Siberian Tiger Sunday

Tiger Times 

          What’s pawin’ everybody?  It’s time for your daily dose of the Tiger Times via Siberian Tiger style.  Now, wait a ‘big cat’ moment.  You’re saying Siberian Tiger, but all these humans keep referring to us as Amur Tigers.  Well, do you know what this tiger says to that?  Oh well, on Sundays ‘Siberian Tiger’ fits!

          Pawing right along…

          What do we Siberian Tigers want to growl about?  Well, we want to dive into something interesting-politics.  No, no, just relax.  One of Trump’s sons didn’t go hunting (at least not that I know of) and I’m not going to growl out complaints about Trump.  *Gasp* Don’t get this wrong, any tiger can easily paw out page after page of complaints against this clown.  This Siberian Tiger wants to take a good look at wildlife, specifically Russia v. America.  I want you to take a ‘paws’ and think about something, specifically in this age of Trump…

          Isn’t it funny that it seems like better news about keeping wildlife safe comes out of Russia and not America?  Think about it for a second with this note- neither country is perfect.  Both are cutting trees down at a record pace, mining a lot, hunting in places that are supposed to be ‘safe,’ etc.  However, note that it seems like that both countries have good people that work their butts off for the environment and to protect animals.  But it’s weird that….

       In a country (the USA) that demonizes Russia so much seem to have more negative tales while there are good stories coming out of Russia.  Research it- sure there aren’t enough Siberian Tigers in the wild but they’re still out there.  The WWF even lists the population, as of today, as ‘stable.’  There are even better stories that than coming out of Russia too- wild horses that were extinct from the wild have been reintroduced to Russia. As a matter of fact, a lot of you humans probably know about the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, and the population of these horses seem to be growing there.  Amur leopards have seen an increase (slight but it’s still out there) and a couple of years ago Persian Leopards were even reintroduced to some of its former territory.  As I’ve growled out- not enough is being done but this tiger really likes hearing the good stories.

          In the meantime, let this tiger growl out about Trump’s America and to be purr-fectly honest you could say this about Obama’s America.  Positive stories about protecting any kind of wildlife here are few and far between.  The point- even though Russia might not be doing enough, you can cite examples and here you can’t, at least not off the top of your head.  Negative stories run wild here about drilling, over-hunting, you name it.  So, you might be asking yourself- what’s the overall point?

          Before you start screaming about Russia being a land of demons, remember the positive stories coming out of there with regards to us animals.  Even though they may seem like crumbs- at least they’re moving in the right direction.  In the great country of America, all we’re stuck with is a president who wants to ruin the best parts of this nation for you humans and then jet off for a tropical island.