http://www.bigcats.com/ bigcats.com en-us Copyright BigCats.com Thu, 17 May 2012 05:15:11 -0700 vanAnnies Ghost Writer @ http://www.GetTheGhost.com/ http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/alert-in-maha-tiger-reserves-to-curb-poaching_775964.html Zee News Similarly, rewards will be given to locals who pass on information about poachers to authorities and help protect tigers following the state government's decision to involve them in having a positive stake in wildlife conservation. ]]> Spot Bot News Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/alert-in-maha-tiger-reserves-to-curb-poaching_775964.html http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/alert-in-maharashtra-tiger-sanctuaries-to-curb-poaching/999788.html IBNLive.com PTI | 04:05 PM,May 17,2012 Mumbai, May 16 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has issued an alert in the tiger sanctuaries in the state following information that poachers are preparing to hunt down tigers. Principal Secretary (Forests) Praveen Pardeshi ... ]]> Spot Bot News Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/alert-in-maharashtra-tiger-sanctuaries-to-curb-poaching/999788.html http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8469101 Ninemsn Thai police have discovered the frozen body parts of several tigers and other big cats thought to be destined for buyers in Vietnam and China in a raid on a suburban Bangkok house. Two men, one Thai and one Vietnamese, were arrested after police found ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8469101 http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/17/3504959.htm ABC Online Leigh Harvey won't say where he saw the melonistic leopard in the Upper Hunter as he "doesn't want to worry people". Leigh saw the large cat for about 6-7 minutes at 10:30am one Spring morning. It appeared to be stalking two foxes, who got wind of it ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/17/3504959.htm http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120517-346446.html AsiaOne Two men - one Thai and one Vietnamese - were arrested after police found a freezer containing the parts of at least three tigers, one panther and a wild cat. "From our initial interrogation, they said they planned to send the animal parts to a ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120517-346446.html http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/society/tigers-the-focus-of-national-conservation-programme-1.72275 Tuoitrenews The wild tigers living in the provinces of Dak Lak, Dien Bien, Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Kon Tum and Quang Nam are Indochinese tigers (Panthera tigris corbetti), weighing from 180-200 kilos and 1.7-2.3 metres in length. Statistics from the Worldwide Fund for ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/society/tigers-the-focus-of-national-conservation-programme-1.72275 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Leopard+scares+Luweero+farmers/-/688334/1407364/-/ttqmmu/-/ Daily Monitor Normal work for farmers and herdsmen has been halted in Kirunda and Buwanuka villages in Kamira Sub-county over fear that a leopard that injured two residents last week could be wandering in the area. Kamira LC3 Chairman Livingstone Kategaya yesterday ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Leopard+scares+Luweero+farmers/-/688334/1407364/-/ttqmmu/-/ http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/kenyas-bustling-city-nairobi-lions-stalk-residents Alaska Dispatch In the latest incident of growing conflict between humans and wildlife in East Africa, a lion stalked an upmarket suburb of Nairobi for months before being shot dead by park rangers. The lioness was one of a group of six that in January left Nairobi ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/kenyas-bustling-city-nairobi-lions-stalk-residents http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/fishing-cat-killed/950426/ Lucknow Newsline LUCKNOW: An FIR was lodged against unidentified persons for beating to death a fishing cat, a rare animal, in Bulandshahr's Chit Sona Alipur village on Wednesday. Forest officials suspect the fishing cat strayed out of Hastinapur sanctuary, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/fishing-cat-killed/950426/ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fishing-cat-killed/950426/ Indian Express LUCKNOW: An FIR was lodged against unidentified persons for beating to death a fishing cat, a rare animal, in Bulandshahr's Chit Sona Alipur village on Wednesday. Forest officials suspect the fishing cat strayed out of Hastinapur sanctuary, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fishing-cat-killed/950426/ http://www.king5.com/news/slideshows/Triplet-snow-leopards-born-at-Woodland-Park-Zoo-151790105.html KING5.com The snow leopard is a moderately large cat native to the high mountain ranges of Central Asia and Russia, including in Afghanistan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Nepal and Pakistan. Snow leopard scientists estimate as few as 3500 remain in the ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.king5.com/news/slideshows/Triplet-snow-leopards-born-at-Woodland-Park-Zoo-151790105.html http://www.kplu.org/post/snow-leopard-triplets-woodland-park-zoo KPLU News for Seattle and the Northwest First, it was a litter of endangered red wolf pups at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma. Now, Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo is announcing the arrival of three endangered, yet adorable, snow leopard cubs. Zoo officials say the cubs were born May ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.kplu.org/post/snow-leopard-triplets-woodland-park-zoo http://dailypioneer.com/nation/65900-nations-united-against-china-vietnam-tiger-medicine.html Daily Pioneer According to sources, as signatories to the Global Tiger Initiative, both nations have been asked to tighten up anti-poaching measures. China, which claimed to have a wild tiger population of 40 to 50 cats, has four species of tigers - the Amur, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://dailypioneer.com/nation/65900-nations-united-against-china-vietnam-tiger-medicine.html http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Frozen-tiger-parts-found-in-wildlife-haul-30182183.html The Nation Two men - one Thai and one Vietnamese - were arrested after police found a freezer containing the parts of at least three tigers, one panther and a wild cat. "From our initial interrogation, they said they planned to send the animal parts to a ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Frozen-tiger-parts-found-in-wildlife-haul-30182183.html http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/cheetah-india-2012.html Wildlife Extra The plan, headed by Dr. MK Ranjitsinh, who served as India's first Director of Wildlife Preservation and is now Chairman of the Wild Trust of India (WTI), aimed to reintroduce cheetahs in stages over the next decade. In an advisory capacity, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/cheetah-india-2012.html http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UPSAIO0.htm BusinessWeek Theerapat says the carcasses of one complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, one panther and a fishing cat were found in freezers. He says the suspects told police the carcasses were smuggled from Malaysia and were destined for China. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-05/D9UPSAIO0.htm http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2012/5/16/3021653/jaguars-offseason-review-wide-receiver Big Cat Country He offers ability after the catch, potential added value as a kick returner, and can run some Wild Cat if the Jaguars so choose to. Chris Forcier - Forcier, like Brown, made the 90-man roster after a tryout at the rookie mini-camp. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.bigcatcountry.com/2012/5/16/3021653/jaguars-offseason-review-wide-receiver http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0516-hance-jaguars-sea-turtles.html Mongabay.com At first, an encounter between a jaguar (Panthera onca) and a green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) seems improbable, even ridiculous, but the two species do come into fatal contact when a female turtle, every two to four years, crawls up a jungle beach to ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0516-hance-jaguars-sea-turtles.html http://www.cultofmac.com/167398/why-the-next-version-of-os-x-after-mountain-lion-wont-be-named-after-a-cat/ Cult of Mac Up until Mountain Lion, OS X's ?Cat? codenames kept on evolving from Cheetah to Puma to Jaguar to Panther to Tiger to Leopard. Once Lion hit, it seemed Apple had peaked, with no bigger lions to choose from, but then Cupertino surprised everyone with ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.cultofmac.com/167398/why-the-next-version-of-os-x-after-mountain-lion-wont-be-named-after-a-cat/ http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/16/3613153/thai-police-seize-tiger-parts.html Kansas City Star AP In this picture released by FREELAND Foundation, officers from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation examine a dead tiger's paws after the animal was seized during a raid, in Bangkok on Wednesday May 16, 2012. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.kansascity.com/2012/05/16/3613153/thai-police-seize-tiger-parts.html http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/16/as-thailand-wildlife-raid/ Las Vegas Sun Theerapat says the carcasses of one complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, one panther and a fishing cat were found in freezers. He says the suspects told police the carcasses were smuggled from Malaysia and were destined for China. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/may/16/as-thailand-wildlife-raid/ http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/frozen-tigers-among-wildlife-haul-1.1298091 Independent Online ... including tigers and lions among other rare species, in a raid on an illegal wildlife supplier. Police said that operation was part of a global network importing protected animals from countries in Africa and elsewhere and breeding them for illegal ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/frozen-tigers-among-wildlife-haul-1.1298091 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/thai-police-seize-tiger-carcasses-believed-destined-for-china/2012/05/16/gIQAlyPUTU_story.html Washington Post Theerapat says the carcasses of one complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, one panther and a fishing cat were found in freezers. He says the suspects told police the carcasses were smuggled from Malaysia and were destined for China. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/thai-police-seize-tiger-carcasses-believed-destined-for-china/2012/05/16/gIQAlyPUTU_story.html http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Thai-police-seize-tiger-parts-said-to-be-for-China-3562264.php Seattle Post Intelligencer In this photo released by FREELAND Foundation, the carcasses of 2 tigers seized during a raid are placed side by side as one is photographed at the Wildlife First Aid Clinic of the Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Thai-police-seize-tiger-parts-said-to-be-for-China-3562264.php http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/781eba312e3c4b7c8ff02dce04de5afd/AS--Thailand-Wildlife-Raid/ The Republic Theerapat says the carcasses of one complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, one panther and a fishing cat were found in freezers. Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a raid at a ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/781eba312e3c4b7c8ff02dce04de5afd/AS--Thailand-Wildlife-Raid/ http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120516-346380.html AsiaOne BANGKOK - Thai police on Wednesday discovered the frozen body parts of several tigers and other big cats thought to be destined for buyers in Vietnam and China in a raid on a suburban Bangkok house. Two men, one Thai and one Vietnamese, were arrested ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20120516-346380.html http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/40-lakh-i-supari-i-for-25-tigers-in-maharashtra-211680 NDTV The alert was issued after a tiger was found dead last month in a poacher's trap in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve at Chandrapur, a 1.5 hour drive from Nagpur. Anish Andheria, director, Wildlife Conservation Trust told NDTV, "When you find a jaw trap near a ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/40-lakh-i-supari-i-for-25-tigers-in-maharashtra-211680 http://www.irna.ir/News/General/1st-Stocktaking-meeting-to-review-%E2%80%9CGlobal-Tiger-Recovery-Program%E2%80%9D-underway-in-Delhi,-Report/80136221 Islamic Republic News Agency The first Asia Ministerial Conference (AMC) on Tiger Conservation, held in Hua Hin, Thailand, in January 2010, played its critical role in preparation for the International Tiger Forum in Russia. Three primary objectives of the meeting are to take the ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.irna.ir/News/General/1st-Stocktaking-meeting-to-review-%E2%80%9CGlobal-Tiger-Recovery-Program%E2%80%9D-underway-in-Delhi,-Report/80136221 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/kenya/120515/lions-nairobi-animal-conservation GlobalPost In the latest incident of growing conflict between humans and wildlife in East Africa, a lion stalked an upmarket suburb of Nairobi for months before being shot dead by park rangers. The lioness was one of a group of six that in January left Nairobi ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/kenya/120515/lions-nairobi-animal-conservation http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/frozen-tiger-parts-among-thai-police-wildlife-haul-4 MSN Philippines News ... including tigers and lions among other rare species, in a raid on an illegal wildlife supplier. Police said that operation was part of a global network importing protected animals from countries in Africa and elsewhere and breeding them for illegal ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/frozen-tiger-parts-among-thai-police-wildlife-haul-4 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/maharashtra-issues-red-alert-for-tiger-poachers-who-might-kill-25-tigers-211680 NDTV The alert was issued after a tiger was found dead last month in a poacher's trap in the Tadoba Tiger Reserve at Chandrapur, a 1.5 hour drive from Nagpur. Anish Andheria, director, Wildlife Conservation Trust told NDTV, "When you find a jaw trap near a ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/maharashtra-issues-red-alert-for-tiger-poachers-who-might-kill-25-tigers-211680 http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/05/16/frozen-tiger-parts-among-thai-police-haul Times LIVE Two men, one Thai and one Vietnamese, were arrested after police found a freezer containing the parts of at least three tigers, one panther and a wild cat. "From our initial interrogation, they said they planned to send the animal parts to a Vietnamese ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.timeslive.co.za/scitech/2012/05/16/frozen-tiger-parts-among-thai-police-haul http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/365355.html Thai News Agency MCOT BANGKOK, May 16 -- The Crime Suppression Division (CSD) on Wednesday raided a rented house in Bangkok's Khan Na Yao district today, seizing the carcasses of two tigers, one panther and one fishing cat, and arrested one Thai and one Vietnamese. ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/365355.html http://www.nsnews.com/technology/Sutherland+cougar+sighting+prompts+warning/6628854/story.html North Shore News A woman living near East 21st Street and Highway 1 reported the animal to conservation officers just after midnight Wednesday. The woman was reportedly walking with a companion in a park area when she spotted the animal shortly before the cougar ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.nsnews.com/technology/Sutherland+cougar+sighting+prompts+warning/6628854/story.html http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Poaching-biggest-threat-to-tigers-20120516 News24 Illegal hunting and trade, driven by demand from within and outside Malaysia, were the most devastating threats to the tiger and other wildlife species, the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers said. "Tigers are much sought after for their bones, ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Poaching-biggest-threat-to-tigers-20120516 http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=23206&latest=1 VOCM A department spokesperson tells VOCM News that while Conservation Officers were not able to confirm the sighting, they did receive a report of a cougar from a resident of Conne River on Monday. The sighting is under investigation, and no other calls ... ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=23206&latest=1 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120516/WILLIAMSON0701/305160009/Triune-Bobcat-s-visit-reminder-our-beautiful-wildlife The Tennessean It was not necessarily afraid of me, nor did it make me feel threatened. But when I looked out my kitchen window on the first day of May with memories of May Day and May baskets from childhood, the bobcat was what greeted me. What a surprise! ]]> Spot Bot News Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.tennessean.com/article/20120516/WILLIAMSON0701/305160009/Triune-Bobcat-s-visit-reminder-our-beautiful-wildlife http://www.bigcats.com/artrank.php?productid=3999545 Close View of an African Lion Cub

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