“There is a story of a woman running away from tigers. She runs and runs and the tigers are getting closer and closer. When she comes to the edge of a cliff, she sees some vines there, so she climbs down and holds on to the vines. Looking down, she sees that there are tigers below her as well. She then notices that a mouse is gnawing away at the vine to which she is clinging. She also sees a beautiful little bunch of strawberries close to her, growing out of a clump of grass. She looks up and she looks down. She looks at the mouse. Then she just takes a strawberry, puts it in her mouth, and enjoys it thoroughly. Tigers above, tigers below. This is actually the predicament that we are always in, in terms of our birth and death. Each moment is just what it is. It might be the only moment of our life; it might be the only strawberry we’ll ever eat. We could get depressed about it, or we could finally appreciate it and delight in the preciousness of every single moment of our life.”
~ Pema Chödrön, The Wisdom of No Escape: How to Love Yourself and Your World
Tiger Conservation
In the spirit of delighting in the preciousness of every single moment, each moment for our planet’s dwindling tiger population counts. With only 3200 left, read more about tiger conservation, and if you are able to, support these amazing organisations’ important work here:
Tigers in Crisis – Information About Earth’s Endangered Tigers and the Efforts to Save Them
Panthera | Programs | Save the Tiger Fund
21st Century Tiger | Wild tiger conservation and fundraising.Tiger Conservation – wild tigers
Adopt a tiger today with WWF UK
Ensuring Tigers Live in the Wild Forever
As recently as one hundred years ago, more than 100,000 wild tigers (Panthera tigris) roamed the forests and grasslands of Asia. Today, less than 3200 tigers remain, occupying just 7% of their historic range. These remaining tiger populations are seriously under pressure due to three main threats:
- Wild tigers are directly hunted both to meet the demands of the illegal wildlife trade market, and due to human-tiger conflict, where local people take retaliatory measures to protect themselves and their livestock.
- Tiger habitat is either being destroyed due to conversion for agricultural purposes and human development, or fragmented, leaving only isolated ‘postage-stamp’ size areas that are not sufficient for the long term survival of wild tigers.
- Tiger prey, like deer and wild pigs, have been overhunted by people either for subsistence or for sale on the black market. Lack of wild prey increases the chance of tigers feeding off of livestock, which in turn fuels human-tiger conflict.
Excerpt from: Panthera | Programs | Tigers Forever.
I think more and more animals are going instinct due to the increasing activities of hunters. The government needs to do something about this. Its disheartening to hear that 100,000 tigers are now reduced to 3200. Tiger conservation should be encourage. Your one dollar can help by donating today