Posted on 06/18/2013 11:56:05 AM PDT by presidio9
ping
If so, it’s not my fault.
If they find them, I want one.
The Government of Tasmania passed a law giving them official protection.....59 days before the last known one died in a zoo.
Government EPIC FAIL!
That’s impossible, the government fixes all problems. /s
It’s disappearance in its native range is usually attributed to government bounties.
Irian Jaya is now called "Papua". The locals want it that way.
Of all the animals on earth, the tiger is the one that I fear the most.
I live on the island of New Guinea, in Papua.
Save the tiger......
Do you really?
What are you doing there?
Interesting and sad film. Saw it in my early 20s a long time ago.
Could be. In New Guinea it was thought by the European colonial powers that the highlands were basically deserted and that all the population was on the coasts. But the highlands turned out to be the most populated. So if people were only discovered there in the 1930’s, who can say what still is to be found there?
My husband and I are teachers at Hillcrest International School.
I don't want to encounter a tiger in the wild.
Actually, the last people group that I know about was found around 1997 by an linguist/anthropolgist from Australia (I can’t remember his name) and a linguist named Mike Moxness. There have been rumors around our organization that another group is out there, but no one has been able to say definitely yet.
That’s cool that you teach there. Those tigers looked small in the pic. I’m guessing they were nasty? Are there “regular” tigers where you are?
There are no other tigers here. We are on the east side of the Wallace Line so our flora and fauna differs from Java and Sumatra.
It does look small in that pic, and it looks more canine than feline. We have our share of yucky dangerous things including death adders, crocodiles, cassowaries and feral pigs.
Are you allowed to pack heat in Papua?
You sure do get around. The last reference I saw on you you lived in Alabama!
I do live in Alabama. I work over here for four years, or so, and then I’m home in Alabama for a year, and so forth.
I’ve been usually using planes, but I’m looking to switch to a cargo ship if I can figure out how to do it.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.