This site has been taken down by the owner. It was too out-dated in both style and information content. I figure it is better to just start again from scratch than to re-work this mess. Sorry to anyone who may have still been visiting, and thanks to all those who came by!

The picture above has been donated courtesy of Heini Seppä, an amazing Finnish artist. Visit her site to see more of her work:

Disclaimer: This site has been built and is maintained for the purpose of informing the public about the situation in face of the tiger today. THERE IS NO PROFIT BEING MADE. All information and all pictures which are not my own have been cited scientifically in the text and a bibliography containing the full citation has been provided to inform the user of the original source.