I was working out at the gym yesterday and glanced up at the TVs on the wall and saw some tigers. Well of course I had watch the show. Two large adult tigers were being transported in crates and were very upset. I thought at first that the the big cats were being abused, but then realized they were being rescued by IFAW.
“International Fund for Animal Welfare” or IFAW.org works to improve animal welfare, prevent animal cruelty and abuse, protect wildlife and provide animal rescue around the world. From stopping the elephant ivory trade, to ending the Canadian seal hunt and saving the whales from extinction, IFAW works to create solutions that benefit both animals and people.
I hadn’t heard of IFAW before…I am more familiar with World Wildlife Fund or the The Humane Society of the United States.
The show focused around how tigers are being kept in captivity in the US and then getting too big and wild for the handlers - in some cases, getting loose and killing people. The IFAW workers rescued some of these tigers from a life of abuse and transported them to a tiger sanctuary. Kudos to IFAW thumbs down to anyone that thinks its a good idea to keep a tiger captive in their house.
If you need a tiger <3 fix, check out the following:
>>WWF has a neat tiger camera trap where you can see tigers wondering around in various wildlife sanctuaries.
>>BigCatRescue has some feel good stories with some goovy tunes to boot.
