"I would rather live one day as a tiger than a thousand years as a sheep." But would you? One third of tiger subspecies have gone extinct in the last century directly from human activities, and of the ones still alive, four are endangered and two are critically endangered. We've poached and deforested 97% of tigers out of existence already, from over 100,000 in the early 1900s to only 3,200 that are left in the wild. 15,000 survive in captivity, but although they live longer there, what kind of life is that? What is the cost of protection, for any and all things? Not a single soul in this world would choose a cage over freedom, and watching a creature pace inside its box, with guilty lenses instead of rose tinted ones, still colors the experience of being up close. Tigers are mostly nocturnal creatures, but instead of getting to sleep all day (#relatable) they get poked and prodded to pose for photos with happy tourists even in the ethical sanctuaries. Understanding something experientially with all of your immediate senses has a different effect on you than when you only understand something intellectually, and petting an animal that has been stripped of its power and of its normal life is simply sad. They're still being hunted, and without serious intervention tigers are on track to become extinct in the wild within the next decade #stopmakingthingsgoextinct
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