The Beginning of YTS

Russian Tiger Hero, standing in the middle, said with the grief of Tiger Death

After the whole day trip, we came back to the hotel and gathered up to make a formal introduction about ourselves to other 13 countries youth delegates. Just right after our introductions, WWF staffs brought us a very hot news about tiger in Russia. Olga, one of the organizing committee, surprised us by introducing two rangers—one is a Tiger Hero in Russia, and another one is his colleague. The hero standed in the middle of the three people in the photo expressed his satification on seeing youth taking part in tiger conservation and also welcomed all youth delegates to the Amur Tiger territory. Eventhough he was very happy to see us there, his face showed that he was in grief of the tiger death just a few days before our arrival. One tiger in his protected area was pouched, so he was so sad. Yet, he said he would not give up trying to reveal the poacher of this hunting. Along with this sad news, he shared his experience of being a ranger, and how he could gain the name as Tiger Hero. His background is not so different from the background of Khmer Tiger Hero, Mr. Lean Kha. He used to be a tiger poacher before. However, when industrialization came, he realized that the nature that he loved to live in was gradually destroyed including the number of tigers in his area. Seeing the distraction, he decided to work as ranger with WWF as he knew that tigers are very vital for the whole environment. His point of view about tiger conservation is saving tiger is saving forest and also other spacies in the forest, so it worth him to take part as ranger. Being a ranger is not easy, he added; I have encountered many problems during my 13 years work in the field especially the problems with poachers. He went on that the main purpose of his effort on conserving tiger is saving this greatest creature for his next generation. He told us that he once brought his son to the protected area and show the little kid about the Tiger Footprints. The little boy asked him that DADDY ARE YOU PROTECTING THIS ANIMAL? And his answer was YES! THAT IS MY WORK, and NOW I STILL PROTECTING THEM. He went on telling us that he is not so proud of being a HERO but what he is being proud of the most is HE CAN PROTECT THE TIGER FOR HIS LITTLE CHILD and CAN SEE THE IMPRESSION OF HIS CHILD ON HIS ACHIEVEMENT ABOUT TIGER PROTECTING.

I personally admire him for his action. Being hero is not easy, but it worth being Tiger Hero since you can preserve the this wonderful spacies and inherit the colorful and green world to your next generation. I am very please to be able to take part in Tiger conserving actions and  to take action for the future of my next generation. I HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US!