Days of pondering passed and Patch FINALLY got her hands moving. To avoid “over-indulgence”, Patch would occasionally seek Black’s opinion such as “Should it be this length?” or “Is this too much?” Black always give her views, though sometimes they do get a little too abstract for Patch.... such as “hmmm...A little bit more.” or “Yes, almost there…”. 
Patch was in momentum and the necklace was near to finish until she had a “mental-block”! The design was lacking one important bit – the secondary pendant. When worn as a short chain, Patch wanted a secondary pendant to give a more unique look to the accessory. But this secondary pendant had to be interesting, yet it cannot outshine the Tiger pendant. The colour, the size – these have to be carefully thought through. After toggling with the various choices, Black gave her ultimate input by creating THE ONE - what you see on the chain now! =D Once that was put together, both Black & Patch said “Yeah!! and now you have it – Blackpatch’s first Tiger accessory! 
On a more serious note, Patch was really hoping that this accessory can catch people's attention and thus interest them to find out more about tigers. Patch knew that tigers are victims of illegal animal trading. But what she didn’t know is that there are less than 3,200 wild tigers in the world today. It may seem like a large number, but think again… a century ago, there were about 100,000 tigers in the world. That works out to mean, about 968 tigers die each year - and that's not exactly a small number. Sadly, one of the reasons for the decline is that tigers are hunted to feed the illegal wildlife market. As long as there is demand, there will be supply! So hopefully as people know more about tigers, they learn to love them and eventually stop buying tiger part products. And maybe these beautiful animals may still have shot at having a future.
Do check out some local news http://www.acres.org.sg/wildlifecrime/tiger2.html
