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Submitted: September 25, 2010
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Date Taken:Nov 23, 2008, 5:27:03 PM
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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Wild Animals

...or is it "lunch"?

A photo that, for some reason, never got uploaded. It's from a seedy zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand called "Tiger Kingdom. I don't recommend it.

The photo depicts a young male Indo-Chinese tiger eying his brother from a log, whom is about to get a butt full of claws and teeth.

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Tigers are the largest of the big cats and are exclusively found in Asia from India to Vietnam, from Indonesia to the Russian Far East. The tiger can be divided into 9 subspecies: 4 are currently critically endangered and 3 are already extinct. Though estimations of tiger populations only a few years ago was 5,500-6,000, today populations are likely closer to 3,500 and are still declining. Dramatic declines of the tiger in India, thought to host the majority of the world's tigers, have fallen to less than 1,411. Overall, the past decade has seen a 40% reduction in tiger habitat, which now represents a mere 7% of its historic range. Poaching is a significant problem throughout the tiger's range, the demand for its body parts in traditional medicines, tonics, and exotic dishes driving a lucrative trade that is wiping out entire populations. Long-term threats include habitat fragmentation and prey depletion, which is accelerating the tiger's demise and subsequently reducing the long-term genetic viability of many populations.

If you want to help, the best for you to do is to educate yourself ([link]), never buy products made from tigers or endangered species ([link]), and tell others. Contact me for more information.

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~SweetCarolyne Oct 5, 2010

I like that picture !
I heard about such zoos where tourists can take pictures with wild animals as a souvenir
for me this shoud be forbidden
I feel sorry for these animals