International Tiger Day 2021
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It all stems from a visit to the local zoo when a lioness in an enclosure behind a moat got rowdy looking at me in my brand-new large bulky khaki colored down filled overcoat then began roaring loudly and frequently — catching the attention of both the friends with whom I arrived and those standing around; all of whom appeared highly amused.
It was as though the lioness had encountered a wildebeest and dinner was served ...
I never returned to the zoo after this incident.
Today is Global Tiger Day aka International Tiger Day.
It is held annually each 29th of July under the auspices of the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit in Russia and is a vehicle to raise public awareness of tiger conservation and those associated issues.
I am always a proponent of protecting the natural habitats of creatures in the wild and I am particularly abhorrent to those individuals who would enter and kill these majestic animals in the name of profit.
Sometimes we act as though we 'own' everything on the planet when we do not.
I believe in 'live and let live' by and large and would never condone poaching of any creature minding it's own business of living in it's own habitat.
I simply don't understand where some persons (and jurisdictions) get off. Anything for a buck including extinction of species appears to be the order of the day.
However, all of this being said I would just as soon not be cat food either if you don't mind horribly.