India’s rich wildlife heritage is facing several threats. Just how serious is the problem? India is renowned as the land of the tiger and the elephant; many of our gods are depicted riding peacocks or tigers. But sadly‚ the equation that existed between people and wildlife centuries ago has vanished‚ and our Protected areas‚ which comprise a mere 4% of India’s landscape‚ are now mere islands amidst a sea of people‚ with tremendous demands and pressures being put on them. The most serious problem
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Zoobic Safari The Tiger Safari‚ one of the highlights of the park‚ will showcase more than a dozen of deep golden-eyed tigers. The Residence Inn group has its own tiger cubs breeding facility. The Petting Zoo will allow visitors to have a wonderful time with diverse exotic animals roaming and frolicking in their natural habitat. Not to mention the exhilarating sight of colorful birds and other Philippines’ best animal collections shipped all the way from Palawan to Subic. The Crocodile Farm will
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Though the tiger is one of the most powerful mammals‚ it also faces the worst chances of being extinct. In fact‚ as many as three subspecies of tigers have become extinct in the last 30 years and there is danger of even more of the species becoming extinct. Recent estimates put the population of all tigers (including the ones in captivity) at somewhere between 5000-7500‚ with only about 3200 in the wild. At the beginning of the century‚ this number was closer to about 100‚000. This shows how fast
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Comparative essay – Tigers bride and the Courtship of Mr Lyon The Bloody Chamber collection by Angela Carter is a selection of short gothic retellings of well known fairy tales. Two of the works “The Tigers Bride” and “The Courtship of Mr Lyon” are both based from the story Beauty and the beast. Beauty and the beast is a traditional French tale first created in 1740. As they are based off the same text it’s not surprising that they have some very similar elements‚ however their differences are where
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24‚ 2012 The Clouded Leopard The clouded leopards of Southeast Asia are a secretive and rare species of wild cats‚ and are members of the Pantherinae family (2007). These cats are closely related to other large cat species like the lion‚ tiger‚ jaguar‚ leopard‚ and snow leopard; although they are called clouded leopards‚ they are not directly related to other leopards. This species generally weighs about 28 pounds and is around 66 inches in length (including the tail that is about 30 inches
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STUDY MATERIAL FOR CLASS X ENGLISH COMMUNICATIVE SA 1 TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Summery: The Author and his companion had been driving near the city of Verona when they were stopped by two small boys‚ shabbily dressed‚ selling strawberries. The author’s driver cautioned the author against purchasing the fruits. The boys were very skinny but their eyes were sincere ant attracted attention. The author’s companion discovered that the elder one was thirteen years old‚ named Nicola‚ the younger was about
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sanctuaries across the country In recent time‚ this kind of human violation has become a threat for wildlife. Now it turns into a need for prevention of Wildlife jewel in India. In 1972‚ India started the consummate Wildlife protection Act and Project tiger to bulwark crucial habitat. Along with over 500 wildlife sanctuaries‚ India now hosts 14 biosphere reserves. In our land‚ for development wildlife is daily moving a step ahead to be vanished. As teasing is not a single reason behind such vanished
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points out that "Today there about 5‚000 endangered animals and at least one species die out every year" (Donnellan‚ 2000‚ p.9). One of the most endangered animals is a Siberian tiger. There are only 200 Siberian tigers in the wild‚ and almost of them are in nature reserves. However‚ elephants go side by side with Siberian tigers. There are two species of elephant‚ the African elephant and the Asian elephant. Elephant is an amazing creature that can lives in all major habitats. Furthermore‚ elephant has
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Choose any one or two stories from the collection and explore how Carter uses language to present any two non-human characters. Angela Carter’s stories are colourful and vivid‚ partly because they feature extremes and represent hopes and fears of ordinary people. Fear is usually of disaster‚ death or being eaten by ugly‚ fearful‚ supernatural beings and monsters. The hopeful‚ optimistic side is unrealistically represented by beautiful heroines and courageous‚ handsome heroes. Carter uses this
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especially endangered animals. They all protect and care for animals‚ but in various ways. In the article “The Stripes Will Survive‚” the author‚ Jacqueline Adams‚ provides information about the Cleveland Metropark Zoo’s Siberian tigers and tigresses. The Siberian tigers are an endangered species‚ and some are kept‚ cared‚ and bred at that zoo. As stated in the previous paragraph‚ all zoos protect animals‚ but in different ways. For animals that are endangered‚ zoos usually
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