Secrets of wild cats » world http://secrets-of-cats.com Pure Wildlife! Sat, 30 Apr 2011 20:01:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 World Turtle Day sees satellite turtle-tracking system go live http://secrets-of-cats.com/world-turtle-day-sees-satellite-turtle-tracking-system-go-live http://secrets-of-cats.com/world-turtle-day-sees-satellite-turtle-tracking-system-go-live#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:12:25 +0000 admin http://secrets-of-cats.com/world-turtle-day-sees-satellite-turtle-tracking-system-go-live Three-year project to track marine turtles in the Gulf

May 2010: Marine turtles are one of the longest living groups of animals to have ever existed, but human activities have placed them under increasing pressure. Across the Middle East and around the world these ancient creatures are today threatened, mostly through habitat loss and unintentional capture in fisheries, leaving them in dire need of conservation action.

]]> http://secrets-of-cats.com/world-turtle-day-sees-satellite-turtle-tracking-system-go-live/feed 0 Rarest Cat in the World? DENTAL SURGERY http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery-2 http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery-2#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:32:25 +0000 admin http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery-2 TONGA, a very rare White Serval – (Only two in the world that we know of) was found to have a broken tooth. We assessed the tooth and decided that the best thing to do was to capture Tonga and take him to the veterinary clinic where it could be treated.

WATCH THE VIDEO TO SEE HOW HIS TREATMENT WENT!
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]]> http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery-2/feed 1 Rarest Cat in the World? DENTAL SURGERY http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery#comments Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:12:25 +0000 admin http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery TONGA, a very rare White Serval – (Only two in the world that we know of) was found to have a broken tooth. We assessed the tooth and decided that the best thing to do was to capture Tonga and take him to the veterinary clinic where it could be treated.

WATCH THE VIDEO TO SEE HOW HIS TREATMENT WENT!
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]]> http://secrets-of-cats.com/rarest-cat-in-the-world-dental-surgery/feed 0 Cruel world of the tiger trade http://secrets-of-cats.com/cruel-world-of-the-tiger-trade http://secrets-of-cats.com/cruel-world-of-the-tiger-trade#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:12:25 +0000 admin http://secrets-of-cats.com/cruel-world-of-the-tiger-trade By KATE JACKSON
Published: 24 May 2010

IN A dingy market stall in southern Tibet, a trader empties out a sack full of bones.

These pitiful relics were once a magnificent tiger, roaming wild and free.

Now sold on the black market to be used in medicines and Tiger wine, these bones can fetch around £600 per kilo

It’s a sickening sight.

At the turn of the twentieth century, there were estimated to be over 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now that figure has dwindled to approximately 3,500.

Despite efforts to protect the species, the demand for tiger bones, teeth and hide means poaching still continues. This, together with the decimation of their habitats and loss of natural prey due to hunting, has put tigers on the endangered list.

Scottish Debbie Banks, 38, travels the world hunting out illegal traders who profit from the sale of tiger products.

As head of the tiger campaign at the London-based Environmental Investigations Agency, Debbie compiles information about these salesman and how the tigers are taken from their native land to the shops.

With seven years experience at EIA, Debbie admits she never fails to be saddened by the plight of the tiger.

She says: “In 2005, I went to the traditional horse festivals in Tibet with a colleague.

“We thought we might see half a dozen people wearing animal skins.

“But there were literally hundreds of people wearing tiger, leopard and otter skins, some with the animal heads on.

“It was quite chilling.

“I realised then that I had seen more dead tigers and leopards than I would ever see alive.

“It still saddens me. But what drives me on is knowing that something can be done to increase wild tiger populations. They can recover very well if they are given enough forest and prey species. We have seen the trend reversed in parts of India, Russia and the Far East.”

In a hard-hitting documentary, Inside The Tiger Trade, on Nat Geo Wild tonight (mon 24th) at 10pm (

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