News : Tiger

Sectra, Europe’s leading supplier of secure telephony, has taken the strategic decision to adapt its secure voice communication products to the SCIP standard. Already by spring 2011, the Tiger and Panthon products will support SCIP.
“We will be the first company in the European market to offer products that support the SCIP standard for handling security-classified information at the Secret and Restricted...

Lynne Gorrie has gone all tigertastic after a hair make-over in aid of her favourite fundraising organisation 21st Century Tiger.

The Blackpool Zoo regular decided to have her hair styled just like her favourite resident Zambar the Amur tiger after learning of the plight of his critically endangered relatives across the world at a members’ only presentation at the zoo.

After weeks of fundraising in the area Lynne,...

Animal mad Rachel Owen from Standish in Wigan is officially a bookworm!
The seven year old has been crowned the first winner of the Blackpool Zoo bookworm competition, which was launched on World Book Day in March.

On a recent visit to the zoo Rachel, who attends Shevington Vale Primary School, spotted the competition and instantly knew the answer to the question: Name the tiger in Rudyard Kipling’s “Jungle...

Lynne’s hair to go all tigertastic…….
Blackpool Zoo regular, Lynne Gorrie, has fallen head over heals in love with Zambar the new Amur Tiger and is having her hair styled just like his to help save his relatives across the world.

The decision came after she attended a members’ only presentation at the zoo, hosted by conservation officer Lou Bell, who talked about the plight of the critically endangered...

Blackpool Zoo is offering a ray of sunshine to those that are fed up with the horrible weather, by letting children in for free on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th February.
To take advantage of this one weekend only promotion visitors need to print off the special voucher on www.blackpoolzoo.org.uk.

It entitles one child per full paying adult free admission to the zoo, where they can meet the new tiger Zambar,...

Watch out……Watch out…..there’s a tiger about!
Half term will see Blackpool Zoo mark the Chinese Year of the Tiger with the arrival of Zambar, a male Amur Tiger.

Born at Marwell Zoo in March 2004, he will arrive in early February to take up residence in his own paddock and will be joined by a female later in the year.

From Sunday 14th through to Saturday 20th February the zoo will celebrating Zambar’s arrival...

Sectra has signed contracts with two European defense departments concerning Tiger XS for encrypted telephony. The total order value is SEK 10 million.
Tiger XS is a personal voice encryptor that protects telephone calls from eavesdropping over telephone lines, GSM, 3G, ISDN and IP networks as well as via satellite systems. Tiger is certified by the EU, NATO and several national security bodies, making it the...