{"id":762492,"date":"2026-09-07T03:32:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762492\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T03:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T03:32:25","slug":"9ft-tiger-in-cornwall-at-end-of-1000-mile-charity-walk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/762492\/","title":{"rendered":"9ft tiger in Cornwall at end of 1,000-mile charity walk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The eye-catching animal is actually a life-sized model carried on the back of wildlife guide and photographer Paul Goldstein, who is taking on the final leg of a 1,000-mile charity walk across Britain to raise funds for tiger conservation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Paul and the tiger in Dorset (Image: Paul Goldstein)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Goldstein, who is now almost 850 miles into the trek, is carrying a 9ft, 13kg tiger model on his back for the entire distance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The challenge aims to raise \u00a350,000 for frontline tiger conservation projects in India and Bhutan, supported by UK charity Explorers Against Extinction.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Goldstein is due to cross into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.falmouthpacket.co.uk\/search\/?search=cornwall&amp;ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cornwall<\/a> today (Sunday, September 6), with just six days remaining before the finish at Land\u2019s End, scheduled for next Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has faced demanding coastal terrain, heavy rain, and strong headwinds since reaching the south coast over the bank holiday weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Walking across the a beach in Devon (Image: Paul Goldstein)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Despite having completed more than 50 marathons with the tiger model, including the Everest Marathon in 2022, he describes this journey as his toughest challenge yet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Supporters are encouraged to join Mr Goldstein for part of the route as he completes his journey through Cornwall.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Timetable<\/p>\n<p>  Sunday 6 September \u2013 Tavistock to Liskeard (870 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Monday 7 September \u2013 Liskeard to St Austell (893 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Tuesday 8 September \u2013 St Austell to East Portholland (911 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Wednesday 9 September \u2013 East Portholland to Maenporth, Falmouth (932 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Thursday 10 September \u2013 Maenporth, Falmouth to The Lizard (955 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Friday 11 September \u2013 The Lizard to Penzance (980 miles)<\/p>\n<p>  Saturday 12 September \u2013 Penzance to Land\u2019s End (1,000 miles)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The eye-catching animal is actually a life-sized model carried on the back of wildlife guide and photographer Paul&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":762493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-762492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/762493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=762492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=762492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}