Nov 23, 2010
The year of the Tiger
“As Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book begins, Mother and Father Wolf are troubled to learn that the tiger, “Shere Khan, the Big One”, has shifted his hunting grounds. The wolves fear the tiger’s presence in their midst may anger local villagers and cause man to seek revenge, threatening animal and land alike.
In 1894, when this collection of short stories was published, 100,000 tigers roamed the wild. Today, that number has plummeted to 3,200. And Shere Khan’s hunting grounds – the habitats in which all wild tigers live – are vanishing. Tigers now occupy only 7% of their original range. We are fast approaching a time when the roar of a tiger in the wild will be replaced forever by silence.
In Kipling’s story, Mowgli, the man-cub, was rescued from a tiger. It is critical that we come together now to save the last of the great wild tigers – from man.”
Above text taken from the need to read article in the Gaurdian.
Below photos: some faces of the only 30 remaining tabby golden tigers in the world, others are the snow white bengal tiger, the royal white bengal tiger and the standard royal bengal tiger. Photographed by Barry Bland/Barcroft Media – absolutely stunning.
Please also visit the Global Tiger summit taking place right now in St Petersburg 21st – 24th of nov. And why not buy your christmas gifts here? Or from some other organisation that actually matters.
I think i will buy this for Sam 
…imagine if there will be no tigers left…what shall I then tell my son? Spread the word.
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Oh look at them!!
I love them! So beautiful.
How sad… how sad to think we could lose such creatures from this planet. That cannot happen!
Thanks for posting this!
Leonardo di Caprio just donated 1 million dollars to the cause
they are truly amazing animals! I hope more people become educated about this.
This is such a great post. I love nature and animals more than anything else, I am member of several organizations that are involved in conservation and I am an avid National Geographic reader…
Tigers are beautiful. (and cats)
Every year I always buy some of the christmas presents from non profit organizations, it depends on who the present is for.
Thanks for sharing.
bobbi
P.s.
I posted the comment on the wrong post…I’m silly!!
incredible images – frightening to think they could become extinct! I’ve always thought tigers looked the same – but these images show they are all truly unique. You can almost see their personalities in their faces – wonderful!