Advertising wwith us for the first time this month is ‘Spots Gone Wild’, who are located in Louisberg in Kansas. – They currently have a litter of two Spotted F2 females, a marble F2 female and a marble F2 male. They were born on the 01st March and are now ready to go to new homes. Kittens are eligble to be registered with TICA and they will have had their first round of vaccines before leaving. See breeder ad for further details, photos and contact info.
We’d like to welcome Ohana Bengals as new advertisers on Bengal Classifieds. Ohana are located in Westfield, Massachusetts, and currently have two male brown spotted bengal kittens for sale. They were born early February and will be available to go to new homes from May 09th onwards. Kittens will be registered with TICA and will have had their first vaccinations. See breeder listing for further details.
The current global economic crisis is threatening the Amur Tiger. Loggers in Russia’s Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major food source.
Under pressure from the ongoing economic crisis, loggers are turning to the more lucrative Korean cedar pine (Pinus korajensis) as commodity prices for other types of wood fall, which in turn has led to large-scale illegal logging operations in the Ussuriiskaya taiga in Primorye, according to WWF-Russia.
“Chinese importers of the Far Eastern wood have sharply dropped prices and demand for oak and ash wood as an answer to the world crisis,” said Denis Smirnov, head of the forest program at WWF-Russia’s Amur branch. “These species were the most desired ones for poachers before, but the demand was reduced after export customs duties for these species of timber had been increased from Feb. 1.”
“At the same time, Korean pine wood is still highly demanded both in domestic and international markets and is sold at rather high prices,” Smirnov said.
Russia’s Far East Korean cedar pine forests were heavily logged during the second half of the 20th century, particularly in the late 1990s, which resulted in a 50 percent reduction and left only around 2.88 million hectares of the forests today.
Although P. koraiensis is not nationally protected in Russia, its logging is either prohibited or regulated in certain provinces of Russia and China. However, loggers typically exploit loopholes in regional regulations to launder illegally logged wood, often taking advantage of lax customs controls or by under-declaring the volume of legal exports.
“This rampant and mindless logging is shocking and disturbs the habitat and prey base of some of the rarest animals in the world including the Amur tiger and Amur leopard,” said Dr. Susan Lieberman, Director of the Species Programme for WWF-International.
In the Amur region, tiger conservation hinges on protecting the Korean cedar pine. Pine nuts from the tree represent an integral food source for the Amur tiger’s prey, such as wild boars. Korean pine-broadleaved forests also provide habitats for the Far Eastern leopard, Asiatic and brown bears, sika deers and many other species. These pine nuts are also sold internationally, benefiting local communities as well.
Awareness of the recently increased demand for Korean cedar pine surfaced after WWF staff, with members of Russia’s Internal Affairs Department, the Primorskii Province Forestry Department and Rosselkhoznadzor — the Federal Service of Veterinary and Phyto-Sanitary Supervision – raided a wood exporter platform in January in the city of Dalnerechensk.
They found about 10 to 15,000 cubic meters of Korean cedar pine originating from illegal logging sites in Dalnerechenskii, Krasnoarmeiskii and Lesozavodskii districts in central and northern Primorye.
Two largest of logging sites, with total volume exceeding 3,000 cubic meters, were found close to the village of Malinovo in an area leased by one of the biggest logging companies in Primorye – JSC “Dalnerechenskles,” which is part of the “Dallesprom” group.
Before enforcement of a new Russian Forest Code in 2007, Korean pine held a special status as a species protected from commercial use, which contributed to its conservation. Korean pine has now lost its protective status and increased demand for Korean pine timber along with the complete inaction of regulators and forest control services to address the need for a new special status for the Korean pine have made it an easy target for illegal logging.
The only way to stop the complete destruction of the Far Eastern Korean pine forests is to impose a moratorium on its harvesting, according to WWF. The conservation organization asks that provincial and federal authorities come up with a proposal to urgently add Korean pine into the list of species forbidden to harvest, and to inform importing countries accordingly.
The Amur tiger, which can weigh up to 300 kg and measure around three metres from its nose to the tip of its tail, has come back from the brink of extinction to its highest population for at least 100 years. Only about 40 were alive in 1950 but nowadays there are around 450, one of the strongest tiger populations in the world.
Hot off the press, the website stats for April 2009 are as follows:
QueenAnne Cats, located in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in the UK, have a litter of brown marble and silver marble bengal kittens for sale. They were born in April and will be ready to go to new homes in June 09. The kittens will be registered with TICA, wormed and vaccinated. See breeder listing for contact details.
San Diego, California: Peñasquitos Bengals have a litter of brown spotted bengal kittens for sale. 6 males and females are available. Kittens were born April 21 and will be ready for rehoming on June 30. They will be TICA registered and vaccinated. Kittens were sired by Champion SimplySimes Kalis of Peñasquitos. Two of the grandparents are Champions and one of the grandparents is a Supreme GrandChampiuon. See breeder listing for full pedigree, more photos and contact details.
Geneva, Illinois: Joseph Petit has a litter of brown spotted and silver spotted bengal kittens for sale. They were born on the 26th March and will be ready to go to new homes on the 21st May.
Available Kittens:
See breeder ad for further details
San Diego, California: Black Mountain Bengals have a seal lynx point male bengal kitten available for sale. He was born March 14th and will be ready to leave for a forever home from May 23rd onwards. He will be TICA registered, up to date on vaccinations etc. See breeder listing on bengalclassifieds.com for further details and photos.
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma: Paragon Bengals have a litter of brown rosetted bengal kittens (males and females available). Kittens were born on March 14th and will be registered with TICA, vaccinated and come with a health guarantee. Kittens are descendants from OS CH Millwood Italian Filigree and GRC Millwood French Lace. See breeder ad on the main website for full pedigree info, more photos and contact info.
WildFireShine have a Brown (Black) Spotted Bengal Tabby Stud for sale. Shelby is a young champion, does not marks, has magnificent temperament & excellent structure and type, healthy and “makes” good kittens. Transfers children the very small ears. 1500$. He was born 29.05.2007
WildFireShine are located in Russia, Moscow oblast, pos.Lesnoj, Pushkinskij r-on.
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