You are here: Home / 2010 / Archives for January 2010

On the Brink of Extinction: Time is Running Out for Tigers

January 3, 2010 By 6 Comments
siberiantiger1
Email

Time is running out for one of the world’s most beautiful, charismatic and powerful species, the tiger.  According to conservationists, the wild tiger population has declined by 95 percent during the past century.  Only 3,200 tigers, Panthera tigris, remain in the wild today.

DOA: Big Cats with Traveling Circus Die During Road Trip

January 3, 2010 By 2 Comments
tigercubdavidpape
Email

Nine big cats with the Russian traveling circus, Dream Circus, died during a 20-hour road trip last month. According to reports, eight tigers and a lioness died during the journey across Siberia en route to a holiday circus performance in Yatkutsk.  Two of the big cats were rare Siberian tigers, Panthera tigris altaica.

2009: Bad Year for Endangered Manatees

January 1, 2010 By 2 Comments
manateeandcalf
Email

According to a recent press release, 2009 was a very bad year for the Florida manatee, Trichechus manatus latirostris.  In fact, preliminary data indicates 2009 had the highest number of documented manatee deaths on record.