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Cats are not just pets or some other animal to me. They are grace and playfulness and power and more made animate. They
help me to see innocence and light in a dark and cruel world. They are familiars to the spiritual realm and healers and helpers
in the physical.
Meet the Tiger (information courtesy of Care2.com)
Characteristics of the Tiger:
- Adults are solitary hunters.
- Males and females come together only to mate.
- Tigers are not picky eaters; they can go many days without food.
- These animals have excellent night vision, great hearing, good pouncing ability, strong jaws and patience -- characteristics
for hunting.
- The tiger hunts at night, even though they are also active during the day.
- Tigers are excellent climbers, good swimmers and fast runners.
- Tigers not only have stripes on their fur, but also on their skin. These stripes are like human fingerprints; no two tigers
have the same pattern of stripes.
- A tiger can consume as much as 40 kg (88 lb.) of meat in one feeding.
- White tigers are a variant of Bengal tigers and are rarely found in the wild anymore.
Distribution:
- Tigers live in a variety of habitats in Asia, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar.
- Tigers are generally found in rain forests, dry and mixed deciduous forests, evergreen forests, mangrove swamps, grasslands
and savannah.
- The estimated wild population is approximately 5,000 - 7,000.
Threats:
- Almost every part of the tiger -- bones, eyes, and even whiskers -- is valued in East Asia for medical practices. Tiger
parts are used to cure or ease human ailments, make people live longer and aid in sexual performance. This demand for tiger
products causes tigers to be hunted for their parts and has been detrimental to maintaining a stable population.
- Although the Convention on International Trade on Endangered Species (CITES) banned trafficking of tiger parts in 1975,
global sales of Asian tinctures still pose the greatest threat to tiger populations throughout Asia.
- In the early 1900s, about 100,000 tigers were in the Asian forests.
- Human pressures from hunting and habitat destruction exterminated the Bali, Caspian, and Javan tigers.
Protection Efforts:
- Wildlife Conservation Society works to protect tigers throughout their range, operating field projects in India, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Thailand and the Russian Far East.
- Dr. K. Ullas Karanth, conservation zoologist of the Wildlife Conservation Society is one of India's pre-eminent tiger experts, and has been an
active conservationist in southern India for the past 20 years.
- 21 public parks exist to protect the tigers. India's concentrated effort to save the tigers began in 1972 under Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi when she started "Project Tiger".
- Eco-Tourism may also be contributing to tiger conservation.
- In addition to government sponsored programs, non-profits, such as the Sierra Club's Saving Wild Tigers volunteers, have embarked on ambitious programs to earmark priority areas for tigers, and protect them.
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| The Tree of Life |
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Below are my Neopets. Aren't they just adorable? My boyfriend showed me his Neopets, and I just knew I had to adopt some
of my own! They keep me entertained for hours. I've built a nice little home for them in Neopia Central. They even each have
their own room! I run a little shop and employ an Aisha named Portia to run it. She's really nice. You should stop by and
visit us!
The pictures and species' names are Copyright 2003 NeoPets.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission.
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| Charlin_the_Fierce |
This is Charlin, a kougra. He was my first ever Neopet. Don't let his name fool you, though. He may look tough,
but he's a sweetie at heart. He helps me look after his younger siblings, especially Gennzo, the zafara. Chaz and Gennzo like
to go on picnics to Mystery Island and visit the natives there. Chaz tries to keep Gennzo out of trouble, though it's
hard sometimes.
Click here to visit the webpage I've created for him!
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| Sarachii |
Yo! I'm Sarachii, and something strange happened to me! Mom and I were able to collect all of the pieces of a map
that lead us to a secret laboratory where an insane scorchio is trying to perfect a ray gun to boost neopets' statistics for
battledome. I go every day to help him out. It's scary, 'cause I never know what'll happen to me, if I'll change colour
to starry, or gain levels or hit points, or change species and become a techo, or even change gender and become
a boy! (That happened to me once. It's wasn't much fun. I like being a girl!) Once I've tired of the suspense, I'll
let you know what species and gender and colour I am. *smiles*
Anyway, my mom helped me create my very own webpage full of what you're dying to know about moi! So click
here now!
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| Gennzo |
{Gennzo, say hi to everyone!} Hi everyone! I'm Gennzo, a zafara. My mom created me on the 3rd day of the month of
Storing! (That's 3 Nov. for anyone who's never been to Neopia before.) I live in a bamboo house with my older brother Chaz,
my older sister Sarachii, and my adopted sister Lumiaz. They're a fun bunch. Especially Chaz. He takes me fun places like
Terror Mountain to watch the snow wars, and Meridell to see the Turmunculus. He says if I'm very good, one day he'll take
me to meet the great Mumbo Pango of Mystery Island! How exciting! My favorite thing to do, though, is annoy Sarachii. She's
so funny when her 'do gets all ruffled 'cause she's mad at me! Hee-hee! Oh yeah! I almost forgot! For more fun info
on zafaras, click http://petpages.neopets.com/~Gennzo.
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| Lumiaz |
Meet Lumiaz, my newest neopet. I adopted her from the Neopian Pound. The Pound is a great place to find pets that need
as much love as anyone in Neopia. Owners who have abandoned their pets for one reason or another leave them in the care of
Dr_Death, but he's not as scary as his name. Lumiaz has told me of all the times he lets the pets have "just 5 more minutes"
outside to run and play before bedtime. He works really hard, with not much money, to try and make sure that every neopet
has shelter and food, and hopefully one day a good home. Please feel free to visit Lumiaz's webpage for information on the Pound and more of Neopia!
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