Tiger Cub

Ken, Great image. Love the eyes, and the raised front paw. The face looks tack sharp and the lighting is very nice.

Nice captive/ free roaming Tiger image.

Hello Ken

SWEET.... Beautiful Detailed Close up & the raised paw makes the Image.

Thanks for Sharing

Bill

What a cutie, Ken ! Excellent focus right where it counts.

Hi Ken. I'll start by touching on the appropriateness of posting this photo to the Wildlife Gallery, I think it belongs. I'm glad that you identified the location of the photo and explained the situation. Although the area is fenced and this might rankle some, 60,000 hectares seems like a vast area and my understanding would be that it doesn't meet the criteria of a zoo, rehab center or commercial game farm. Encouraging that this youngster has been given a home and a little help to get started in this wilderness area. I am assuming here that these tigers exist unmolested and not for the primary benefit/enjoyment of photographers and organizers who set up such safaris!!! (If this is the case, the photo belongs in the POP Gallery). The other moderators and the editor can weigh in here if I have misinterpreted.

Beautifully crafted photo Ken. Sharp eyes and face, perfect dof and don't need to say anything about that sweet little feline. I might consider warming this up just a tad if it were mine Ken, but perhaps my monitor isn't as calibrated very well.

Thanks everybody, I would just like to further elaborate on the"captive/free roaming" situation. These cubs have no mother at the moment and for the next couple of years they will be hand reared and taught to hunt, this has been done sucessfully from the commencement of this project and has resulted in at least 12 tigers living as tigers. Later to day I hope to post an image which is something I believe you would never see in a zoo
On the question of fencing the vast majority of parks in both South Africa, Namibia and Botswana are fenced largely to protect Wildlife rather than humanity. A recent report by the highly respected conservation concern Panthera indicates the need for fencing to "Save the Lion", a conclusion I entirely agree with.
The stupid decision by South African national parks to bow down to pressure from know nothing do-gooders and tree huggers which resulted in the removal of the fence between Kruger National Park and Mozambique, is the main contributor to the dreadful increase in Rhino poaching

Nice image Ken.

I understand the situation of fencing in much of Africa and indeed, 60,000 acres is a huge area, large enough (IMO) to be considered free roaming as Gary concluded. However, you have indicated that this cute little guy is currently being hand reared, therefore is captive until he is capable to be released to care for himself. Therefore it seems clear this will need to be moved to "People, Objects and Places" gallery, as per guidelines.

Lon,

OK

Hey Ken,

Well, regardless of where this image should be posted, this tree-hugger likes it (but take that praise under advisement, as apparently my ilk knows nothing).

Brad

Hi Ken,

Nice DOF on the face and front paw. Well-composed image.

Brad,
Sorry if you feel offended it was not meant, it is just because I get so upset by the "many" who believe the propoganda of those whose motives remain a mystery to me and many others who actually do something to help the wonderful wildlife of Africa, and in this case elsewhere.

Thanks Ken,

Before making my comment I actually looked up "tree-hugger" and it simply means "environmental activist" - which I am. And, the dictionary listed the phrase as "derogatory". BUT, I am a scientist first, and any cause I get behind I research to the hilt. I have NO time for any environmental argument that begins and ends on emotional grounds only (i.e., has no ecological validity to it). I constantly run into those who think that all environmentalists are, by definition, naive and uninformed. I think that's a tremendously inaccurate stereotype - it may apply to SOME environmentalists, but certainly not all of them. Perpetuating that stereotype (and being called a "know nothing") definitely hits a raw nerve with me.

But water under the bridge. Definitely an image that makes you look twice - and that's what counts. I hope this image helps (in some small way) this little tyke and his relatives survive. Heck...if that happens, we might have to start calling YOU a tree-hugger!!

Cheers...

Brad

"Heck...if that happens, we might have to start calling YOU a tree-hugger!!"

Oh no anything but that

I know many knowledgable environmentalists, and many who do a great deal to really save Wildlife, one day I hope to helpp them in getting the reality across.

Thanks for the additional information about this tiger's status at the park. So, hand raised and in captivity, I believe then that the photo should go to the P.O.P forum as Lon has advised. Thankyou for your understanding Ken. Wonderful photo!!

Gary,
I would not consider that this cub is in "captivity" as it gets taken out to play and is kept indoors for his own safety, but nevertheless will accept this

Thanks again Ken, I appreciate that "captivity" in this case is a relative term.