Western tourists &#39;to blame for slaughter of endangered tiger&#39;
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Western tourists and businessmen who are illegally buying tiger skins in China are responsible for the slaughter of one of the world&#39;s most endangered species, an investigation by a British charity has found.
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Itâs not every day that a 350-pound tiger breaks out of its cage and runs loose in the United States. Now imagine that tiger running rampant in a zoo and attacking three people, killing one of them and sending the other two to a hospital with bite marks and deep wounds before the animal could [...].
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ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. - The owner of a wildlife sanctuary was injured by a 350-pound Siberian tiger that was startled by a 14-year-old boy at a county fair, officials said Sunday.
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Thailand's move to investigate the export of 100 undocumented tigers to China is being praised by conservationists.
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Poachers killed three highly endangered Asiatic lions in their only remaining sanctuary in western India, removing their claws and bones and raising fears for the future of these rare cats, wildlife officials said Tuesday.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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It is one of the oldest conflicts between man and beast: farmers killing marauders such as wolves, lynxes, lions and leopards to defend their livestock from the predators.
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An environmental group says earth&#39;s people are using up the planet faster than it can restore itself and the west is the chief culprit.
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Thousands of Europeans were holidaying in the tourist draws of southern Asia when the huge tidal waves slammed popular beaches and hotels, and early reports indicated some were dead and scores were missing in a ...
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The critically endangered Sumatran tiger will become extinct unless Indonesia takes swift action to clamp down on the illegal sale of the big cats' body parts across the Southeast Asian country, conservationists say
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An international effort to halt the illegal killing of elephants for their ivory tusks has all but collapsed in most of Africa, leaving officials and advocates alarmed about the survival of the species. A study  released  yesterday estimates that as many as 23,000 of the animals were slaughtered...
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By Richard McGregor in Shanghai and Caroline Gluck in Taipei. China said yesterday its armed forces had a &quot;sacred responsibility&quot; to crush moves towards independence by Taiwan, whatever the cost, and described relations with the island as &quot;grim&quot;.
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South West farmers say a poacher is responsible for the "disgusting" shooting of a rare white stag.
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Investigators are trying to figure out how a Siberian tiger escaped from her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo on Christmas Day and killed a zoo visitor. Two other visitors were injured. The tiger, a 300-pound female named Tatiana, did not get out through an open door, Robert Jenkins, the zoo's director of animal care and conservation, told The Associated Press.
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The hunting of wild animals by hungry refugees in East Africa threatens wildlife populations, say conservationists.
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Environmentalists think ahead to the effect of tourists and investors on a landscape of crucial habitats.
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By ARTHUR MAX  THE HAGUE, Netherlands - If you think the problem of endangered species is all about tigers, elephants and orangutans, ask a violinist where he gets his bow.