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Simalchaur Syampati, Nepal

Namo Buddha Stupa

This pilgrimage site was built to honor an incarnation of Buddha who sacrificed himself to save a tiger and her two cubs.
zoos

Podcast: Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Long before Joe Exotic got the country talking about big cats, there was Joe Taft
The Podcast Team May 1, 2024
Huế, Vietnam

Hổ Quyền (Tiger Arena)

Perhaps the only one of its kind, the nearly-forgotten site once held mortal (and rigged) gladiatorial games between tigers and imperial war elephants.
animals

Podcast: Animal Encounters - Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My

Listeners tell us about their wildest animal encounters, from a chance meeting with a herd of elk to touching a tiger's tail.
The Podcast Team March 24, 2023
A tiger named Kiara plays with her scratch ball during enrichment time.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.
India is home to 70 percent of the world's tigers—and deadly human-animal encounters are on the rise.
animals

What Should Be Done With India’s ‘Man-Eating’ Tigers?

As deadly encounters increase, farmers, urbanites, and authorities disagree on how to handle big cats gone bad.
Niranjana Rajalakshmi July 11, 2022
A tiger painted on a building in Thimphu; tigers are particularly revered in Bhutan.
animals

In Bhutan, a Rare Tiger's Mysterious Illness Had a Surprising Source

Local vets collaborated with an international team to figure out why the animal was dazed and wandering near the capital city.
Madeline Bodin February 23, 2022
One of Kanha Tiger Reserve's revered residents: Conservation scientists are studying how villagers near the Central Indian park coexist with the big cats.
forests

An Ancient 'Tiger God' Helps Communities and Big Cats Coexist in India

Across the central and western parts of the country, reverence for the deity translates to tolerance for predators.
Radhika Iyengar September 14, 2021
A tiger steps out in a biosphere reserve in the Sundarbans.
forests

Bangladesh’s Tigers Bounce Back After a Poaching Crackdown

This mangrove forest holds one of the world’s largest remaining wild populations of tigers.
Sabrina Imbler May 23, 2019
Half beaver, half tiger.
Irkutsk, Russia

The Irkutsk Babr

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
This is the elusive Barasingha male deer. This is a young adult with a impressive horn structure.
Balaghat, India

Barasingha of Kanha National Park

This reserve is the only place in the world where you can see the Barasingha swamp deer in the wild.
A lion at The Wild Animal Sanctuary, Keenesburg, Colorado.
Keenesburg, Colorado

The Wild Animal Sanctuary

The world's largest carnivore sanctuary is home to over 450 meat-eating rescues.
King enjoying a cat nap
Center Point, Indiana

Exotic Feline Rescue Center

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!
animals

This Canadian Bar's Tiger Pelt Was Stolen—Again

It features a menacing growl.
Eric Grundhauser June 20, 2016
animals

World's Wild Tiger Count Rises For First Time in Over a Century

Wildlife groups counted 3,890 of the big cats across the planet.
Erik Shilling April 11, 2016
animals

Tigers Have Gone Extinct in Cambodia

The country is working on a plan to reintroduce them.
Erik Shilling April 6, 2016
Tiger Cave in profile
Mahabalipuram, India

Tiger Cave

Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.
Udimalla, India

Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve

The largest tiger reserve in India is a vast expanse dotted with ancient ruins of Nagarjuna Viswa Vidyalayam.