete picture of the various strains of CDV in circulation in the hopes of linking tiger infections to a source, knowledge that would hopefully aid in preventing more infections among tigers.

And yet, based on your article, for a long time we haven't even been able to accurately tell how many there were in the world — wild tigers, obviously, not those in captivity.

Its natural beauty, peaceful atmosphere and yoga on the banks of the Ganges go hand in hand with a host of adventure activities like white water rafting, camping, trekking, rock climbing, bungee jumping and jungle safari in Rajaji National Park to sight tigers and other wild animals.

Several projects were successfully completed or reached significant milestones, including: First time in 100 years that the global population of wild tigers has increased, with 60 % growth where WWF - Canada works on tiger conservation in Nepal; first ever certified sustainable cod fishery in Canada; first ever national measure of the health of our freshwater ecosystems reaching 75 % completion; and, end of oil exploration interests near Arctic's Lancaster Sound region

In other words, smart independent retailers can acknowledge kitty's need to walk on the wild side, while still providing the tools to tame the tiger.

The calming blink works on house cats, feral cats, and even tigers in the wild, according to behaviorist Roger Tabor.

Provides interesting articles on tiger conservation and about wild animals of India.

I will never support neutering a wild animal like a tiger or bear because that IS cruel, but dogs and cats have been domesticated over centuries and have a solid dependence on humans.

Cats love an excuse to pretend they're still wild tigers on a daring hunt, whether that's innocent birds, inquisitive mice or nasty scorpions, cats don't discriminate.

Most vets are not trained as wild animal vets unless they specialize as such and because of this are simply not able to handle working on tigers....

You may not wake up with a tattoo on your face, a tiger in the bathroom, or a missing buddy, but Alaska Airlines Signature Visa card will get your bromance or girls - gone - wild party on the road.

History and heritage are its mainstay, but there are moments in the «wild» in the tiger territory of Nagarhole Park and a relaxed time on a Goan beach with glistening white sands.

If you're serving under an emperor, you can take on different tasks to level up your character (such as short missions where you have to kill wild tigers attacking a village), and participate in battles that your ruler initiates.

The major exhibitions of the 1980s (Palazzo delle Esposizioni di San Marino, 1983 and Guggenheim in New York, 1989) were characterised by a pictorial practice that took on increasing significance, becoming «long and fast», a natural habitat for wild, «prehistoric» animals such as the rhinoceros, crocodile, tiger, bison, owl, all of which were also bearers of a clear primacy.

Here's more on «Wild Tigers on a Crowding Planet» and why it's a conservation bargain to invest in building the resilience of the last spots where tigers have a durable foothold.

Dignitaries and participating organizations pledged new support for controls on poaching, efforts to limit tiger - human clashes in populous areas and steps to conserve habitat, with money coming both from the 13 countries where tigers still roam and nations whose citizens desire a world with room for wild tigers.

This is no small part because some Twitter user named @LeoDicaprio led a nomination blitz Tuesday night in recognition of my recent focus on the relatively low cost of conserving wild tigers (and a possible role by a successful company that names its operating systems for tigers and other big cats).

4:57 p.m. Updated Craig Packer, a University of Minnesota biologist whose specialty is Africa's lions, read my posts on the tiger as an imperiled wild cat and Apple marketing icon and e-mailed a reminder of the troubles facing the world's other uber - charismatic feline predator.

«WWF is alarmed that the loss of forests is taking such a high toll not only on the remaining wild elephants and tigers in Sumatra but also on global climate change,» said Dr Sybille Klenzendorf, director of species conservation at WWF - US.

According to WWF's mission statement on the subject: «We can save wild tigers.

We educate deer hunters on how to hunt responsibly and on how to behave if they encounter tigers in the wild.

In November 2011, a wild Amur tiger was captured on camera for the first time in an area of northeastern China — a key finding for the breeding and resettlement of the tiger population in the region.

John Bryant, CEO of snack food giant Kellogg's, found himself in hot water last week on a quarterly earnings call when one investor took the company to task for its part in destroying vital Indonesian peatlands that store vast amounts of climate - polluting carbon, and rainforests home to the last 400 remaining wild Sumatran tigers in the world.

However, some conservationists were wary of raising the matter in Hua Hin, preferring instead to focus on encouraging China to invest more in wild tiger ranges, particuarly on its southern border with Laos.

With only 3,000 left in the wild, tigers are among the most endangered animals on the planet.

Rabinowitz makes two points which really make you sit up: 1) conservation groups really need to be held accountable for their efforts at big cat conservation, and 2) even with massively reduced habitat tiger populations could be ten times higher than they are today.Rabinowitz says that the world's 2500 - 3000 wild tigers live on just 5 - 7 % of their former range, but even that small about of remaining habitat «could probably hold up to 30,000 tigers right now at reasonable densities.»

White Tigers Vulnerable To Predators, Poachers «In the wild, white tigers rarely reach maturity because the mutation in their fur color makes them vulnerable to predators and poachers,» the BBC reports in a video on its site.

Poaching: a side - industry Workers who distill the oil deep in the jungle also often rely on poaching rare animals (tigers, pangolins, peacocks, pythons and wild cats) for food or for extra income on illegal wildlife markets.

Deforestation on the tiger's native island of Sumatra is a serious problem and continues to threaten the habitat of the few remaining wild cats.

Meanwhile, more than 50 law enforcement officials, including sheriff's deputies, highway patrol officers, police officers and officers from the state Division of Wildlife, spent Tuesday night patrolling the grounds of a 40 - acre farm and were forced to shoot and kill nearly 30 lions, bears, tigers, cheetahs and wolves that escaped from a wild animal preserve on the Muskingum County Animal Farm.