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Wildlife filmmakers focusing on endangered cats
South African wildlife photographers and authors Dereck and Beverly Joubert have worked in some of Africa's most remote areas for more than 25 years, recording the life cycles and decline of some of the continent's most iconic animals, in the process...Tags: India, Cat (animal), Ecosystems, Conservation, Natural Resources
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Vietnam's Lac Canh Dai Nam Van Hien theme park an adventure for tourists
Lions, tigers, bears and a haunted house in Vietnam?
It's not a fairy tale, and the only missing ingredient is a voice exclaiming, "Oh, my!"
Lac Canh Dai Nam Van Hien is a $219-million amusement park that began construction in 1999 and opened Sept. 11,...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Trips and Vacations, Amusement and Theme Parks, Vehicles, Entertainment
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Book Review: 'The Tiger's Wife' by Téa Obreht
Los Angeles Times Book CriticThe Tiger's Wife A Novel Tea Obreht Random House: 338 pp., $25 Here's what I like about Téa Obreht's debut novel, "The Tiger's Wife": Obreht can write. She can put a sentence together, inhabit characters with lives far different than hers; she can...Tags: Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Europe, Human Interest
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Your morning adorable: Amur tiger cub is ready for its closeup in German zoo
L.A. UnleashedAt the Wuppertal Zoo in Wuppertal, Germany, a two-week-old Amur tiger cub named Schuna is getting a great deal of attention from keepers. Schuna's mother, Mymosa, rejected the cub, so zoo veterinarian Arne Lawrenz and other staff members have taken...... -
Key breeding grounds must be protected to save tigers from extinction, researchers say
L.A. UnleashedJAKARTA, Indonesia â Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said. Only... -
Your morning adorable: Birth of rare Sumatran tiger cub surprises keepers at the Frankfurt Zoo
L.A. UnleashedAt Germany's Frankfurt Zoo, there was both great celebration and great surprise last month when a female Sumatran tiger named Malea gave birth despite the fact that zoo staff believed her to be infertile. "It looks like the last [fertility]...... -
Your morning adorable: Amur tiger cub and Sumatran tiger cub come to (playful) blows in German zoo
L.A. UnleashedIt's a tiger-cub extravaganza at Germany's Wuppertal Zoo. Tschuna, an Amur tiger cub born there in August, has been joined by Daseep, a Sumatran tiger cub born at the Frankfurt Zoo in September. Both cubs were rejected by their mothers...... -
China issues new suggested practices for zoos following allegations of widespread animal cruelty
L.A. UnleashedBEIJING â China has urged zoos to stop serving wild animal products and holding wildlife performances in an attempt to improve the treatment of tigers, bears and other animals amid concerns over widespread abuse in zoos and wildlife parks. The...... -
New books based on 'ZooBorns' website inspire conservation efforts through cuteness
L.A. UnleashedWhat makes a good baby picture? On ZooBorns.com, the babies have to be wild. Maybe obscure. Possibly endangered. Mostly, they have to be cute. "Cute always comes first," said Chris Eastland, an artist and photographer from Brooklyn, N.Y., who joined...... -
Over 1,000 body parts from poached tigers were seized in Asia over the past decade, report shows
L.A. UnleashedBANGKOK â More than 1,000 parts of tigers slain by poachers across Asia have been seized over the past decade, raising fears that the big cats are headed for extinction, says a new study by a key wildlife trade monitoring...... -
Battle over captive tigers in Cancun, Mexico, may soon be over
L.A. UnleashedMEXICO CITY â Cancun's "Pepe Tiger" may soon lose his big cats and his dream of opening a zoo near the sun-soaked Mexican resort city after a decades-long battle that has seen a mauling, animal cruelty charges and even claims...... -
Political leaders, wildlife experts to gather in Russia for Tiger Summit aimed at saving big cats
L.A. UnleashedST. PETERSBURG, Russia â Global wildlife experts and political leaders from 13 countries on Sunday open a meeting aimed at finalizing complex and costly plans to revive the world's tiger population, which has plummeted so sharply that it may be......
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