Year of the Tiger begins

The Chinese New Year was brought in with a roar Sunday, this year marking the year of the tiger.

Edmonton's Chinese community took part in a large celebration around Yorkton Pacific Mall Sunday for traditional dragon dancing.

Mayor Stephen Mandel took part in the event, greeting everyone with "Gung Hay Fat Choy."

The Edmonton Valley Zoo also shared in the spirit of the year of the tiger, offering anyone born in the year of the tiger free admission. Many at the zoo took the opportunity to visit Taiga and Amba, some of the tigers at the zoo.Read more

when tiger saw in the world

The oldest remains of a tiger-like cat, called Panthera palaeosinensis, have been found in China and Java. This species lived about 2 million years ago, at the beginning of the Pleistocene, and was smaller than a modern tiger. The earliest fossils of true tigers are known from Java, and are between 1.6 and 1.8 million years old. Distinct fossils from the early and middle Pleistocene were also discovered in deposits from China, and Sumatra. A subspecies called the Trinil tiger (Panthera tigris trinilensis) lived about 1.2 million years ago and is known fossils found at Trinil in Java.^[13]

Tigers first reached India and northern Asia in the late Pleistocene, reaching eastern Beringia (but not the American Continent), Japan, and Sakhalin. Fossils found in Japan indicate that the local tigers were, like the surviving island subspecies, smaller than the mainland forms. This may be due to the phenomenon in which body size is related to environmental space (see insular dwarfism), or perhaps the availability of prey. Until the Holocene, tigers also lived in Borneo, as well as on the island of Palawan in the Philippines.^{[14] Read more}

How many tiger in the world

It is difficult to get complete and accurate numbers, due to many factors. The tiger's scattered ranges, and the nature of the tiger itself, are just a few. It is estimated, currently the total is between 3000 and 4000, tigers living in the WILD (this estimation does not include tigers in captivity). The subspecies totals are:

1. Bengal Tiger: Less than 1500
2. Indochinese Tiger: 600 - 800 or less
3. South Chinese Tiger: Less than 15
4. Siberian Tiger: Around 400
5. Sumatran Tiger: 300 - 350
6. Malayan Tiger: Less than 400

There are some tiger species that have died out completely due to us humans. Don't let this happen to the rest. A hundred or so years ago there were well over 10,000 tigers. Now, in October 2009, we'd be lucky if there were 4000 in the wild.Read more

Twin Tiger Cubs

Twin tiger cubs were born on 31st May at the Tianjin Zoo in China. Read more