Comments on: Tigers bite back

Tigers bite back

i_cola — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:33:19 -0800

Tigers bite back. Endangered Sumatran tigers have taken the destruction of their habitat into their own mouths by killing three & mauling several other illegal loggers.

By: keswick

keswick — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:43:00 -0800

Sweet!

By: andrew cooke

andrew cooke — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:49:22 -0800

cool. now people in countries that use way over their share of the earth's natural resources can post smug comments to a weblog and feel good that a couple of poor guys trying to get food on the table died a horrible death. sweet something. irony? (ok, it's a cheap and easy shot, and maybe the loggers were filthy rich, but can't we think a little larger scale?)

By: stifford

stifford — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:50:05 -0800

So, if you put an illegal logger and another person in the same area, the tigers only attack the illegal logger? Or do tigers just hunt and kill things?

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:51:28 -0800

man, that's what you get when you mess with the big cats! tigers rule! in your face!!11

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 13 May 2004 11:58:08 -0800

Thai Buddhist monks share temple with endangered tigers

By: i_cola

i_cola — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:01:04 -0800

ac: You might want to read the article to find out a bit about the logging situation in Indonesia & how it has developed.

By: mishaco

mishaco — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:06:55 -0800

seems fair . the loggers are looking to kill the tigers for their skins and as aphrodisiacs . the tigers are looking to kill the loggers for food . modern darwinism .

By: George_Spiggott

George_Spiggott — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:09:25 -0800

These tigers are doomed. 500 animals is by any measure the brink of extinction; even if the habitat loss stopped now, the poachers will finish the job. And the habitat loss isn't going to stop right now. Plus the villagers and loggers may begin to do a little pre-emptive machine gun work. Say goodbye to the Sumatran Tiger.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:16:38 -0800

"Just another flavor of meat"

By: tr33hggr

tr33hggr — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:17:19 -0800

When you look closely at the unholy assault the industrial state is mounting against the public's wildlands, against natural diversity—the full-scale, all-out war being waged against ecosystems all over the world—it forces you to consider any and all means of resisting that destruction. At least the tigers are listening.

By: widdershins

widdershins — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:18:35 -0800

Instant karma.

By: invisible ink

invisible ink — Thu, 13 May 2004 12:30:04 -0800

Some believe that eating a small portion of the testicles of a tiger will "greatly increase their sexual prowess." Let's hope it works the other way around, too.