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Save The Tiger191 Signatures
Description:Once, there were 8 subspecies of tiger, now only 5 subspecies remain, in India, Sumatra, China and several other countries; around 7% of their historical range. Approximately 5000 of these magnificent animals survive in the wild, making their future incredibly bleak if action is not taken soon. Reasons for these low numbers include poaching for skins and Traditional Chinese Medicine, fragmentation of their habitat and shooting by farmers for attacks on livestock. Conflicts between humans and tigers have occured due to their close proximity - with deforestation for development of agriculture and timber industry, tigers have to survive on whatever prey they can find. Tigers bring tourists to less developed areas of it's range, making it's prescence beneficial for inhabitants of such countries. The tiger is a flagship species for conservation, and if we cannot save such a charismatic and beautiful animal, little hope remains for other, less recognised species. Please, pledge to save this species, the most bewitching of big cats, and defy those who believe the tiger will be extinct by 2010 Loading People... |
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I read with concern the plight of the tiger and the other big cat species located around the world. The trouble is all this deep seated concern comes mainly from wealthy Western countries who only have tiny zoo populations of these endangered animals. Charity for wildlife unfortunately starts at home and until world governments collectively take more responsibility and put pressure on countries which clearly flout their own animal/wildlife rights, then the problem will persist. The Chinese, for some unfathomable reason known only to themseleves, believe that if they swallow some powdered seal or tiger penis, then they will enjoy the largest erections known to man. This is clearly nonsense. What this belief has resulted in is to just make Chinese men shorter. Chinese women, on the other hand, have had to adapt and are also getting shorter. For obvoius reasons I can't comment on the size of their private parts, but nature, it would seem, is getting its revenge.
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