{"id":820,"date":"2020-08-02T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-02T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/?p=820"},"modified":"2025-09-04T01:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T01:24:47","slug":"the-save-the-tiger-belt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/the-save-the-tiger-belt\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8220;Save-The-Tiger&#8221; Belt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;For the cat person of conscience&#8221; comes the Save-The-Tiger belt. An essential accessory that pulls many a BR outfit together with a bit of an edge. I think it&#8217;s a beautiful belt that would be shocking were it to have an actual tiger tooth, certainly, but it feels like a missed opportunity not to donate to tiger conservation as part of the sale.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From the catalog: &#8220;Only 200 Siberian tigers survive in the wild today, and a mere three or four of the Javan species. There are 2,000 Bengals (but many live in zoos). The proud tiger, alas, is severely endangered. So our belt closing looks like a tiger tooth but is really 100% ecologically sound ox horn. The elegant, smooth-finished belt is top-grain cowhide that tapers from 3 inches wide to 1 3\/4 inches. For the cat-person of conscience.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/savethetiger.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-834\" title=\"savethetiger\" src=\"http:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/savethetiger-1024x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"614\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/savethetiger-1024x445.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/savethetiger-300x130.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/savethetiger.jpg 1545w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1-848x636.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Tiger1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2-848x1131.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-1140x1520.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3-848x1131.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger3.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8919\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-1140x855.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5-848x636.jpg 848w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-5.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"565\" height=\"877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-holiday86.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8928\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-holiday86.jpg 565w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/tiger-holiday86-193x300.jpg 193w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><figcaption>Holiday 1986<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tiger-miller.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tiger-miller.jpg 402w, https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/tiger-miller-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" 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An essential accessory that pulls many a BR outfit together with a bit of an edge. I think it&#8217;s a beautiful belt that would be shocking were it to have an actual tiger tooth, certainly, but it feels like a missed opportunity not to donate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1428,30],"tags":[1148],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8932,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions\/8932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.secretfanbase.com\/banana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}