It disgusted me to think we favour one living creature over another just because we like it more. What can we do to make ignorant countries listen to what they are doing to the world - WE NEED TO SHARE IT SENSIBALLY.

Reading all these comments on here good and bad, eg(humans being humans, tigers being tigers, natural selection etc...) all points, but what is natural? some say its our nature to take, eat, destroy and be greedy towards every thing else on this planet. others say its not natural, and that we need to help preserve this planet if we want the human race to last through out the ages. by keeping other earthlings alive e.g tigers, fish and even our meats. I think we need to do this to say we can inhabit the earth with all its inhabitants e.g every single other animal, with a balance and not excesive wiping out of every other living thing. We as humans "should be" a key word because we are not doing it much right now. be proud to go against our nature of greed and help others, help the earth, e.g one child policey etc.. keeping our own growth in check... things like that would make me prowed to be a human and because im still young i will try and make this happen by getting the message across and stopping others who want to carry on being greedy and vile to the planet...

Tyrell #43 very, very well said. Hypocritical every single one.

Spence #32 define pest. Who gets to make that judgement? Who decides 'oh we don't like you, you can be eradicated'?

And no, I'm not a greenie. I detest greenies. But this is the flaw. You prattle on about stopping extinction of species and then in the same breath advocate exterminating ones you don't like.

"banning trade in polar bear skins" yes we must stop people huntting polar bears. Because if the polar bear population doesn't continue to explode people may stop thinking that climate change is true as there will be no more polar bears forced outside of their natural range on to tiny pieces of ice.

How do we know that tigers want or even need to be saved. As humans we have decided that death is unfavourable. Is that actually the case? Or, is it just that we are being selfish by doing what basically makes us feel better?

Claudia V - You ARE the weakest link. Goodbye.

People like YOU, exactly like you, are what are wrong with humanity.

Wish there was someway to swap out you for the Tiger.

#48 - I agree completely.

Poachers should be taken out NOW so that the tigers and other endangered animals get a chance.

It's sick and it should be stopped, just like the whaling. No way is that 'scientific research', that's a huge load of BS.

If in this day and age we allow any animal (and especially one as incredible as the Tiger) to become extinct it is truly disgraceful.

with god all is possibly without god well we should know what isnt

I can't help but be reminded of some nerd on Slashdot, who honestly thought it fine for humans to demonstrate their superiority over nature by exterminating all animals except for the four that mattered: Cows, pigs, chicken and fish.

He in turn reminded me of another nerd (also on Slashdot) who thought it very important to dump as much toxic waste on places like China, to hurt as many people as possible in order to prove that American democracy is superior.

All this reminds me of the crewmates of the hippy in the film Silent Running, who were sufficiently urbanised to be revolted by the idea that food had a smell and were fine with nuking the ark ships containing last trees of Earth.