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The Tigers Next Door

Steve WinterWildlife Photojournalist Story Award
The Lucky Ones
The Cub That Grew Too Big
Doing It Old-style
Rent-a-cub
Photo Props
See How They Swim

There are more tigers living in cages in the USA than in the wild in Asia.

Perhaps as many as 10,000 live in private ‘roadside zoos’ or are kept as pets. There are currently no laws in the USA to regulate big cat ownership. Steve Winter participated in a two-year investigation that uncovered the mass breeding of cubs for petting and photo attractions, as well as the killing of ‘excess’ tigers, the exportation of tiger parts, and widespread tiger abuse.


Behind the lens

Steve Winter

Steve is a wildlife photojournalist, producing stories for National Geographic Magazine and other media outlets for decades. He’s known for capturing previously unseen images of endangered and elusive species, including tigers in Asia, jaguars in the Brazilian Pantanal, leopards in Mumbai and snow leopards in the Himalayas. His photographs of the cougar P-22 in Los Angeles helped create what will be the world’s largest wildlife corridor over the 101 Freeway. For the last decade, he’s lectured internationally for the National Geographic Live series.

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Hollywood cougar
Saved but caged
Sacrifice