Third Tiger Killed As Tiger Summit Closes in St. Petersburg

U.S. Newswire › November 24, 2010

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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Less than a fortnight since a tiger was poached in the Russian Far East and another found poisoned in north India, IFAW (the International Fund for Animal Welfare) reports that a third wild tiger was killed yesterday in the northeast Indian state of Assam.

The incidents highlight two of the major threats to tigers including poaching and conflict with people, as governments from tiger range countries meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia finalized a new global plan to save the species from extinction.

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Third Tiger Killed As Tiger Summit Closes in St. Petersburg

Tiger populations have plummeted by 97% percent during the past century and as few as 3,000 wild tigers survive in a few scattered pockets of habita...

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