TIGERS GOING VIRAL
[Update 24 November 2010 - Read the NY Times Save-the-Tigers Editorial]
It all started when Leonardo DiCaprio had re-tweeted [Andrew Revkin's] recent suggestion that Apple, which has long named its Macintosh operating systems for the tiger and other wild cats, help conserve the world’s last few dozen havens for wild tigers. DiCaprio has been working with WWF (known as the World Wildlife Fund in the United States) to build support for tiger conservation in advance of the international meetings on tiger conservation this week in Russia. [Read the full Dot Earth story.]
Quickly, readers began the search for other institutions with tiger logos -- Princeton, Detroit, Exxon, Kellog, and more -- all of whom might appropriately "pay back" with some support for the campaign to save these great cats.
Here's the Wikipedia list of many institutions with tiger logos that might be encouraged to help save the dwindling numbers of wild tigers. If you are a Mac user or have shares in Exxon or Kellog or are simply motivated to help this campaign go viral, please spread the word and pick a few links and ask that they support the "Save the Tiger" campaign.
Sports Teams
- Balmain Tigers, Australian rugby league
- Bangladesh national cricket team
- Beijing Tigers, Chinese baseball
- Castleford Tigers, English rugby league
- Cincinnati Bengals, American football
- Claremont Tigers, Australian rules football
- Coburg Tigers, Australian rules football
- Detroit Tigers, American baseball
- Glenelg Tigers, Australian rules football
- Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Canadian football
- Hamilton Tigers, Canadian ice hockey
- Hanshin Tigers, Japanese baseball
- Hull City A.F.C., English football (soccer)
- Ipatinga Futebol Clube, Brazilian football (soccer)
- Kia Tigers, Korean baseball
- Kolkata Tigers, Indian cricket
- Lakeland Flying Tigers, American baseball (minor league affiliate of the Detroit Tigers)
- Leicester Tigers, English rugby union
- Medicine Hat Tigers, Canadian junior ice hockey
- Melbourne Tigers, Australian basketball
- Nashville Tigers, American baseball
- Netanya Tigers, Israeli baseball
- Odense Boldklub, Danish soccer
- Richmond Tigers, Australian rules football
- Sinupret Ice Tigers, German ice hockey
- Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan cricket
- Tasmanian Tigers, Australian cricket
- Tigers Junior Football Club, English Youth Football Club (Essex)
- UANL Tigres, Mexican football (soccer)
- Werribee Tigers, Australian rules football
- Wests Tigers, Australian rugby league
- Auburn University (Aubie; also uses War Eagle and other mascots)
- Campbellsville University
- Clemson University (The Tiger also has assistant called Tiger Cub)
- Colorado College (Prowler)
- DePauw University (Tyler the Tiger)
- Doane College (Thomas the Tiger)
- Fort Hays State University (Victor E. Tiger)
- Grambling State University
- Hampden-Sydney College
- Idaho State University (Bengals)
- Jackson State University
- Louisiana State University (Officially the Fightin' Tigers; Mascot is Mike the Tiger)
- University of Memphis (Tom the Tiger)
- University of Missouri (Truman the Tiger)
- Occidental College
- Ouachita Baptist University
- University of the Pacific
- Princeton University
- Rochester Institute of Technology (RITchie the Tiger)
- Savannah State University
- Stillman College
- Tennessee State University
- Texas Southern University
- Towson University (Doc)
- Trinity University
- Tuskegee University (Golden Tigers)
- Wittenberg University
- University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
- University of Cape Town, South Africa
(In the United States, unless otherwise noted)
- A&M Consolidated High School (College Station, Texas)
- Alcovy High School (Covington, Georgia)
- Alexis I. duPont High School (Greenville, Delaware)
- Armada High School (Armada, Michigan)
- Auburn High School (Auburn, Alabama)
- Bandon High School (Bandon, Oregon)
- Battle Ground High School (Battle Ground, Washington)
- Bentonville High School (Bentonville, Arkansas)
- Burlington-Edison High School (Burlington, Washington)
- Cañon City High School (Cañon City, Colorado)
- Cedar Bluff High School (Cedar Bluff, Alabama)
- Clatskanie High School (Clatskanie, Oregon)
- Conway High School (Conway, South Carolina)
- Crystal Lake Central High School (Crystal Lake, Illinois)
- Gabriel DuVal Senior High School (Lanham, Maryland)
- Germantown Friends School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Gilbert High School (Gilbert, Arizona)
- Herrin High School (Herrin, Illinois)
- Idaho Falls High School (Idaho Falls, Idaho)
- Kirksville High School (Kirksville, Missouri)
- Little Rock Central High School (Little Rock, Arkansas)
- Marana High School (Marana, Arizona)
- Marietta Senior High School (Marietta,Ohio)
- Marple Newtown Senior High School (Newtown Square, Pennsylvania)
- Massillon Washington High School (Massillon, Ohio)
- Millennium High School (Goodyear, Arizona)
- Mount Pleasant High School (Mount Pleasant, North Carolina)
- Newport High School (Newport, NH)
- Oroville High School (Oroville, California)
- Palisades Park High School (Palisades Park, NJ)
- Princeton High School (Princeton, NJ)
- Princeton Community High School (Princeton, Indiana)
- Rock Springs High School (Rock Springs, Wyoming)
- San Jacinto High School (San Jacinto, California)
- Sharon High School (Sharon, Pennsylvania)
- South Hardin High School (Eldora, IA)
- St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Thayer Academy (Braintree, MA)
- Union Endicott High School (Endicott, New York)
- West Des Moines Valley High School (West Des Moines, IA)
- Wharton High School (Wharton, TX)
- Winona High School (Winona, Mississippi)
- Woodrow Wilson High School (Washington, D.C.)
- Woodstock School (Mussoorie, India)
- Yamhill Carlton High School (Yamhill, Oregon)
Other organizations
- Exxon Mobil, oil company (mascot: The Exxon Tiger)
- Flying Tigers, World War II fighter group
- Kellogg Company: Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal (Mascot name: Tony the Tiger)
- Tiger Beer
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