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Article #938Re: The ice is melting but the problem is ignored
From: DonQuijote1954
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:18
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:18
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"Across its range, this magnificent animal is being poisoned, electrocuted, blown up by land mines, trapped, snared, shot and captured" Funds to save the tiger are short; funds for war are plentyful. Welcome to the land of the human predators... :( Conservationists call for more funds, commitment to protect tigers Fri Nov 26, 7:56 PM ET Science - AFP HANOI (AFP) - A large injection of funds and commitment from the international community is needed to prevent the world's critically endangered tiger population from dwindling any further, conservationists warned. Out of the eight sub-species of tiger that roamed the earth's jungles and forests 60 years ago, the Bali tiger, the Caspian tiger and the Javan tiger are now extinct, while less than 20 South China tigers remain. "Across its range, this magnificent animal is being poisoned, electrocuted, blown up by land mines, trapped, snared, shot and captured," according to global conservation organization, the WWF. [url]http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1540&ncid=1540&e=4&u=/afp/20041127/sc_afp/wildlife_animals_tigers_041127005644[/url]
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