As you may have guessed if you follow me on instagram (@erinkaywilliams), I have been working with some big and small cats at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, my last placement on my placement year.
Showing posts with label Tigers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tigers. Show all posts
Friday, 8 May 2015
My New Placement- Wildlife Heritage Foundation
As you may have guessed if you follow me on instagram (@erinkaywilliams), I have been working with some big and small cats at the Wildlife Heritage Foundation, my last placement on my placement year.
Monday, 26 January 2015
Finally Some Good Tiger News- Part 2
So, last week it was finally released that Chester Zoo have some new arrivals in the form of 3 rare sumatran tiger cubs which were born the weekend before I started my placement at the Zoo on the 2nd Jan!
Now the cubs are already 3 weeks old and although they are not out and about yet, I expect they will want to be exploring a little more in the next month or so! So until I am able to capture some pictures of them once they are out of their den, here is the video of the cubs just after they were born released by the zoo.
Enjoy!
Love
Now the cubs are already 3 weeks old and although they are not out and about yet, I expect they will want to be exploring a little more in the next month or so! So until I am able to capture some pictures of them once they are out of their den, here is the video of the cubs just after they were born released by the zoo.
Enjoy!
Love
Sunday, 25 January 2015
Finally Some Good Tiger News- Part 1
Friday, 25 July 2014
Man attacked and taken by a Tiger
Some of you may have heard this story, others may not have but it still holds an important message.
A few weeks ago a man, Sushil Manjhi, was fishing for crabs with his 2 children in the Sundarbans National Park when a Bengal Tiger leapt out and grasped the man in his jaws shaking him furiously before disappearing with the body into the mangrove swamp. The two
children had tried to beat the tiger with sticks and a knife to no avail and the man was presumed dead.
Although this story is a sad one it is not uncommon, with this being the 4th tiger assault this year alone. Fishing in the national park is in fact illegal yet, because these crabs and other forest goods make good money at market, people risk their lives to enter the forest and fish in the rivers. In India, poverty is a national problem and it is the prospect of earning good money to feed their families which arrives individuals to run such risks.
With such a huge human population in India that continues to grow, conflict is likely to increase due to habitat reduction for the tigers, as more and more people move into where the tigers were once able to roam freely. The National Park, where the attack happened is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal Tiger species with India having half of the global Bengal Tiger population which is sadly decreasing due to the despicable demand for tiger organs and bones in Chinese medicine.
This attack just shows how powerless humans really are against these animals who are only acting upon natural instincts to survive. It is humans that are entering the tiger's territory and as tiger habitat decreases, it is the national parks which will become crucial for the species survival.
These species deserve to survive and live away from humans, but, is the human race too selfish to care about other species ahead of their own? Although this attack may not seem large in the scale of things, it is the beginning of a major problem, if the human population keeps on growing at the current rate, where are these people are going to live, and find work without causing conflict with the tigers. I guess only time will tell, all we can be certain of is this sadly won't be the last tiger attack in the Sunderbans National Park.
A few weeks ago a man, Sushil Manjhi, was fishing for crabs with his 2 children in the Sundarbans National Park when a Bengal Tiger leapt out and grasped the man in his jaws shaking him furiously before disappearing with the body into the mangrove swamp. The two
children had tried to beat the tiger with sticks and a knife to no avail and the man was presumed dead.
Although this story is a sad one it is not uncommon, with this being the 4th tiger assault this year alone. Fishing in the national park is in fact illegal yet, because these crabs and other forest goods make good money at market, people risk their lives to enter the forest and fish in the rivers. In India, poverty is a national problem and it is the prospect of earning good money to feed their families which arrives individuals to run such risks.
With such a huge human population in India that continues to grow, conflict is likely to increase due to habitat reduction for the tigers, as more and more people move into where the tigers were once able to roam freely. The National Park, where the attack happened is one of the largest reserves for the Bengal Tiger species with India having half of the global Bengal Tiger population which is sadly decreasing due to the despicable demand for tiger organs and bones in Chinese medicine.
This attack just shows how powerless humans really are against these animals who are only acting upon natural instincts to survive. It is humans that are entering the tiger's territory and as tiger habitat decreases, it is the national parks which will become crucial for the species survival.
These species deserve to survive and live away from humans, but, is the human race too selfish to care about other species ahead of their own? Although this attack may not seem large in the scale of things, it is the beginning of a major problem, if the human population keeps on growing at the current rate, where are these people are going to live, and find work without causing conflict with the tigers. I guess only time will tell, all we can be certain of is this sadly won't be the last tiger attack in the Sunderbans National Park.
Monday, 4 November 2013
Lion Bones Are Not For Sale
I have read many a story about how, now, due to tigers being so far and few between that the East Asian trade, especially of course China have turned towards Lions!
In the past year the sale of Lion bones have rocketed. Now private breeders of Lions who not only sell poor Lions for hunting where they release the animals 3 days before and then track the poor creature and kill it and now selling the bones of the animals after it has been killed for up to $5000. This trade has reached a level unacceptable. There is around 5000 captive lions along with the 2000 that live in national parks in South Africa. This means Lions are a much easier target than Tigers.
South Africa are yet to place a ban on Lion bones trade which is crucial for them to be able to survive. Rhino trade has already caused the species to become extinct in many areas.
Although educating China that there pointless medicines have no healing effect but are just destroying the nature around us is the most important thing its crutial that South Africa stop the sale of Lions!
No money is worth a species so beautiful and majestic. Not one penny!!
To read more Click the links below:
http://forcechange.com/64275/protest-the-use-of-lion-bones-in-chinese-medicine/
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/boost-for-war-on-lion-bone-trade-1.1601337#.Ungf-_m-068
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/apr/16/south-africa-lion-bones-trade
In the past year the sale of Lion bones have rocketed. Now private breeders of Lions who not only sell poor Lions for hunting where they release the animals 3 days before and then track the poor creature and kill it and now selling the bones of the animals after it has been killed for up to $5000. This trade has reached a level unacceptable. There is around 5000 captive lions along with the 2000 that live in national parks in South Africa. This means Lions are a much easier target than Tigers.
South Africa are yet to place a ban on Lion bones trade which is crucial for them to be able to survive. Rhino trade has already caused the species to become extinct in many areas.
Although educating China that there pointless medicines have no healing effect but are just destroying the nature around us is the most important thing its crutial that South Africa stop the sale of Lions!
No money is worth a species so beautiful and majestic. Not one penny!!
http://forcechange.com/64275/protest-the-use-of-lion-bones-in-chinese-medicine/
http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/boost-for-war-on-lion-bone-trade-1.1601337#.Ungf-_m-068
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/apr/16/south-africa-lion-bones-trade
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