Tag: tiger

  • Salman Khan set to launch bodyguard Shera’s son Tiger in Bollywood

    Salman Khan set to launch bodyguard Shera’s son Tiger in Bollywood

    Bollywood actor Salman Khan is reportedly all set to launch his bodyguard Shera’s son, Tiger. The actor is on the lookout for female actors to be cast alongside Tiger, as per a report by Etimes.

    Salman has previously helped launch artists like Sonakshi Sinha, Athiya Shetty, Sooraj Pancholi, among others. Moreover, he has gone on to suggest that he would continue to launch forthcoming actors as long as he can.

    According to a news report by Pinkvilla, Salman Khan had announced that he would launch his bodyguard’s son Tiger’s acting career back in 2019. Moreover, Satish Kaushik has been requested to direct Tiger’s debut film.

    As per the same report, a source close to Salman Khan revealed that the script has been finalised and the narration is also done. They are only yet to finalise a female actor.

    On the work front, Salman will next be seen in Kisi Ka Bhai Kisi Ki Jaan and Tiger 3.

  • Couple receives tiger cub after ordering kitten online

    Couple receives tiger cub after ordering kitten online

    A couple in France was shocked when they discovered that they received a tiger cub instead of the kitten they had ordered online.

    According to details, the couple had paid 6,000 euros (Rs 1,157,793) to buy a ‘Savannah cat’. The French couple said they were doubtful about the animal after taking care of it for a week. When they called the cops, the investigation resulted in a very strange revelation that the animal was a Sumatran tiger cub.

    The Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) is a protected species of big cats and is forbidden for private ownership. The Savannah, on the other hand, can be kept as a pet. According to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), a tiger cannot even be transported without paperwork.

    After the case came to the light, the couple and nine other suspects were arrested for trafficking the protected species. Meanwhile, others involved in this incident are facing charges of being involved in organised crime.

    The cub is in good health and was handed over to the French Biodiversity Office.

  • ‘Man-eating’ tiger sentenced to a lifetime in captivity

    ‘Man-eating’ tiger sentenced to a lifetime in captivity

    A tiger accused of killing three people will spend the rest of its life in captivity, Indian officials said Sunday, saying the big cat was “too dangerous” to be allowed to roam free.

    According to AFP, the five-year-old male predator, also blamed for attacking cattle, had embarked on a trek more than 500 kilometres (310 miles) long from western Maharashtra state to central India’s Betul district in Madhya Pradesh state in 2018.

    “We gave it several chances to re-wild but it habitually went into human habitations,” said Madhya Pradesh’s chief wildlife warden, S.K. Mandal.

    “The only option left was to put it in captivity to ensure both the tiger and humans are safe.”

    The tiger — dubbed the “vagabond” or “nomad” by some local media — was first trapped in December 2018 after its long journey and held in captivity for two months.

    The big cat was eventually fitted with a tracking collar and shuttled between a tiger reserve and a national park.

    Officials however said it repeatedly strayed and hunted near human settlements, attacking cattle and endangering humans.

    Finally the tiger was tranquilised and sent to a zoo in Madhya Pradesh capital’s Bhopal on Saturday.

    Officials said the decision to capture the adult tiger was taken a few months ago, but was delayed due to the novel coronavirus lockdown.

    “It will take sometime for him to adjust to the new environment. We will be monitoring his behaviour,” Bhopal’s Van Vihar National Park director, Kamlika Mohanta shared.

    “As of now it will remain in solitary confinement. A decision to put it on display at the zoo or send it to a (fenced) safari will be taken later.”

    Human encroachment on tiger habitats have increased in recent decades in the nation of 1.3 billion people, leading to deadly conflicts with the animals.

    Nearly 225 people were killed in tiger attacks between 2014 and 2019, according to government figures.

    More than 200 tigers were killed by poachers or electrocution between 2012 and 2018, the data showed.

    India is home to around 70 percent of the world’s tigers. Last year, the government said the tiger population had risen to 2,967 in 2018 from a record low of 1,411 in 2006.

  • Tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

    A tiger at New York’s Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19.

    According to the zoo management, it is believed that the four-year-old Malayan tiger Nadia may have contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time.

    Nadia along with her sister Azul, two Amur tigers and three African lions all developed dry coughs but are expected to fully recover, the Wildlife Conservation Society that runs the city’s zoos said in a statement.

    “We tested the cat out of an abundance of caution and will ensure any knowledge we gain about COVID-19 will contribute to the world’s continuing understanding of this novel coronavirus,” the statement read, adding “Though they have experienced some decrease in appetite, the cats at the Bronx Zoo are otherwise doing well under veterinary care and are bright, alert, and interactive with their keepers.”

    “It is not known how this disease will develop in big cats since different species can react differently to novel infections, but we will continue to monitor them closely and anticipate full recoveries.”

    All four of the zoos and the aquarium in New York — whose virus death toll has topped 4,000 — have been closed since March 16.

    The zoo emphasized that there is “no evidence that animals play a role in the transmission of COVID-19 to people other than the initial event in the Wuhan market, and no evidence that any person has been infected with COVID-19 in the US by animals, including by pet dogs or cats.”

    Chinese disease control officials had identified wild animals sold in a Wuhan market as the source of the coronavirus pandemic that has infected well over one million people worldwide.

    According to the US Department of Agriculture website, there had “not been reports of pets or other animals” in the United States falling ill with coronavirus prior to news of the tiger Nadia.

    “It is still recommended that people sick with COVID-19 limit contact with animals until more information is known about the virus,” the department’s website says.

    In late March a pet cat was discovered infected with the novel coronavirus in Belgium, following similar cases in Hong Kong where two dogs tested positive for COVID-19.

    All of those animals are believed to have contracted the virus from the people they live with.

    The Bronx zoo said preventative measures were in place for caretakers as well as all cats in the city’s zoos.