ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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GOVERNMENT, RESEARCH AND WILDLIFE

In the thread 'Big Cats News 2', poster 'Tigerluver' recently contributed to a debate on the meaning of research for wildlife (in general and tigers in Indian reserves in particular). His conclusion was wildlife only has a chance when government is interested. Research in itself, without the support of government, seems to have little impact.

In the last decade, some countries have changed their attitude towards wildlife. India and Russia in particular show a lot more interest than they did in the past. There are different reasons for the shift seen. Tigerluver thought cultural and political pride in particular could be important. It is a fact both India and Russia are blessed with natural beauty. The wildlife they still have can be seen as an assett. India seems to be proud of its tigers, but Russia isn't far behind. Putin in particular shows up quite often in Sichote-Alin and the Russian organisation active in this region has become more inportant in the last decade in particular.

It isn't difficult to be proud of the beauty of Sichote-Alin (and much of Siberia as well). This post, which can also be seen as an illustration of the two posts on the book of Joseph Velter (see above), has a number of photographs of Sichote-Alin, its forests and its animals. A thing of beauty undoubtedly.

Here's Putin with a sedated Amur tigress:

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SICHOTE-ALIN  FOREST

Both photos are from a blog of a UK-tourist who visited the region in July 2007. This part of Sichote-Alin, although they didn't see any, has tigers. Amur tiger habitat in summer:

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