World Body Painting Champion and models make live art at St Pancras for International Tiger Day

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Save Wild Tigers in live art exhibit by Carolyn Roper at St Pancras to mark International Tiger Day

When Double World Body Painting Champion Carolyn Roper created large-scale tiger-inspired living sculptures using two models at St Pancras International, few commuters failed to glimpse the impressive display.

In honour of International Tiger Day, the station and global conservation campaigners Save Wild Tigers teamed up to create a poignant live art exhibit.

“Art is appreciated by visitors to St Pancras International and our first live art exhibition has certainly caught the eye of those who passed by this morning,” said Nicola Shaw, of HS1 Ltd, which owns the station.

“We’re delighted to have provided a backdrop for this and offer our ongoing support for the Save Wild Tigers initiative.”

With only 3,200 tigers left in the wild - a 97% decrease during the past century - perhaps it has never been more important to mark this day and increase awareness of the plight of these magnificent creatures.

“The team at St Pancras International has done a brilliant job preserving the station’s historic building for future generations,” said Simon Clinton, the founder of the tiger preservationists.

“It’s time to bring that same level of commitment to the plight of the wild tiger.”

• Visit savewildtigers.org for more.

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Three museums to see natural history in:

Bell Pettigrew Museum of Natural History, Fife
Founded during the heyday of Victorian collecting, the core purpose of this museum today is to allow the evolutionary and taxonomic relationships between animals to be clearly understood in the light of the characteristics defining each phylum exhibited.

Colchester Natural History Museum
Housed in the unique setting of the former All Saints Church in 1957, the rich natural heritage of north-east Essex. Travel from the open through the salt marshes and beaches to the more familiar urban environments of the park.

Aberdeen University Zoology Museum
The Zoology Museum’s collections are worldwide in scope and cover more than 200 years of biological study at the University. Highlights on display include a stuffed Bengal tiger, great ape skeletons, and historic blue whale limbs and whale skeletons

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