quinta-feira, 25 de fevereiro de 2010
2010: Year of the Tiger
By Yuri Souza -
According to the Chinese horoscope, 2010 is the year of the Tiger. The Tiger is the third sign of the Chinese zodiac and represents courage, power, boldness, and passion. But we’ve been acting absolutely differently from these fabulous animals. Today, according to the WWF, there are only about 3,200 tigers living in freedom in nature. Besides, they face an increasing threat of habitat loss, illegal trade, and climate change.
We have acted aggressively against this feline, encouraging its extinction through illegal practices such as bone and meat trafficking, for instance, which fuels the continuous demand from East and Southeast Asia. The hunting of tigers and animals on which they feed, along with the large increase in logging has greatly affected Amur tigers or Siberian tigers. There are more tigers living in captivity in Texas, United States, than those who live in freedom in the rest of the world – besides, there are few regulations to stop those who are still free from ending up on the black market. These are just some of the cowardly actions that have taken place over the years.
"Tigers are charismatic and are a flagship species in biodiversity, culture, and economy of Asia. This International Year of Biodiversity is also a worldwide alert to the urgency of taking care of the diversity of life on our planet, "said Cláudio Maretti Superintendent of conservation at the WWF-Brazil.
Despite the critical situation such organizations as the World Bank will participate in September in a special summit in Russia in order to outline an ambitious agenda to save wild tigers. It is also worth remembering that, according to the Chinese horoscope for 2010, this will be quite an explosive period. It will be a year of disagreements and disasters of all kinds. Nothing will be done on a small scale, either good or bad. People will have to take drastic decisions. So this year, not only in relation to Tigers, but in relation to all life on Earth, it’s necessary to be caution and wise in our choices so that we won’t regret later.
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