Aren’t we all tired of history repeating itself?
Our ancestors were simple people, living and flowing with the curves and bends of Gaia. About twelve thousand years ago, humans were humble.
The only times they killed animals were for food, shelter and they didn’t even waste the leftover indigestible bits. From mammoth tusks, they crafted small pendants and crafts. They used the fur of their kills for clothing in the harsh environment.
Unfortunately, these humans drove some of the once magnificent animals on the planet extinct. They didn’t know any better.
That’s the sad bit.
We’re still killing, more than before, for fashion, decoration, medicine, and sport. And we know better.
Yet, by the year 2010 (this year!), there are possibly only 3200 tigers left on the planet, a drop in over 95% in less than a hundred years.
There are even fewer Sumatran Rhinos, and the West African Black Rhinoceros became extinct fairly recently.
Leatherback Turtles haven’t landed in Terengganu to nest for a few years now. There used to be hundreds, maybe thousands.
There are only about a hundred Red Wolves left in captivity now; none in the wild.
See what we have done? And the impact isn’t final. This is like a tremor before an earthquake. When that earthquake hits, we’ll all be in deep shit.
But I’m going off topic.
As the title says, aren’t we tired of history repeating itself? Ancestors kill off mammoths; we kill off elephants, etc.
Now, let’s rewind a bit, shall we?
-7 September 1936
Benjamin, locked out of his sleeping quarters by neglectful workers, exhausts himself by the minute, pacing back and forth before collapsing on the concrete. His corpse his found by the workers the next day. Neglect from us humans killed Benjamin.
Benjamin was the last Tasmanian Tiger.
Our ancestors were simple people, living and flowing with the curves and bends of Gaia. About twelve thousand years ago, humans were humble.
The only times they killed animals were for food, shelter and they didn’t even waste the leftover indigestible bits. From mammoth tusks, they crafted small pendants and crafts. They used the fur of their kills for clothing in the harsh environment.
Unfortunately, these humans drove some of the once magnificent animals on the planet extinct. They didn’t know any better.
That’s the sad bit.
We’re still killing, more than before, for fashion, decoration, medicine, and sport. And we know better.
Yet, by the year 2010 (this year!), there are possibly only 3200 tigers left on the planet, a drop in over 95% in less than a hundred years.
There are even fewer Sumatran Rhinos, and the West African Black Rhinoceros became extinct fairly recently.
Leatherback Turtles haven’t landed in Terengganu to nest for a few years now. There used to be hundreds, maybe thousands.
There are only about a hundred Red Wolves left in captivity now; none in the wild.
See what we have done? And the impact isn’t final. This is like a tremor before an earthquake. When that earthquake hits, we’ll all be in deep shit.
But I’m going off topic.
As the title says, aren’t we tired of history repeating itself? Ancestors kill off mammoths; we kill off elephants, etc.
Now, let’s rewind a bit, shall we?
-7 September 1936
Benjamin, locked out of his sleeping quarters by neglectful workers, exhausts himself by the minute, pacing back and forth before collapsing on the concrete. His corpse his found by the workers the next day. Neglect from us humans killed Benjamin.
Benjamin was the last Tasmanian Tiger.
Tassie Tiger Illustration
Thylacines, or Tasmanian Tigers, were marsupials that had stripes going down their backs, earning them the name of ‘Tiger’.
Ben was the last, and died on that sad day.
-Now
The Malayan Tiger is now at a very low number of 500. They’ll go extinct within half a century if we let history repeat itself. This amazing creature, one of the great cats, is now slowly dying. They are being hunted for fur, whiskers, bones, and other parts because of human greed.
We’ve already lost this coat –
Ben was the last, and died on that sad day.
-Now
The Malayan Tiger is now at a very low number of 500. They’ll go extinct within half a century if we let history repeat itself. This amazing creature, one of the great cats, is now slowly dying. They are being hunted for fur, whiskers, bones, and other parts because of human greed.
We’ve already lost this coat –
Are we humans really that arrogant and stupid as to let this one go too? –
The Malayan tiger, this magnificent predator, our country's heritage, is dying. And we can stop that.
You can help.
How?
- Don't buy tiger parts. When the buying stops, the killing stops too.
- Report any wildlife related crime to the Wildlife Crime Hotline.
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You can help.
How?
- Don't buy tiger parts. When the buying stops, the killing stops too.
- Report any wildlife related crime to the Wildlife Crime Hotline.
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