What it’s like to live with tigers

What it’s like to live with tigers

MAHARASHTRA — India. In Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district, human-tiger conflict is escalating, with attacks becoming increasingly common. A mix of factors—including the effects of climate change—is driving tigers out of their natural habitats and into closer contact with people. For those living on the frontlines, the toll goes beyond physical danger: fear, anxiety, and unprocessed grief […]

Zoo at War—The Surreal Life of Ukrainian Tigers in a Frontline City

There is nothing natural about a zoo. I came to this conclusion as I looked at an impaled rocket—its tail sticking out of the ground just meters from the two Amur tigers' enclosure in the city of Mykolaiv, located roughly 60 km away from the frontline. The tigers—Agrypyna and Penelopa—are sisters born in captivity on September 21, 2005. They have lived through Ukraine’s 2014 Revolution of Dignity, Russia’s attempted illegal annexation of Crimea,…