Fascination about Tiger...

Hi folks,

Have you seen a tiger in real-life? What is your first thought when you see one?
For me I feel tiger looks majestic yet at the same time helpless when being caged without freedom.

My kids and I seen a real-life tiger at one tourist place, and they asked me,” Mommy, why is the tiger pacing up and down and the other one just seems to sleep whole day long.
To us, Tiger supposed to look fierce and bold and should roar with such sounds that makes you wanna run away. But these tigers look so helplessly caged and fed at specific hours that they do not require to move their butt or search for food at all. And soon, like the movie Madagascar, you will find these tigers losing their survival skills in the jungle.


And today tiger is fast moving into extinction.

This year is Tiger year according lunar/Chinese calendar year. Amongst the 12 animals sign in Chinese calendar, will Tiger be the next legendary animal just like “Dragon” or even dinasours? Willl we use their closest descendant a.k.a cat as an example to explain how the Tiger looks like to our future generation simply because this poor tiger population is being wiped out due to human’s act and greed?
 Let us all do our part to spread the words to protect our heritage, our tigers. Isn’t our national coat of arm symbolized by tiger as well?
Facts:


The tiger is our national animal. Our heritage. But today only less than 500 of them remain in the wild. As Malaysians, we need to stand up and protect our heritage. Speak to your children. Speak to your leaders. Everyone of us can make a difference.


For further information, please visit MYCAT (www.malayantiger.net), WWF Malaysia


(www.wwf.org.my) and Department of Wildlife & National Parks (www.wildlife.gov.my)
Love our world, love our country and love the tiger too!

Cheers!


This article is written as part of my support for The Tiger Blogfest 2010 week from 19 – 23 April 2010 (coincides with the Earth Day on 22 April) where bloggers blog about the need to protect our tigers. It is an avenue for the blogging community to contribute towards protecting our national heritage. This is purely voluntary. There are no prizes as we, bloggers are simply expressing our concern for our tigers aimed at raising awareness about the need to protect our remaining tigers.


Check out for more information on Tiger Blogfest here.