Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Save them



Mankind as whole has to work to protect these creatures from becoming extinct. Humans are considered to be at the top of food chain.

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In a new designed foo chain, carnivores are at the top. We all feed off the sun's energy.

Animal activists, conversations  zoos are advocating for a animal that is not going extinct instead of worrying about animals that are going extinct. It has to be a group effort to save tigers and educate the general public in the process..



Crossbreeding animals aren't always the best and smart idea. True their have been pros and cons. For example; we can feed the population faster. However, is this speciesism? A term coined by Richard D Ryder in 1970s. This quote from the think-differently states,"I use the word 'speciesism', to describe the widespread discrimination that is practiced by man against other species ... Speciesism is racism, and both overlook or underestimate the similarities between the discriminator and those discriminated against," said Ryder. Animals may or may not a vote. Animals suffer many problems from cross-breeding even dogs. .



White tigers are taking spaces in zoos, where they will stay and only where they will stay. To Jackson Landers knowledge a news writer who wrote 'why white tiger should go extinct,' even believes so. "Zoos should be taking in the tiger sho are going extinct and not support the inbreeding on white tigers." The fix is to let these animals be free to exit in the wild. If tiger number grow and white tigers some to be on their own, then that would be a natural cause.

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http://www.think-differently-about-sheep.com/Animal_Rights_A_History_Richard_Ryder.htm
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2012/12/white_tiger_controversy_zoos_shouldn_t_raise_these_inbred_ecologically_irrelevant.html
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White tigers


Since white tigers are not albino and not a subspecies they are not meant to live in their natural habitat. There natural habitat is that of Florida; hot. Not the snowy mountains or icecaps. From research to this day there is no evidence to support that white tigers have lived long enough to become an adult. White tigers may not survive in the wild for these reasons:
  • A hunter will spot them and kill them. A white tiger is a nice trophy.
  • They will starve to death because they cannot catch prey, because the prey will see them coming.
  • They will die from the hand of other animals, who can spot them.
  • Other tigers may see their coat as a genetic liability and will not mate with them.
  • The mother may kill the cub, because she senses something is not right.

White tigers usually have to catch prey at night because that is the only camouflage they have. It is sad to always have to be extra extra careful when already sneaking up on prey.



However in the zoo there is no live prey and nothing that a white tiger should be doing normally. A tiger paces back and forth, some say that is the sign of a very sad tiger, including the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Because this is not how a tiger would act in the wild. Then again, white tigers are bred to be in zoos, technically this is normal behavior for them. 


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White Tiger Timeline



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Tigers should not die or any species of that matter. Future generations should not have to look in a book or a museum to see what once was a majestic creature. The planet needs to have certain animals to propagate the planet. A bee and ant are two of the most important creatures on the earth, but they are small.



Why should we save tigers?

 WWF Global gives some good reasons why
  • They are amazing creatures and they give humans ride
  • By saving tigers it can create a chain reaction to save tigers habitat from being ruined. Also, saving other endangered animals from becoming extinct that surround their habitat.
  • Give to the planet and it will give back to. Sounds like a win-win deal. Since we need the planet and the planet needs us.
  • It is unethical. The tiger has been around for millions of years and now it is being pushed away/out of its home. They are being eaten, killed, used for entertainment, and kept out of their habitats at a alarming rate.



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Kenny


Photo source: Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge
This is Kenny Rogers, his parents were both white tigers something that does not happen often. Usually a white tiger and a orange are usually interbred for diversity. His breeder took a shortcut and wanted to make more white tigers, that he could sell. He bred brother to sister and as a res ult Kenny here was born deformed from poor genetics.  They wanted to put Kenny and his twin brother Willie Nelson(a orange tiger that had been born with cross eyes) to death but Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge stopped them from doing so. Kenny and his whole family was rescued and now live a happy life together. Many do not see pictures of deformed tigers, because they put the tiger cubs down the instant they do not come out "perfect." Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge is the closet Kenny will get to being the wild, but it is better than death? Currently, Kennys' mother is the only one that lives and everyone else in the family has passed away including Kenny, according to Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge.
A very sad tale, "it is estimated that 1 in 30 captive-bred white tigers cubs are able to be trotted out in public (quoted from overload blogspot)."

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White Tiger Tipping


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Credited by WWF: White tigers are at a low point, with a possible of only 3,2000 remaining the in the wild. 

 There are more tigers in captivity then in the wild currently. This seems the backward of where humanity is trying to go.



According to WWF the numbers of white tigers have fallen from 95% since the 20th century. Also, dwon from 100,000 to a possible 4,000. It is hard to get accurate percentages because you cannot account for every
tiger and every species. 
There have already been:
three subspecies – Bali, Javan and Caspian tigers – were extinct by the 1980s.
A new species disappears every month.
"Even in India, the species' stronghold, a recent government census suggests there may be as few as 1,400 tigers left (WWF).
 (To the left are some of the subspecies that survive today.)

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If the wild tiger population continues to decline at the current rate, recovery may not be possible.
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