Dear Mr. John
Varty; Hello from The National Tiger Sanctuary in
Branson Missouri, USA. I so admire your work and the
efforts and sacrifices you have made on behalf of the
tiger.I
I volunteered at The National Tiger
Sanctuary and started building enclosures and grounds
keeping. I finally graduated to tour guide and now I
write a weekly newsletter that my readers find
entertaining and informing. My job here is to highlight
tigers and energize people to start thinking about
the future of this beautiful creature. Here are my six
pictures that I took and hope you like them;
You have your Julie and I have my
Dee. Dee is a 10 1/2 year old Tigress and just loves
men. I know if I were a tiger guy she would be the one
for me;
As I tour with the guests they learn
all about tigers. Here is a shot of a one-in-a-million
that clearly shows the Jacobson organ, which most people
never see;
Tina the talking tiger provided me
with this shot as she gave a big yawn.
This is Max, he and I play games for
the guests;
He stalks me as I walk around and
waits for me behind his pool. This is perfect for
illustrating how tigers wait and ambush prey. The guests
walk down the path and look at Max and he pays no
attention to them, only me as I slowly approach for the
kill. Once I pass he jumps up and roars and attacks me.
They are thrilled and the situation allows me to talk
about all kinds of tiger facts;
We have 2 white tigers, Richard and
TJ. Both have such different appearances as you can
see;
Richard on the left would kill you
for sport while TJ on the right is posing as a plush
toy. I can’t do the work you do, but in my own way I’m
trying to help these cats live a good and stress free
life.
Your work is inspiring to anyone who
has tigers at heart. Poor little Runty, that broke my
heart and I had to give extra love to my house cats.
With all admiration and respect,
