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Zoo tiger that mauled man 'did nothing wrong'

Last updated Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 7:33am

NEW YORK — A 400-pound tiger that mauled a man who jumped from a moving monorail train and plummeted over a protective fence at the Bronx Zoo will not be euthanized and "did nothing wrong," the zoo director said.

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Kaysville family sacrifices to care for Bengal tiger cubs

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, January 3, 2011 - 10:42am

KAYSVILLE -- Furniture covered with an array of sleeping bags and blankets served as the home decor for Kaysville veterinarian Clayne White during his 15-week stint as cat sitter for Lagoon's two white Bengal tiger cubs, Titan and Athena.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Two white tiger cubs look out the windor of the home where thay are being raised.

Vet raising white tiger cubs for Lagoon amusement park in Utah

Bryon Saxton

Last updated Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 3:48am

Editor's note: For safety and privacy purposes, the name of the Lagoon veterinarian and location of where the tigers are temporarily being cared for have been withheld.

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The Associated Press
In this June 2010 photo released by a wildlife trade monitoring group TRAFFIC, tiger skin is displayed for sale at a retail outlets for tiger products in Mong La, Shan State, Myanmar. Wildlife trafficking officials say they have reached a preliminary agreement with an ethnic minority group in Myanmar to close down markets where hundreds of poached tigers from across Asia are sold for purported medicines and aphrodisiacs in China.

Wildlife group targets Myanmar-China tiger trade

Denis D. Gray, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, November 19, 2010 - 4:07pm

BANGKOK -- Wildlife trafficking officials say they have reached a preliminary agreement with an ethnic minority group in Myanmar to close down markets where hundreds of poached tigers from across Asia are sold for use in purported medicines and aphrodisiacs in China.

The markets, in an area of northeastern Myanmar controlled by the Wa minority, are considered one of the world's hot spots for wildlife trafficking, and among the only places left where tiger parts are openly sold.

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