I feel so sad to say that today, there are more tigers in captivity than in the wild :’( Tigers in captivity are those who are kept in circuses or in zoos or in prisons (fur farms in china, so as soon as they grow up they are killed for their fur and bones)…I mean look at this picture…Tigers are magnificent wild cats supposed to be free in the wild…not treated like means of entertainment in circuses or zoos
Take a pledge today and NEVER go to zoos or marine theme parks where animals are forced to live in small exhibits…it’s a small cage for them compared to their natural habitat…It’s like a JAIL to which they are sent, even when they haven’t committed any crime
Instead go to wildlife sanctuaries or national parks, where you can see them in their natural habitat…then only we can realize how IMPORTANT it is to protect them & nature…!!!
” QUIT SUPPORTING ANIMAL SLAVERY “
These are the pictures that environmental campaigners say shame China’s efforts to protect endangered tigers.
Despite signing international agreements banning the trade in tiger parts, an undercover investigation has discovered that the skins of the big cats are being openly sold with state approval.
The remains come from animals bred in so-called tiger farms and cramped zoos.
The beautiful beasts are kept in pitiful conditions and so badly fed they are emaciated, the Environmental Investigation Agency has revealed.
Their skins are sold to decorate the homes of the elite and their bones are ground down to make “tonic” wines — despite these being banned.
Stuffed: Tiger skin for sale
The agency’s report published today, Hidden in Plain Sight: China’s Clandestine Tiger Trade, also warns the trade is fuelling a rise in poaching as skins from wild tigers are a third of the price of farmed skins.
In just a few days their investigator was offered the skins of three tigers, one leopard and a snow leopard.
It is estimated that there are only 3,500 tigers surviving in the wild.
Sickening: Tiger carcasses piled up
Debbie Banks, from the agency’s tiger campaign said China’s support for initiatives to protect tigers was “one of the biggest cons in tiger conservation”.
She said: “WildAsian big cats are being poached to supply the market demand stimulated by China’s legal domestic trade in skins of captive-bred tigers.
“China must stop cynically stimulating and aiding a trade it has vowed to end,” she added.
Breeding for trade must stop: By Shruti Suresh of Environmental Investigation Agency
Any trade in tiger parts could have a significant impact on the number of wild tigers, that’s why any breeding for trade must stop.
Wild tigers are a vital factor in the health of their eco-system.
If you removed the ‘king of the jungle’ then their prey, such as deer, would flourish and impact on other plants and animals.
When you mess around with natural, centuries-old cycles the consequences will be devastating.
WARNING – EXTREME GRAPHIC FILM SHOWING SLAUGHTER OF LIONS – THIS IS CANNED HUNTING OF LIONS – In South Africa, the beautiful Lion is bred in captive facilities to be grown and sold to hunting facilities for what is known as Canned Hunting.
Canned Hunting is captive bred Lions inside enclosed areas and hunted/killed for people who have a blood thirsty psychosis and pay to kill a Lion. But before they are adult Lions, they are in facilities that use and exploit the Lion cubs as cuddle toys and photo opportunities for the unaware and/or uneducated tourist. This is what happens. Spread the education and help change the laws that allow these murderous acts. Avaaz.org is trying hard to stop it, please sign unit for this at https://secure.avaaz.org/en/stop_lion_slaughter_for_sex_aides_d/?fbgYadb&pv=58 . This is more than unacceptable, it is allowing criminal psychotic violent behaviour that is not only inhuman but such joy with killing and violence could easily translate onto any human being. Please help end this crime against nature.
The white lion population continues to be at risk, and captive breeding programs seek to keep them from disappearing completely. However, due to the small number of white lions available, there is a risk of inbreedingamong close relatives, which can lead to genetic problems. Conservationists have attempted to mitigate this risk by breeding the offspring of captive white lions with regular tawny l
ions.
White Lions are not legally protected in the wild or in captivity.They can be sold,traded and hunted into extiction. Through dedicated scientific study, the Global White Lion Protection Trust is working to have white lions classified as a rare variant or regional poly morphism of the African Lion, So that they may be formally protected locally nationally and globally.
