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Q:
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Do
you contribute to any "Save the Tiger"
programs?........
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A
portion of the sale of any wildlife garment from
the White-Tiger-Designs line, will be distributed
to the various "Save the Tiger" programs.
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Q:
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I
thought all orange and black tigers were the same!
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No.
There are actually 5 subspecies or kinds of orange
and black tigers. And also a white mutation of one
of them. There were 8, but 3 have become "extinct"
in your lifetime (since 1920) |
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Q:
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Did
you know that every tiger that is born, has different
markings (stripes)........ |
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Each
tiger born is an individual, just like humans. Each
one has different stripes just like we have different
faces, (unless they are identical twins). |
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Q:
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How
many kinds (subspecies) of tigers are there in the
world?......... |
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There
were 8 subspecies (kinds) of tigers in the world.
They were: Bengal, Caspian, Siberian, Javan, South
China, Bali, Sumatran, and Indochinese.
Now,
all we have are 5: Bengal, Siberian, South China,
Sumatran, and Indo-Chinese.
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What
happened to them?........ |
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They
were hunted so much, for their fur, bones and parts,
that people in their greed and ignorance, killed
off every last one of those 3 subspecies. They are
now extinct, never to be seen again!
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Q:
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How
long ago did they become that way?......... |
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Q:
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What
happens to the tigers now?............
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