Raising awareness on International Tiger Day |
Is the USA on the cusp of banning tiger tourism? |
These captive tigers were made to walk high wires, leap in unison and jump through fire hoops at an old-fashioned circus at Ohio's Crawford County Fair. Tiger tourism is an incredibly lucrative industry in the United States which profits from the exploitation of captive big cats. Made famous by the popular Netflix series, Tiger King, the reality is much darker than it appears on screen. Roadside zoos, pseudo-sanctuaries and body parts fuel demand on the black market. See how Steve Winter's work has documented and raised awareness of the plight of these magnificent beasts.
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Wild about tigers? Shop our range of prints, plush toys and pocketbooks. |
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Siberian tigers are rarely seen, let alone photographed. Discover more about Sergey Gorshkov's grand-title-winning image, The Embrace, which shows a tiger scent-marking in a remote forest of Russia. |
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A pyre of wildlife contraband is torched by officials in Indonesia – a global hub for the lucrative trade in wildlife, dead or alive. Learn more about Paul Hilton's powerful image – Tiger Tiger, Burning Out – and the critically endangered Sumatran tiger. |
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