Happy Global Tiger Day!
Today, July 29, is Global Tiger Day. It is a day set aside to honor and protect the most magnificent cat of all, the tiger (Panthera tigris). The Situation Tigers…
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Q&A with Dr. Kalli Doubleday: Studying Tiger Reintroductions in India
I am thrilled to be able to bring you this Q&A with Dr. Kalli Doubleday. Dr. Doubleday is a geographer who recently earned her PhD from the University of Texas…
Big Cats in the Snow for Christmas
To all those celebrating Christmas today, merry Christmas! I have procured a simple gift for you: a series of photos of big cats in the snow. Scroll down to view…
Instagram is Raising Awareness about Abusive Wildlife Selfies
Wildlife selfies can be seriously problematic. In October, National Geographic published an investigative article on the trend of “selfie safaris,” in which tourists pay money to take pictures of themselves…
Controversy Surrounds Cambodia’s Plan to Reintroduce Tigers
The Indochinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) is considered to be functionally extinct in Cambodia. These cats, which are thought to be the population from which all other tiger subspecies originated,…
The Five Most Endangered Cat Species
The environmental news network Mongabay recently published a list of the five most endangered wild cat species. They are: The tiger (Panthera tigris): 2,154-3,159 mature individuals in the wild The…
Palm Oil is Threatening the Elusive Clouded Leopard
Clouded leopards are some of the most elusive and understudied cats on the planet. They comprise two species: the Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi) and the Indochinese clouded leopard (Neofilis…
Thanks for Supporting Tigers on Global Tiger Day!
Yesterday I received an email from Panthera: the NGO that is dedicated to conserving the world’s wild cat species. They were running an important fundraiser for Global Tiger Day (July…
