As you may not know many animals that are kept at zoos are there to protect their species. Such as elephants, tigers and gorillas that are soon to be extinct, zoos opt into breeding programmes where animals from all over the world are matched and then go on to breed successfully. Without such breeding programmes [...]
Polar bears are the largest carnivorous animals alive being about 2.5-3m in height and weighing about 400-800kg; the females are about half that size. They are found mainly in the Arctic area and in the surrounding landmasses namely Norway, Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Russia. They are closely related to the brown bears that are located [...]
The tiger is the largest cat species. There are many subspecies of tigers, the largest of the subspecies being the Siberian tiger. Three subspecies that are already extinct are: the Bali tiger, Javan tiger and Caspian tiger.The Amoy tiger from South China is believed to also be extinct; there hasn’t been a sighting for over [...]
