AUSTRALIA (ENDANGERED SPECIES) It’s one thing to hear about the dwindling polar bear population or to a watch video of white bear cubs struggling to find ground in a swell of arctic waves. But it’s a different matter to see the 13-foot sculpture of a polar bear, carved from ice, melting beneath the heat of a palm tree. The ice bear carving isn’t just a pretty statue, however — it’s a serious piece of metaphoric artwork, the proceeds of which go to help an undeniably noble cause. — Global Animal
(ENDANGERED TIGERS/VIDEO) Watch the video in a forest in Indonesia where three Sumatran tiger cubs playfully chase a leaf and adult tigers, captured on infrared cameras, roam through a clearing at night. The footage exemplifies why the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is urging logging companies to drop plans to clear Indonesian forest areas where these critically endangered Sumatran tigers and their cubs live. How rare are these tigers? There are only about 400 left in the wild, according to the WWF, of which 12 live in the Bukit Tigapuluh forest that’s on the chopping block. Unless the Indonesian government enforces its pledge to protect this forest area, the Sumatran tiger will most likely go the way of the Bali Tiger and the Java Tiger, which is to say, gone forever. While the WWF is applying pressure to reverse the logging threat, we can all take action in support of tiger conservation as individuals, such as reducing paper waste and buying recycled paper and FSC-certified wood products. Recycling isn’t glamorous, and the big picture of how our choices effect a global reality can seem like an abstraction. But a world without tigers is too drab to contemplate. Thankfully, there’s still time to ensure that tigers, with their magnificent stripes, remain part our world’s design. – Leah Lessard Jeon, Global Animal
AUSTRALIA – New parks are to be created as marine and wildlife sanctuaries in Western Australia, but the new protections proposed for this area in Kimberly will still allow oil drilling, mining, and commercial fishing. It seems these new protections don’t protect against anything.
One of the world’s largest tiger populations – the Bengal – could disappear by the end of this century. The threat of extinction is caused by rising sea levels due to climate change, which may destroy their habitat along the coast of Bangladesh in an area known as the Sundarbans.
(TIGER) RUSSIA/CHINA — Russia and China celebrate the year of the Tiger by creating the first protected area Siberian (Amur) tigers. Read what this means for 20 of the world’s remaining 450 Amur tigers and other endangered species. — Global Animal
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