Tag: Tigers

Sumatran tigers infected with coronavirus at Indonesian zoo

Two Sumatran tigers were recovering at a Jakarta zoo after being infected with coronavirus, Indonesian officials said Sunday, as they probed how the critically endangered animals got sick. Nine-year-old Tino and 12-year-old Hari tested positive in mid-July after they experienced flu-like symptoms, trouble breathing and appetite loss. But the male tigers were on the mend after treatment. “Both animals are healthy now,” Suzi Marsitawati, head of Jakarta’s Parks and Forest Service, said in a statement. […]

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Vietnam suspends wildlife trade as pandemic prods action

HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — Vietnam, one of Asia’s biggest consumers of wildlife products, has suspended all imports of wild animal species “dead or alive” and vowed to “eliminate” illegal markets across the country. The directive signed by the leader of the Communist country follows an international scandal over the sale of wildlife, which has been blamed as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic in neighbouring China. It is a major victory for conservation groups who […]

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Tiger, pangolin farming in Myanmar risks ‘boosting demand’

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar’s law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife products. The Southeast Asian nation is already a hub for the illegal trafficking of wildlife, a trade driven by demand from neighbouring China and worth an estimated $20 billion worldwide. In June, Myanmar’s Forest Department quietly gave the green light to private […]

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Crouching tigers, hidden cameras: Nepal counts its big cats

BARDIA, Nepal (AFP) — Thousands of camera traps help conservationists track Nepal’s wild tiger population, which has nearly doubled in recent years as the big cats claw back from the verge of extinction. On the front-line of the painstaking survey are trained locals in western Nepal’s Bardia National Park where tiger numbers have grown nearly five-fold.

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Baseball: Verlander strikes out 10 in Tigers’ opening win

CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — Detroit ace Justin Verlander says he still feels Opening Day nerves, but it didn’t show as he struck out 10 in the Tigers’ 6-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday. Verlander had the comfort of plenty of offensive support, with JaCoby Jones, Nick Castellanos and Ian Kinsler all belting homers for the Tigers in a game postponed from Monday because of rain. Verlander pitched 6 1/3 innings, striking […]

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