by Nina Berry
Do not blame God for having created the tiger, but thank him for not having given it wings.
—INDIAN PROVERB
• The illegal trade in wildlife is the third largest in the world, after drugs and arms.
When you murder a tiger, you not only kill a strong and beautiful beast, you extinguish a passionate soul.
—SY MONTGOMERY, in “Spell of the Tiger:
The Man-Eaters of Sundarbans,”
in the Washington Post
• To save tigers, we must save the places they live—Asia’s last great forests. These incredibly diverse wild lands provide thousands of other species, including people, with food, freshwater, and flood protection.
• The tiger is the national animal of both India and Bangladesh.
When you see a tiger, it is always like a dream.
—K. ULLAS KARANTH, director, the Wildlife Conservation Society, Indian Program
• The Tungusic people of Siberia considered the tiger a near deity and refer to it as “Grandfather” or “Old Man.”
• In a poll conducted by Animal Planet, the tiger was voted the world’s favorite animal.
For more information, and to learn how to help preserve these animals in the wild, visit:
www.21stcenturytiger.org
www.wcs.org/where-we-work/asia/russia.aspx
or www.panthera.org
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