Over the last eight decades, tiger subspecies went from nine to six as three became completely extinct and the rest are currently on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) global endangered species list. As reported by World Wildlife Day, just over a century ago, there were as many as 100,000 wild tigers […]
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China’s governmental policies have helped save the nearly extinct Amur tigers
‘Tigers are our Brothers’ from the Land of Rising Sun
There are several aspects of nature protection to consider. Science is one among them which has been playing a major role to protect nature from all the threats. But a scientific understanding of nature is not only enough to protect nature and its components. There are also a few things that are beyond scientific understanding. […]
Of free tigers, imprisoned Adivasis. An eye-witness account of life in cage-like cells
India was ready for change with liberalisation and globalization. As the then Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh had said in his historic budget speech, the country needed a comprehensive fiscal adjustment, but the poor would also have to be saved from it. On July 25, 1991, an editorial article in ‘The Hindu’ had called […]
‘My helmet saved me’: Man describes how he survived being bitten on the head as tigers mauled friends to death
A man in India says his motorbike helmet saved his life during a chance encounter with tigers in the wild that left two of his friends dead. Vikas Kumar, 23, miraculously lived to tell the tale after his bike crashed on a road passing through thick forests near Pilibhit city in Uttar Pradesh state, spilling […]
Tigers found to assist farmers and livestock owners by protecting domesticated animals from other threats
(Natural News) There have been a lot of stories about tigers and other predators attacking people and livestock. While this may have created a negative perception of tigers, a new study asks us to reconsider: In a paper in the journal Biological Conservation, researchers from Bhutan found that farmers and livestock can actually benefit […]
Why is the UN telling Palestinians to protect their occupiers?
Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 4 April 2016 A Palestinian holding a sign denouncing “security coordination” between Israeli occupation forces and the Palestinian Authority takes part in a Land Day protest near Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank on 30 March. Hamza Shalash APA images Last week, the office of the UN High Commissioner […]
Deaths From Overwork Are Rising At An Unsettling Pace In Japan
In Japan, the death of a person from overwork is called “karoshi”, and now it is on the rise in the country. According to Reuters: Labor demand, with 1.28 jobs per applicant, is the highest since 1991, which should help Prime Minister Shinzo Abe draw more people into the workforce to counter the effect of […]
Hospital Lets Pets Visit Their Sick Humans To Make Them Feel Better
Juravinski hospital in Ontario, Canada allows pets to visit their seriously ill humans. The hospital adopted a program called Zachary’s Paws for Healing, launched by Donna Jenkins. She was inspired by her 25-year-old nephew, Zachary, who benefited greatly from having his dogs around him while he was battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “While Zachary was in the […]
HEALTH FREEDOM ALERT: The FDA just outlawed CBDs and hemp oil extracts by claiming all plant molecules now belong exclusively to Big Pharma
(NaturalNews) Hemp oil extracts containing CBDs (cannibidiols) are such a threat to the pharmaceutical industry that the FDA is now invoking totally insane justifications for outlawing them. CBDs are non-psychoactive compounds found naturally in hemp plants. They work so well as powerful natural medicine that people everywhere are realizing CBDs work better than […]
Imhotep’s Legacy in the Age of Weaponized Medicine
Christina Sarich, Staff Waking Times The Hippocratic Oath is often quoted in alternative health circles, and it is still taken today by those practicing allopathic medicine. Written in iconic Greek in the late 5th century BCE, the oath is considered the gold-standard by which modern medicine should be practiced. Hippocrates is considered by many to […]
Senate passes cybersecurity sharing act, killing amendments that would address privacy concerns
The Senate on Tuesday passed CISA, a controversial bill encouraging companies to share private user data with the government that is worrying to civil liberties advocates. Four amendments were proposed to address privacy concerns, but they all died on the floor. The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act was introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California) in […]