Timkat celebration

I was fortunate to be in Gondar, Ethiopia during the Timkat (Epiphany) celebration. It was very exciting.

Awash, Ethiopia

I met the Oromo people in Awash. They were very kind and friendly.

Hamadryas Baboons in Awash National Park- Ethiopia

Another experience checked off in my bucket list- Observing wild Hamadryas Baboons in Africa. I was astounded the other day when I saw hundreds of baboons on the side of the cliff. As an animal trainer, I have been around these amazing creatures, but always wanted to see them in their natural habitat. Baboons are a patriarchal society. The social units are divided into harems, units, and bands (Awash National Park- Ethiopia)

African Wart Hog

I stopped dead in my tracks yesterday when I saw this African Wart Hog in Awash National Park in Ethiopia. Male this size have been known to drive away adult lions who try to hunt them.

Male Ostrich at Awash Falls Lodge- Ethiopia

I am staying at the Awash Falls Lodge, and they have two amazing young Ostriches here. The National Park is home to approximately 474 species of birds.

Wild Hyenas In Awash National Park, Ethiopia

I arrived here safely in Addis, Ababa and traveled to Awash, which is located in the central-east part of the country. I was able to observe a pack of hyenas with their young at the Fentale Caves. This was a dream come true for me. Hyena packs are a matriarchal society, and females are born with a high level of testosterone. I found the mothers to be very caring and attentive of their young.

A Black Leopard Cub That I Helped To Raise

Don't try this at home.....or work. Leopards are really dangerous. Even as a cub, this female was showing signs of aggression and testing us.

Dakota Playing With Water

Dakota is one of the tigers I have worked with, and he loves playing with water.

Endangered Ethiopian Elephants

Dr. Yirmed Demeke has dedicated his work to protecting the Ethiopian Elephant. This is a great article about his conservation strategies. I will be meeting with him when I go to Ethiopia. 

http://ethiopianelephants.wildlifedirect.org

I Licensed This Kenyan Hip Hop Track To Universal Pictures.

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Dexter Having Fun In The Yard

Dana and Penelope

My chickens have so much personality. They follow me everywhere I go in the backyard and actually like to be held.

White Tigers

Here is one of the white tigers I have worked with. I just fed him his food, and he is very possessive over his meal. They are always aggressive while eating.

Elephant Conservation

Devastating news from Amboseli National Park in Kenya. One of the best-loved big matriarchs, Qumquat, was slaughtered by poachers, along with her two young daughters. Her youngest daughter was found alongside the carcasses, and she was rescued with the help of David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. Her 6-month-old grandson is missing.

My New YouTube Channel For My Africa Trip

More Wild Animals

Wrestling With Tigers

We have trained tigers to not bite and scratch, from the time that they are young cubs. The training in how we are able to wrestle with them.

Walking a Male Bengal Tiger

At Six Flags park, we trained the big cats to walk on a leash.

Interview On SF Zoo New Siberian Tiger

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8109526

ABC Tiger Interview

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7955545&pid=null

My CBS Interview On The SF Zoo Tiger Attack

White Bengal Tigers

I have spent many years training tigers and lions. One of the most rewarding parts of my job is teaching people about the big cats and their unique natural history.

My First Year As A Tiger Trainer

Here I am with Kashmir, a white Bengal cub. I hand raised her and trained her up to her adult years. White tigers were found in India.

Elephant Conservation In Ethiopia

Elephants In Ethiopia

This is a great article on Ethiopian scientist Yirmed Demeke. He is very dedicated to Elephant conservation in Mago National Park and Babille National Park in Ethiopia. They have lost 90%
of their elephant population since the 1980's. This is due to illegal poaching.

Habesha Food At Yayu In Oakland

Migiboo betham konjo neber. I can't wait to eat Ethiopian food everyday when I am in Addis, Ababa.

I Am Looking Forward To Seeing Hyenas in Ethiopia

Hyenas In Ethiopia

A Very Informative Article On The Ethiopian Lion

Ethiopian Lion

The Ethiopian Lion

This adult male lion is at the zoo in Addis, Ababa. This is one of the places I will be visiting in my trip to Ethiopia.

White Bengal Tigers

I am doing a behavior called a rise, using low fat milk as a training reward.

Nikka, the Lioness

Trip to Ethiopia

I am planning a trip to Ethiopia, specifically to see the Ethiopian Black Maned Lion. They are genetically different from the other sub-species of lions.

I Licensed This Kenyan Hip Hop Track To Universal Pictures

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I Licensed This Track To The TV Series, Necessary Roughness on the USA Network.

Because

Music searches for TV

I am looking for more hip hop and urban music for TV episodes. The tracks must be clean, sample free and easy to clear for licensing. Easy to clear means that there are only one or two publishers and master right's holders.

Chillaxin with the white bengal tigers that I helped to raise.

MondayNightSlam-The Bad Girls Club

MondayNightSlam
I produced this track with John Honore for our FOX Sports catalogue. It has been used in Seasons 6-8 episodes on The Bad Girls Club, airing on NBC Universal's Oxygen network.

EA Games- Need for Speed. The Run

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Working in collaboration with Pyramind Studios, we placed The NightLife in EA's new video game, Need for Speed- The Run. The artist is Big Omeezy.

09 All Together

I placed this song by the Lovemakers in EA's new video game, Need For Speed- The Run. It was released this week.

09 All Together

Music Licensing

As Director of Music Licensing for IDCLicensing, I am always looking for new material for TV, film, commercials and video games. I currently have a music library deal with FOX SPORTS and have been seeking upbeat rock and hip hop. Recently, I have been licensing music to EA Games, which has been very rewarding. Games use many different genres of music which keeps my job stimulating.

Austria-Honore. Another one for The Bad Girls Club

Awkward Silence 2MixB by Wildtiger

Austria and Honore for FOX Sports

GetYourRocksOn 2MixB by Wildtiger

This Feeling- an improve track that I played on guitar at Master Fade Studios

This Feeling by Wildtiger

Awoke To This

They Are AfterMe by Wildtiger
A track I wrote with John Honore for a TV cue car chase scene. I am rockin the guitar and bass, Honore is on the orchestra and production. I love my job.

My most recent tiger interview on ABC

"Crush" for FOX Sports. I am on guitar and bass, John Honore is on virtual instruments and mixing

Crush by Wildtiger

A track I produced with Sellassie and Dave Earl for a film

Wicked System v6 by Wildtiger

A pic of me chillaxin With Rocky and Kashmir

Watch Blue Crush 2 and listen to African music from my licensing catalogue in the soundtrack

Watch Burn Notice on the USA Network for music from the IDCLicensing catalogue.

Here is my ABC interview on the SF Zoo Tiger Attack. R.I.P. Tatiana

A track I recently licensed to Dreamworks Animation for the Megamind DVD

Bad Bones Three 2 by Wildtiger

I placed this track in Death Race 2 from Universal Pictures.

09 Picture My Pain by Wildtiger

I just licensed this Kenyan track in Universal Picture's "Blue Crush 2." This female surfing movie takes place in South Africa.

V6 tarua by Wildtiger

Female Tiger With Her Cubs

Tigers from Vishal Jadhav on Vimeo.

At 1:30seconds into this video, there is amazing footage of a tiger and her cubs walking through a body of water.

There are only 1,400 Bengal Tigers remaining in India. Please support WildAid.

WildAid is doing great work towards decimating the illegal wildlife trade in tiger parts. They have been very effective in communicating the importance of conservation.
http://www.wildaid.org

Male Lions Fighting

One of the main duties of a male lion in a pride is to fight in order to protect the group from enemies and invading male lions. This pic shows a male lion giving a deadly spinal cord bite to am immature male lion.

Bengal Tigers

Here is a photo of me with the Bengal Tigers that I helped to raise. There are only 1,400 tigers left in the wilds of India. Drastic measures must be taken in order to save them from extinction.

Entertainment and fashion attorney, Uduak Oduok interviewed me on music licensing and my work with African hip-hop. http://networkedblogs.com/eLVie

Here is my ABC interview on the SF Zoo Tiger Attack. R.I.P. Tatiana

Chillin with the white tigers that I helped to raise.

A pic of me chillaxin With Rocky and Kashmir

Licensing tracks to the TV series, Keeping Up With The Kardashians on the E! Entertainment network

Just placed music in Season 6 of The Bad Girls Club on NBC Universal's Oxygen Network.

Check out music from the IDCLicensing catalogue in Universal Pictures' Bring It On- Fight To The Finish

Aggressive Monday in Episode 2 of The Bad Girls Club- NBC Universal Oxygen network

01 Aggressive Monday by WildtigerThis track that I produced with John Honore and Eric Farberov is playing on Episode 2-"Check Your Baggage," of The Bad Girls Club on NBC Universal's Oxygen network. It plays after the intro of the episode when Morgan is getting in a physical altercation with the Girls. 1:50min into the video. Check out the link to hear the track in the scene. http://www.oxygen.com/full-episodes/

Another track I wrote with John Honore for FOX Sports

GetYourRocksOn 2MixB by WildtigerJohn Honore and I wrote this track for FOX Sports Music.

At Master Fade Studios, composing guitar tracks for TV Episodes

My Tiger Attack Interview on the CBS Early Show

Tigers Love Water

This is one of the male tigers I work with, playing with water. He is a male bengal tiger and weights about 450lbs.

Music In Reality Shows

I just licensed music in Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Bad Girls Club, Kourtney and Kloe Take Miami, Real World, and a few other reality shows.

Tracks I produced with Honore, Earl and Stinj-e

Latest tracks by Wildtiger

Austria wrestling with a white tiger.

Year Of The Tiger Approaching- Austria with his White Tigers

Childhood Piano

Here I am at my grandmother's house, next to the piano I learned to play on as a child. 

Voodoo Trance- www.myspace.com/wildtigermusic

Master Fade Productions and Urban Tiger Music

Visit the web site of my production/writing partner, John Honore of Master Fade Productions: www.masterfade.net. You can also hear some of our tracks on www.myspace.com/wildtigermusic. We are available for music productions projects.

"Bring It On: Fight To The Finish"

I just placed Bay Area Latin hip-hop tracks in Universal Studio's movie, "Bring It On: Fight To The Finish," starring Christina Millian. Peep it on Netflix or Blockbustah. Mad props to tha Bay!!!

Flossin in my tiger training suit.

How Working With Tigers and Music Intersect. Check out this Pyramind link.

http://pyramind.com/students/student-success-stories/208-chris-austria.html

Chris Austria Tiger Interview

Chris Austria Press Release.

Here is a press release about my work with the tigers.

http://www.pr-inside.com/news-program-appearances-lead-to-development-r386121.htm

Full Height of an Adult Male Bengal

This male bengal tiger weighs about 350 lbs. and is about 9 feet tall.

White Tiger Teeth

Tigers have very large canines; up to about 3 inches.

Wild Bengal Tiger Attacking Man on Elephant.

Tigers are prone to attack when individuals are in their territory. They can run up to 25 miles an hour. This shows their determination, ferocity and aggression. This is very unusual footage since most tigers try to avoid humans in the wild. The Bengal tiger population is down to approximately 3,000. White Bengal Tigers are no longer found in the wild, having been killed off by hunters. They are still heavily poached for bones and other body parts used in Chinese medicine. We must work to protect them.

Chris Austria-CBS Interview about SF Zoo Tiger Attack

Watch CBS Videos Online

The Regal Puma

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Originally uploaded by pantherapardus.

Indian Tigers

Chris feeding cat
Originally uploaded by pantherapardus.

This male tiger is approximately 12 feet long and 450 lbs. I am giving him low fat milk, his favorite treat. This is a trained behavior called a rise.