July 29, 2013 |
The number of tigers living in the wild in Nepal has leapt. A new survey shows Royal Bengal tigers now number 198 -- that's 63% more than four years ago. The country's efforts are part of a global program to pull tigers back from the brink of extinction. The government survey from Nepal was released Monday, on World Tiger Day, at a meeting of conservationists and wildlife experts in the nation's capital, Katmandu, according to the French news agency, Agence France-Presse . Experts chalked up the gains in Nepal to a crackdown on poaching and better management of the tigers' habitat.
July 6, 2000 |
Limping and gasping, 10 royal Bengal tigers--including seven rare white tigers--have died at an Indian zoo despite being injected with antibiotics, officials said. Some tigers lay dead in their concrete enclosures at the Nandankanan Zoo, which holds India's largest collection of royal Bengal tigers and the world's largest collection of white tigers. Veterinarians found that the animals had contracted sleeping sickness, or trypanosomiasis, an illness spread by tsetse flies, said S.K.
August 23, 1989 |
Tigers killed seven woodcutters and attacked about 20 other people this month in a mangrove forest in southern Bangladesh, officials said Tuesday. Tigers have killed 70 people so far this year, according to official figures. Villagers said the toll is probably higher because many poachers hunting tigers haven't returned. Poaching has increased despite a 1982 ban on hunting the 600 remaining Bengal tigers and other rare animals.
September 21, 2012 |
A series in Sunday Calendar about what Times writers and contributors are listening to right now... Lee Hazlewood was an odd duck. Best known for his production and baritone harmonies with Nancy Sinatrain the 1960s, Hazlewood got his start recording guitarist Duane Eddyin the late 1950s and developed a grand, rich production style that he perfected over the course of a curiously constructed 40-year career. Hazlewood, who died in 2007, spent much of the latter half of his life in Sweden, where he continued to consistently work far removed from the gaze of his longtime L.A. home.
October 6, 2012 |
Game 1: Saturday, 3 p.m., TBS Oakland (RHP Jarrod Parker 13-8, 3.47) at Detroit (RHP Justin Verlander 17-8, 2.64) Game 2: Sunday, 9 a.m., MLB Network Oakland (LHP Tommy Milone (13-10, 3.74)) at Detroit (RHP Doug Fister 10-10, 3.45) Game 3: Tuesday, 6 p.m., TBS Detroit (RHP Anibal Sanchez 4-6, 3.74) at Oakland (RHP Brett Anderson 4-2, 2.57) Game 4: Wednesday, TBA * Detroit (RHP Max Scherzer 16-7, 3.74) at Oakland (RHP A.J. Griffin (7-1, 3.06)
August 24, 1991 |
Although it seemed as though runners were constantly crossing the plate Friday night at Detroit, the Tigers and Seattle Mariners fell short of the record for leaving runners stranded. In the 8-6 victory that left the Tigers one game out of first place in the American League East, the teams left 29 runners on base, 15 by the Mariners. The record is 30 and, if you count 1893, it has been done four times.
August 16, 1991 |
A rare white Siberian tiger cub valued at $45,000 was at the San Diego Zoo on Thursday after being confiscated by a U. S. Customs Service agent who found it playing in the back seat of a car headed for Mexico. "She's really darling," said zoo spokesman Jeff Jouett. The cub is healthy, weighs about 15 pounds and is 16 to 18 weeks old, Jouett said. It has blue eyes and brown stripes.
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December 13, 1994 |
Mama tiger, papa tiger and the two cubs rescued from an Irish farm seemed Monday to be adjusting well to their new home at the Wildlife Waystation animal refuge, director Martine Colette said. The 8-year-old female, who had been separated from the 6-week-old cubs for the weekend while flying to Los Angeles from Europe, readily accepted them back late Sunday night, Colette said.
July 13, 2013 |
Max Scherzer's unbeaten run ended Saturday night when the Texas Rangers tagged the Detroit All-Star with his first loss of the season, Tigers 7-1. Scherzer (13-1), trying to become the first pitcher in the majors to start 14-0 since Roger Clemens in 1986, allowed four runs and eight hits in six innings. It was first regular-season loss since Sept. 23, a span of 21 starts. A-Rod, MLB meet One day after meeting with Major League Baseball officials probing the distribution of banned performance-enhancing drugs, the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez went 0 for 3 for Class-A Tampa, and is two for 18 with five strikeouts in his injury rehabilitation assignment.