One-Eyed Richmond Forum
Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on August 07, 2007, 12:39:52 PM
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On the 12 noon news they said the RFC has joined up to save the real tigers in the wild who are an endangered species. We'll be collecting for donations at Friday night's game.
Steven Wright was asked if we were similarly endangered and he replied we've got our backs to the wall given the on-field performance but we'll be basically fine off-field.
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I'm sick of dodging all the money grabbers when you are trying to get into the ground...understand we need to support community groups and the likes but between the charities and the scratchy ticket sellers you get apporached a dozen times or so....
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Babs I work in the city, they drive u frekkin bananas.
I will be giving for the Tigers though, what people are doing to the Tiger is a fukcen disgrace.
These people make me sick - literally.
The planet would be better off with more of these animals and less of those people.
:gotigers and :gotigers
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but we'll be basically fine off-field.
so does that mean we are also basically not fine
i wanna hear that we are definately fine
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Agree we need to do our bit, I have even been known to rattle the old tin (not an analogy for anything else ;D). Just don't like being followed and harrassed when you say no, or continually approached after you have already given....maybe they could give you a sticker or something to put on your top so that others leave you alone.
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stuff the tigers in the wild l couldnot care less if they were all gone
whats this got to do with Richmond Football club
there got one in the boardroom its probabaly getting old & there raising money for a new one
they should concentrate on the members & football & l be telling the money grabbers to stuff off come friday night
l couldnot give a stuff about the wild l dont live there & they eat the people who do anyway
l just want to see some good football from my team & it coached right or l get the signitures to cause the overthrow & get Peter Welsh back down there and .pee Miller March Wallace Royal King & the others off out of the club
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
sorry wayne, no tigers in africa
better head of the the bay of bengal, and the jungles in india and bangladesh, let them loose there to see first hand how a tiger should act
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
you know wayne that be too much for some of them lads they wouldnot get off the bus
they be too scared like when they tackle there aint no bone crunching tackles its grab & slip off stuff or fall to the ground :pray
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
sorry wayne, no tigers in africa
better head of the the bay of bengal, and the jungles in india and bangladesh, let them loose there to see first hand how a tiger should act
;D
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
thats some of the funniest poo ive read on this forum in a long time
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Tiger Taskforce Launched
4:32 PM Tue 7 August, 2007
for richmondfc.com.au
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Richmond Football Club has joined forces with Melbourne Zoo in a bid to ensure that tigers don’t disappear from the planet.
When the Zoo opened in 1862, and the Richmond Football Club was formed in 1885, there were eight subspecies of tigers living throughout much of Asia. Since then, however, the world has lost three subspecies, along with much of the tigers’ native habitat.
All five surviving subspecies are now endangered – Sumatran tigers most of all.
Now, Richmond Football Club is stamping its iconic brand on the Melbourne Zoo’s efforts to support Sumatran tiger conservation in the wild, and contribute to a sustainable zoo insurance population within the world’s zoo network.
The new Tiger Taskforce partnership aims to increase community awareness of the critical danger tigers face in the wild, and to raise funds to support projects that would secure the future of all surviving tiger subspecies.
The five Sumatran tigers at Melbourne Zoo are part of an international breeding program managed from London Zoo.
Melbourne Zoo is already a major partner of Flora and Fauna International, which manages an extremely significant habitat protection program in a major national park in Sumatra. Funds raised through the Tiger Taskforce project will enable the current assistance to be expanded further.
Richmond Football Club CEO Steven Wright is confident that Tiger supporters will get right behind the Tiger Taskforce.
“The mascot is so integral to Richmond’s identity and, given its significance, we felt a sense of duty to do whatever we could, to assist with the survival of the tigers in the wild, “ he said. “I’m sure our fans will rally to support such a meaningful cause.”
Zoo Board Chairman Andrew Fairley, who is a former Richmond Football Club Director, welcomes the new community partnership and sees it as a potentially powerful alignment of two Melbourne icons.
“It is very appropriate that two historic organisations, with deep roots in the Victorian community, share such a strong vision of a future where people live in greater harmony with wildlife, protecting the planet’s precious bio-diversity,”’ he said. “We are excited to welcome Richmond into a leadership role in tiger conservation.”
Richmond ruckman Troy Simmonds, a passionate supporter of wildlife conservation, has been appointed the Club’s Tiger Taskforce Ambassador.
To make a donation to the Tiger Taskforce, or to find out more information about the project, call (03) 9285 9314, or go to the Zoos Victoria website: http://www.zoo.org.au/.
http://richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=48733
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I actually sponsor the 3 Tiger cubs at the zoo (well I am one of many ;D). Sensational animals. Had a great morning a few months back when we had breakfast with the Cubs - magnificant :thumbsup
Learnt alot about the plight of the Sumartran Tigers - time to dig deep and help saves these beautiful animals :cheers
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Should take the players over to Africa and let them loose in the wild. Then get rich American tourists to hunt them down.
I bet we'll see some gut running then.
Comment of the season. P1sser
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Saving the (real) tigers
Warwick Green
The Age
August 14, 2007
THERE'S no doubting the hostility between Collingwood and Richmond fans. And so it was last Friday night, as the two tribes descended upon the 'G. It can be something of an obstacle course for fans making their way into the footy these days. You've only just breezed past your fifth kid trying to sell you a AFL Record, when a woman with a bright cap and even brighter caps on her teeth offers you a sign with the word "GOAL!" on one side, and a blatant plug for her product on the other.
In this environment, it's perhaps understandable that the famously placid Magpies fans were not necessarily at their most gregarious when asked whether they would care to donate any money to the Tiger Taskforce on Friday night. Several volunteers bravely rattled tins with the slogan "Eat 'em alive" scrawled on the front. No doubt, the odd Pies fan had flashbacks to Richmond's 1990 Save Our Skins campaign because more than one gentleman clad in black-and-white was heard to offer advice about where the tins could be inserted, preferably sideways. What they didn't realise was that the tin-rattling had nothing to do with Punt Road Oval or the Jack Dyer Foundation. It was about a joint initiative between Richmond and the Melbourne Zoo to raise funds and awareness about endangered animals, and the volunteers included two keepers from the tigers' enclosure and several other zoo staff.
Since the Richmond footy club was formed in 1885, three tiger sub-species have become extinct, and the remaining five species are endangered. Thankfully, quite a few AFL fans were prepared to donate money. One tin-rattler spoke of a small boy who flatly refused to help the Tigers, but once he understood what it was about, he handed over all of his coins for the tigers. In all, more than $1000 was raised at the match. If you're interested in the cause, log on to www.zoo.org.au or phone 9285 9314.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/saving-the-real-tigers/2007/08/13/1186857428209.html
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Very sad a crowd of 49,550 on Friday night and more than $1000 was raised.
If that was the final figure that equates to 5 cents per person who attended the
game. :banghead :banghead
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Very sad a crowd of 49,550 on Friday night and more than $1000 was raised.
If that was the final figure that equates to 5 cents per person who attended the
game. :banghead :banghead
Were the collectors outside Gate 3 because I didn't see any ???
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Very sad a crowd of 49,550 on Friday night and more than $1000 was raised.
If that was the final figure that equates to 5 cents per person who attended the
game. :banghead :banghead
Were the collectors outside Gate 3 because I didn't see any ???
Pre game they were as I was waiting for a mate and they came up to me outside Gate 3 near the fast food caravan. I sit in the Olympic Stand and going down at quarter and half time I didn't notice them.
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Very sad a crowd of 49,550 on Friday night and more than $1000 was raised.
If that was the final figure that equates to 5 cents per person who attended the
game. :banghead :banghead
Were the collectors outside Gate 3 because I didn't see any ???
Pre game they were as I was waiting for a mate and they came up to me outside Gate 3 near the fast food caravan. I sit in the Olympic Stand and going down at quarter and half time I didn't notice them.
I walked from Jolimont station to the 'G and didn't see one :-[. We got there an hour and 20 mins before the start of the game so maybe I got to the ground too early ???.
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Don't know MT. I got to the ground at abt 6 and even popped out for a smoke at abt 7 and the same woman was there just as I walked out from the gate where you get your pass outs. Didn't see her after that. Although I did spot the same woman in a tiger tee trying to sell me Tigger Scratchies pre game at quarter time and half time.
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I think it's a good cause. I too sponsor a tiger and a cheetah but at Australia Zoo.
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Don't know MT. I got to the ground at abt 6 and even popped out for a smoke at abt 7 and the same woman was there just as I walked out from the gate where you get your pass outs. Didn't see her after that. Although I did spot the same woman in a tiger tee trying to sell me Tigger Scratchies pre game at quarter time and half time.
Only way l buy a scratchy is if its a chic in a bikini on a cold day
why l would even scratch it while she was there ;D
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The two tiger cubs at the Melbourne Zoo are one year old :thumbsup. They were shown on the news tonight.
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The two tiger cubs at the Melbourne Zoo are one year old :thumbsup. They were shown on the news tonight.
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can they create space in midfield, im sure axel and lids would be ecstactic to finally have teamates who know how to play footy.
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The two tiger cubs at the Melbourne Zoo are one year old :thumbsup. They were shown on the news tonight.
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can they create space in midfield, im sure axel and lids would be ecstactic to finally have teamates who know how to play footy.
They know how to tackle properly lol.
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who really needs saving ???
us or them !!!
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Um, there's 3 tiger cubs at the zoo.
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:'( :'( :'(
Safety move led to cub's death
Steve Butcher
March 16, 2008
WHEN Melbourne Zoo's three rare Sumatran tiger cubs went public for the first time last year, their keepers faced a dilemma.
Should they lower the level of the water in the exhibit's pool to prevent any risk that a cub might slip in and drown?
Or should they keep it deep enough that adult tigers — the cubs' parents — could not stand on the bottom and get the traction to spring over the safety wall into a crowd of onlookers?
The risk to human safety was too great and the water was kept deep. The result of that rational decision was the death last Thursday of one of the cubs, Nakal.
When the cub went missing about 4pm, zoo staff feared he might be on the loose. They evacuated scores of tourists and visitors and called police. But Nakal — which means naughty, or cheeky, in Indonesian — was found dead in the pool about 5.30pm.
For distraught keepers, the male cub's drowning was a bitter blow. They had waited 16 years to breed the litter, born in October 2006.
After the birth, the cubs' mother reared them for months in a private off-limits area of heated dens and devoted human keepers. The risk, as it turned out, came when they moved into the acclaimed new rainforest exhibit, surrounded by the pool.
But there were no hand-wringing recriminations among zoo staff, just devastation, when confirmation came yesterday that 16-month-old Nakal had inexplicably drowned without witness.
The zoo's general curator, Dan Maloney, announced that an autopsy by vet Kate Bodley had found no evidence of trauma, seizure, heart attack or poisoning. Nakal had died in a tragic accident. Upset staff had received grief counselling, he said.
The death was even more puzzling given that tigers enjoy water and are strong swimmers.
The cubs are the offspring of 13-year-old Ramalon and his female mate Binjai, 6, who came to Melbourne from Rotterdam Zoo four years ago.
Sumatran tigers are the most endangered tiger species in the world, with a population of between 300 and 400.
The Melbourne Tigers basketball club and AFL club Richmond, sponsors of the zoo's Tiger Taskforce endangered species breeding program, have sent messages of condolence.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/safety-move-led-to-cubs-death/2008/03/15/1205472164010.html
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Tigers saving Tigers
richmondfc.com.au
Tue 19 August, 2008
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This week the Tiger Den is proudly supporting two causes close to the hearts of all Tigers fans - the Tiger Taskforce and the Marsh Foundation.
Both causes have close links with the Richmond Football Club and our near neighbours Indonesia, and to celebrate Indonesian Independence Day on Sunday August 17, the Tiger Den is selling limited edition plush Tiger Cubs, with all proceeds going to the Tiger Taskforce.
“Customers are always asking me if I sell cute soft Tiger Cubs, so this was a great chance for me to please my loyal Tiger Den customers and raise a bit of money for the real tigers at the same time,” said Richmond Merchandise Manager Megan Davies.
The Tiger Taskforce (http://www.zoo.org.au/zvf/tiger_taskforce) aims to increase community awareness of the critical danger tigers face in the wild, and to raise funds to support projects to secure the future of all surviving tiger subspecies.
Richmond Online Auctions is auctioning two items this week to raise money for each cause:
TROY SIMMONDS MATCH WORN GUERNSEY
Simmonds’ guernsey from this Saturday’s game at the MCG against his old club Fremantle. Troy is our Tiger Taskforce Ambassador and is happy that funds raised from his worn jumper can help the Sumatran Tiger Breeding Program.
‘TOSS THE COIN’ AT THIS WEEK’S RICHMOND V FREMANTLE MATCH
Proceeds from the sale of this opportunity will go to the Marsh Foundation. This auction ends on Tuesday 19 August at 4pm. The Marsh Foundation sends recycled Australian Medical equipment to hospitals in Indonesia.
Since the Bali bombings in 2002, the Marsh Foundation has been committed to improving the health standards of that region, in particular the health of impoverished children. With donated medical equipment and the help of the Indonesian Consulate, the Marsh Foundation started shipping containers of recycled medical gear into the poorest areas of Bali and beyond. The Marsh Foundation is now the number one medical equipment recycling group in the region.
The Plush Tiger Cubs are on sale from Monday 18 August until the conclusion of Saturday’s game at the MCG against Fremantle. They are available in the Tiger Den at Punt Rd Oval, over the counter, Monday–Friday from 9am-5pm and Saturday from 11am–6pm, or online by clicking here (https://www.clubsonline.com.au/shop/index.cfm?fuseaction=Display_Product_Listing&CategoryID=890&Title=TIGER%20CUB%20Charity&OrgID=1751).
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/Season2007/News/NewsArticle/tabid/6301/Default.aspx?newsId=65805
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I read on the internet the club has been contacted by the World Wildfund Fund about doing something together to help
save the worlds Tigers. I would support this initiative. From a personal perspective I would be happy for the club to include
a separate category on the membership form for members to donate say $10 a year to the WWF for this cause.
If we had 85,000 members at 10 bucks a pop, that would mean Richmond donated $850,000 a year to this fantastic cause.
I don't know how the WWF would use those funds, but as long as the outcomes were measurable from our perspective I
reckon it would be a terrific thing to do.
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CAN RICHMOND SAVE THE TIGER?
IS there nothing that Richmond can’t do?
After pulling off the most amazing premiership win with Dustin Martin dominating everything, they’re now being asked to take on an even tougher task.
Richmond has been contacted by the World Wildlife Fund to try and help save the tiger.
This is how far Peggy O’Neal’s club has come with the president even asked about the ‘Save-the-Tiger’ campaign at Monday night’s AGM.
It turns out that unlike the AFL team, the tiger is in serious threat of disappearing.
There were once nine subspecies who ruled the jungle, three are now extinct with the remaining six all endangered.
The AFL Tigers are in discussions with the WWF about a relationship moving forward with the club likely to help with raising awareness of the plight of the tiger.
Source: Herald-Sun website (http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/dwayne-russell-could-be-potential-replacement-for-david-schwarz-and-mark-allen-at-sen/news-story/a87eb5e0d30da5a77d3118e8f5e26f6b)
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I read on the internet the club has been contacted by the World Wildfund Fund about doing something together to help
save the worlds Tigers. I would support this initiative. From a personal perspective I would be happy for the club to include
a separate category on the membership form for members to donate say $10 a year to the WWF for this cause.
If we had 85,000 members at 10 bucks a pop, that would mean Richmond donated $850,000 a year to this fantastic cause.
I don't know how the WWF would use those funds, but as long as the outcomes were measurable from our perspective I
reckon it would be a terrific thing to do.
I started donating to WWF and the Tiger cause in particular several years ago, get regular updates and it is making a difference.
It really is disgusting what we do as humans
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Just about population growth in certain places - They have Cameras in the forests etc and track movement - How a lot of money is going to Rangers as poachers are a massive problem.
They have been observing growth in particular species, creating more national parkland and education. There is a lot that goes into it but the money does appear to be well spent.
What's $20 a month with the poo we waste our money on these days Try mobile phones for starters.
I can dig up some of my newsletters but Im sure you could find it online.....
Love Tigers
https://donate.wwf.org.au/campaigns/adopt-a-tiger/?t=ONLMTHAD17-18/GPA&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyLSn2IyG2AIV2wQqCh3uRwhqEAAYASAAEgKcsfD_BwE (https://donate.wwf.org.au/campaigns/adopt-a-tiger/?t=ONLMTHAD17-18/GPA&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyLSn2IyG2AIV2wQqCh3uRwhqEAAYASAAEgKcsfD_BwE)
One hundred years ago, there were 100,000 wild tigers. By 2010, as few as 3,200 wild tigers remained. This shocking population decline of about 95% was driven by rampant poaching for their body parts and habitat loss. In 2010 the most ambitious and visionary species conservation goal was set: to double the number of wild tigers by 2022 – the next Chinese year of the tiger.
The latest national tiger survey estimates that global wild tiger numbers have increased to around 3,890 today. This is the first increase in tiger conservation history, and a positive sign that efforts are working. However, threats against tigers still persist, and we urgently need to do more. By adopting a tiger you will make a real difference to the wild tiger’s chance of survival. You will be helping to protect vital habitat, step up our anti-poaching efforts and monitor tiger populations.
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took em long enough, maybe they could do a membership bundle with the adopt a tiger option tacked on.
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Some of these wildlife groups are just charity industries, started with good intentions but have morphed into fund raising groups.
People have to be careful who they donate to as some swallow much of the donations up in administration fees.
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still better than giving it to this mob
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Why donate to dodgy charities, if you want to donate money Richmond is a good start and they are reputable.
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There are some gripers and accusations, but there is a charity intelligence mob that does reports on them all. Their branch in Canada got a clean bill of health so it could be scuttlebutt. Will suss out Oz branch. They were pushing hard to fight the deforestation in Qld which was really bad, just got a win with that.
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Richmond has announced WWF-Australia as its official conservation partner, to help save wild tigers from extinction.
The new partnership will help efforts to double the number of wild tigers by 2022. This involves reducing the threat of poaching and ensuring that the homes of wild tigers – jungles and forests in Asia and Russia – are protected.
Since the Richmond Football Club was founded in 1885, the population of wild tigers has plummeted by about 95%. Today, there are less than 4,000 left in the wild.
The Club has appointed two Wild Tiger Ambassadors, forward Shane Edwards and assistant coach Ben Rutten, to increase awareness about what can be done to save tigers.
WWF-Australia will have a marquee at this Friday night’s Before the Pounce, where fans can grab a showbag and find out how they can help save tigers from extinction.
To find out more about WWF-Australia, or to make a contribution to their tiger adoption program, click here. (https://donate.wwf.org.au/adopt/tiger/wwf-richmond-football-club)
http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-08-16/tigers-partner-with-wwfaustralia
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Finally :clapping
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:thumbsup :cheers
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Finally :clapping
X2
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About time but good
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This week Richmond players Nick Vlastuin and Jack Graham will visit Sumatra as part of the Club’s conservation partnership with WWF-Australia. In the lead up to the trip, Dr Ashley Brooks provides an insight into the plight of the Sumatran tiger and what is being done to protect and grow the population.
Read more: http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/2018-11-19/the-sumatran-tiger-and-field-trip
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Tigers survive ‘extreme’ jungle adventure
LAUREN WOOD,
Herald Sun
December 3, 2018
Head-drenching spices, jungle treks and leeches — lots of bloodsucking leeches.
Nick Vlastuin didn’t know what he was in for.
While the off-season saw plenty of the usual for the premiership Tiger — sun, surf and a few cold refreshments — things took a turn a fortnight ago.
Sumatra was the destination, turning up the heat in 30-plus conditions.
But he and fellow flag-winner Jack Graham couldn’t have known how tough a time they were in for on the tooth as they went bush with the World Wildlife Fund.
“There was tonnes of leeches,” Vlastuin revealed.
“The hardest part was probably the spice in the food. Jacky Graham, he really struggled with that.
“Especially in the ranger station — the closest restaurant is a four-hour four-wheel drive ride away, so you’ve got no choice.
“They kept cooking up chicken and fish, and Jack would ask ‘Is this spicy?’. And they’d say, ‘Nah, no spice’. Five minutes later, he was sweating bullets.
“I struggled a little bit — not as much as Jack. But I had been over there for a month beforehand, surfing in the Mentawai Islands, so I’d kind of gotten used to it then.”
The duo joined the WWF and its Tiger Protection Unit — who looked “big and mean” but loved taking selfies with the players — almost four hours outside Pekanbaru in central Sumatra as part of Richmond’s conservation partnership with WWF Australia.
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Richmond players Nick Vlastuin and Jack Graham trekking through the jungle in Sumatra with the World Wildlife Fund Tiger Protection Unit. Picture: Richmond Football Club
Less than 400 Sumatran tigers remain in the wild, with poaching their greatest threat.
The endangered species is also responsible for an average of 10 human deaths per year in the region, meaning while Vlastuin and Graham travelled to the island to learn more about their plight, they weren’t exactly all that keen on coming across one while trekking in the jungle.
“A week out, we got told we weren’t going to see a tiger,” he said.
“When I told people that, they’re like, ‘Why would you want to go?’. When we were trekking through the jungle and saw how thick the bush was, there’s no made paths at all ... we were like, ‘Thank god we’re not going to see a tiger’.”
Vlastuin counted his lucky stars for a simple pleasure when the program started with a homestay at a local village.
“I was by myself, and it was interesting,” the 24-year-old said.
“The two people (I was staying with) were so excited when I walked in, but they couldn’t speak a word of English. That was hard.
“I was the only homestay that had a shower — everyone else just had a bucket to splash themselves with water, so I was pretty happy with that.
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Vlastuin was glad he’d ditched the trademark beard before the trip. Picture: Richmond Football Club
“After that came the ranger station, so we caught a boar up the river. The TPU (Tiger Protection Unit) go out on treks in the bush for 14 days at a time. They carry and catch all their food and are looking for snares and check camera traps.”
He learned that such snares are set up by locals, often looking to catch food, like pigs.
“But when they do catch a tiger — which some of them try to do — they will usually kill it themselves because they’re worth quite a bit for body parts,” he said.
“(The WWF representative) was saying to come across a snare with a tiger in it is like a gold nugget for some locals.
“The snare is like a 20-30m tree which they pull over, and if you step on the snare, the idea is to lift the tiger up off the ground so it can’t get away. They’re 150kg and it can fling them up in the air and have them hanging from it. So you can imagine what it would do to a person. It was pretty extreme.”
Now aware to what is facing the wild tigers, Vlastuin has returned to Australia ready to face the AFL pre-season with a new perspective.
Human-tiger conflict in the region was one aspect that took him particularly by surprise.
“You kind of know of the problems the tigers are facing — they’re getting poached and their habitat is getting destroyed. But I didn’t really know any solutions,” he said.
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Less than 400 Sumatran Tigers remain in existence. Picture: Adrian Mann/Zoos SA
“The main one was safe work practices for the locals. In the plantations, they often work by themselves. That’s when a tiger would attack them. Most tigers that are getting killed are revenge killings. It’s an average of 10 (people killed) per year, so then that’s 10 tigers that the locals would go and kill.
“They’re working on creating better work conditions, people aren’t getting killed so the tigers aren’t, trying to create new jobs so the poachers don’t have to do what they do and more efficient farming practices. It’s pretty amazing.”
With searing temperatures and draining humidity, Vlastuin was glad to be rid of his trademark in-season beard — “it would have been pretty disgusting over there” — and will be back to reality on Monday, rejoining his teammates at Punt Rd as summer cranks into gear.
“The sleeping routine will struggle, but apart from that, we’ll be right,” he said.
“I’ll be used to the heat.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/teams/richmond/richmond-premiership-pair-nick-vlastuin-jack-graham-venture-into-the-sumatran-jungle-in-aid-of-endangered-tigers/news-story/7a46d5dba63fedb1e312f00547e47a55
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On Ch 7 news tonight.
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On Ch 7 news tonight.
Graham and Floss talked about their time in the Sumatran jungle.
https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1071311693211348992
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Vlastuin has made the most of his off-season so far, travelling with his premiership teammates to Thailand and Bali.
The defender’s latest adventure will take him to India with teammate Toby Nankervis to help raise awareness for Tiger conservation as part of the club’s partnership with the WWF.
“I got lucky enough to get the call up to India with a partnership with WWF we are going over there … going through a few a couple of reserves and looking for Tigers and seeing what they do to save them,” Vlastuin said before flying out to India on Friday.
“Me and Jack Graham went to Sumatra last year and learnt about what they are trying to do. India is kind of a success story, they have been really successful in boosting Tiger numbers.
“In Sumatra we couldn’t see more than 10 or 15 metres but we had a lot of locals reassuring us that we would probably have to walk for about five days before we saw any.
“We were in a group of 15 as well so they said seeing a Tiger was going to be very unlikely.
“In India we are in the cars and there is a lot more open spaces and a lot more Tigers, so hopefully we get lucky.”
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/more-news/richmond-star-nick-vlastuin-expects-alex-rance-to-have-big-impact-in-his-return-from-injury/news-story/d8e5fe61f527ec3c0f0863eb43a93d66
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Good stuff Vlas.
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The AFL off-season has taken two @Richmond_FC premiership stars from the MCG to the remote jungles of India to help save tigers from extinction. Toby Nankervis and @nickvlastuin went on patrol to join the campaign to protect the big cats. @SeanSowerby7 #7AFL #7NEWS
Watch here: https://twitter.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1199955457869139968
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We're proud to be continuing our partnership with official conservation partner @WWF_Australia into the future. 🐅
Help save wild tigers from extinction - https://donate.wwf.org.au/adopt/tiger/wwf-richmond-football-club
Source: RFC twitter.
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This is a good sponsorship. Problem for me is I just want to give them say $50 in a one off donation. I dont want to do monthly payments
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Every year on July 29, Global Tiger Day is celebrated to raise awareness for tiger conservation.
The Richmond Football Club are proud of the continuing work we do through our partnership with WWF-Australia to help save wild tigers.
With WWF-Australia as our official conservation partner, we are committed to tiger conservation and helping to stop these magnificent creatures from becoming extinct.
Since the Richmond Football Club was founded in 1885, 95% of the world’s wild tiger population has disappeared. There are currently less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild due to the impacts of poaching, habitat loss and the illegal wildlife trade.
The Club and WWF-Australia came together in 2018 and have seen player ambassadors Nick Vlastuin, Jack Graham and Toby Nankervis travel to both Sumatra and India, to learn about the challenges facing wild tigers and the work WWF are doing in these landscapes to increase numbers.
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/988956/richmond-celebrates-global-tiger-day
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Happy Tiger Day everyone :rollin
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Richmond launch Tiger Conservation Membership.
https://am.ticketmaster.com/richmond/TigerConservationMembership
https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1032413/richmond-launch-tiger-conservation-membership
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Fantastic idea. Ill be adding this to my current membership in tbe next werk.
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Bought one today
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Help Richmond save wild tigers this Global Tiger Day
This Global Tiger Day, Richmond Football Club is calling on its fans to rally together to help save wild tigers from extinction by purchasing a Tiger Conservation Membership (https://am.ticketmaster.com/richmond/TigerConservationMembership).
The recently launched membership offering is helping wild tigers flourish in their natural habitat, namely a critical tiger landscape in Malaysia that sees poachers responsible for a 50% reduction in wild tiger population.
Funds from the membership directly employ indigenous community members in Malaysia who work with WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) to patrol the Royal Belum State Park, disrupting poachers' activity, destroying tiger snares, and monitoring the area for tigers.
Richmond is halfway to its target of 660 Tiger Conservation Memberships. Reaching 660 memberships would provide funding for a Tiger Patrol Unit (TPU) for a full 12 months.
Richmond's Tiger Conservation Memberships (https://am.ticketmaster.com/richmond/TigerConservationMembership) include a Tiger plush toy, access to a Richmond home game, and access to a members exclusive web page with competitions, updates from the Patrol Unit, and Tiger facts.
By signing up for a membership in July or August, members will be in the running to be part of the official 2023 AFL RFC team photo – a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Read more at: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/1183415/help-richmond-save-wild-tigers-this-global-tiger-day
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Help us save wild tigers from extinction by becoming a Tiger Conservation Member (https://abs-0.twimg.com/emoji/v2/72x72/1f42f.png)
Join now - https://membership.richmondfc.com.au/membership/tiger-conservation
https://twitter.com/Richmond_FC/status/1602783698104950784