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Carbon-Based (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Jonathan Woodliff in the Jakarta Post : With only 19 days to go before the critical UN climate summit in Copenhagen, environmental activists are right to be highlighting Indonesia's unenviable position as one of the world's largest emitters of greenhouse gases. There is no doubt that long term abuse and mismanagement of the nation's forests is the main cause, which is why Greenpeace set up a "Climate...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Another Trapped Sumatran Tiger Dies in Aceh A two-year-old female Sumatran tiger was killed by villagers after it tried to break into a chicken coop belonging to a resident of Silolo village in South Aceh. Syafwan, the head of South Aceh’s Natural Resources Conservation Agency, said the tiger, measuring a meter in length, tried to enter a chicken coop behind the house of Muhammad Rajab, 45, at...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Tiger comes out to play Tuesday, 3 November 2009 A rare Sumatran tiger, Kabus, has emerged to explore his outdoor enclosure. The young male tiger, from Chessington Zoo, is 19-months-old and since the initiation of the global tiger studbook in 1967, is the first tiger to live in Belfast Zoo as part of a European breeding programme. Curious Kabus prowled around his paddock searching for food parcels...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Irma Hermawati, who works for a nonprofit, seeks to stem a lucrative trade in rare animals, including orangutans and the Sumatran tiger, that is evident in teeming Indonesian markets. The monkey, shackled to an iron stake, paced a narrow strip of dirt filled with its own excrement. As people laughed and pointed, the creature bared its teeth and lunged at the end of its line.
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Greenpeace UK blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The Kampar peninsula on the island of Sumatra sits deep in the heart of the Indonesian rainforest. Part of the ring of tropical forest that circles the middle of the planet, it’s rich with diversity – a unique and complex ecosystem, sustaining fishing communities, hunters and farmers, full of unique plants and animals, and home to endangered species like the Sumatran tiger and the Wallace’s...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Two Sumatran tiger cubs born in Medan zoo Sunday, October 25, 2009 21:30 WIB Medan, N Sumatra (ANTARA News) - A Sumatran tiger gave birth to a male and female cub in a North Sumatran zoo early on Sunday, a veterinarian said. Sucitrawan, who took care of the Sumatran tiger said the birth of the two cubs was the very first in the zoo after it was moved to Jalan Bunga Rampe IV, Simalingar B, here. "The...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Big cat delights crowd at zoo New tiger: Despite a ‘mob scene’ Bali takes his first appearance in stride JOYCE CHEN; The News Tribune Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium’s newest Sumatran tiger made his big debut Saturday. Bali, an 11-year-old transfer from the San Francisco Zoo, lounged around in the 4,950-square-foot Asia waterfall display, unperturbed by curious zoo visitors. “We...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Stray Sumatran tiger frightens villagers The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Sat, 10/24/2009 6:31 PM National A Sumatran tiger has been found roaming around Jambo Papeun village in Meukek district in South Aceh regency, sparking fear among local residents. Villager Suparto said Saturday he spotted the stray carnivore two days ago when he was fishing in the river just behind his house. “I could only pray...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Meet zoo’s new tiger Saturday THE NEWS TRIBUNE Published: 10/23/09 12:05 am Updated: 10/23/09 4:00 am Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium will celebrate “Tiger Day” Saturday, the public meet-and-greet party for its newest Sumatran tiger, Bali. The new tiger’s name was chosen through an online public survey. The results unveiled Thursday weren’t even close: 74 percent of...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Sumatran Tiger named "Bali" by public vote Updated Oct 22, 2009 - 5:28 pm By JAMIE GRISWOLD MyNorthwest.com The Point Defiance Zoo is celebrating all things tiger this Saturday as new Sumatran Tiger Bali makes his zoo debut. Bali moved up from San Francisco, and Andy Goldfarb, Senior Staff Biologist at the Point Defiance Zoo says they're hoping to get some cubs from their new arrival. "We...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Sumatran Tiger Population Now Only 500 October 23, 2009 10:53 AM TAPAKTUAN (Indonesia), Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The number of the Sumatran tigers (Phantera Tigris Sumatrae) living in the forests of Sumatra now only 500, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported. "There are now only 500 of them left, and the number is constantly declining," Head of the Gunung Lauser National Park, Area I, Rusman...
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Cool Science News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
An endangered Sumatran tiger wades through a stream Tom Brakefield / Getty From Time Magazine: The planet is in the middle of an extinction crisis, the sixth great wave in its history. But unlike major extinction events of the past — like the Permian-Triassic event 250 million years ago, in which 70% of all terrestrial species were wiped out, probably because of an asteroid impact or a similar...
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Dublin Zoo announces names of endangered Sumatran Tiger cubs 15/10/2009 - 12:31:15 Two Sumatran Tiger cubs born at Dublin Zoo in May took centre stage again today after a nationwide competition found names for them concluded. Keepers sifted through hundreds of entries before selecting “Emas”, meaning “Gold” in Indonesian for the male cub and “Wanita” meaning “Woman”...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
The two Sumatran Tiger cubs born at Dublin Zoo in May have been named Emas and Wanita following a nationwide competition.
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Big Cat News (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
Public to choose name of new tiger at Point Defiance Zoo Oct 14 2009 There's a new tiger in town at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, and he has two names. The zoo is asking for the public's help in choosing which of his current titles -- Bali or George -- best fits the 300 pound animal. The 11-year-old Sumatran tiger was called Bali for 10 years until a donor at his previous home renamed him George....
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