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Are Thai Temple Tigers Drugged?

Critter News

Some conservationists worry that the tigers living at a Buddhist Temple in Thailand are drugged, but the monks deny it. The temple says the money goes toward caring for the tigers (each animal eats 13 pounds of meat a day) and construction of "Tiger Island," where it is hoped the tigers will soon move to live in larger enclosures.A

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

10,000 Birds

The unrivaled aerial champions of the Americas have to be the two species of Condor, the one-time almost nearly extinct California Condor and the truly massive Andean Condor. The California Condor has a story well-known by anyone with an interest in birds. California Condor , photo by Sheridan Woodley. Old Wold Vultures.