2009/10/28

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Tigers Said to be on "Verge of Extinction"

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Clip Source: www.cbsnews.com
The worlds tiger population is declining fast despite efforts to save them, and new strategies are urgently needed to keep the species from dying out, international wildlife experts said Tuesday.

A Sumatran tiger with a badly injured leg is seen inside a cage, after it was caught in a villagers snare, as it waits for medical treatment at the Natural Resources Conservation Agency in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009. There are an estimated 250 Sumatran tigers left in the wild, compared to about 1,000 in the 1970s due to poaching and habitat loss, according to the World Wildlife Fund.

"We are assembled here to save tigers that are at the verge of extinction," Nepals secretary of forest and soil conservation, Yuvaraj Bhusal, told a conference of tiger experts from 20 countries, including the 13 where wild tigers are still found.

An estimated 3,500 to 4,000 tigers now roam the worlds forests, down from the more than 100,000 estimated at the beginning of the 20th century. All the remaining tigers are in Asia.

The 13 countries where wild tigers are still found include Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam.


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