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Saving Wild Tigers
from PRI's The World Science
China and Russia have just announced a plan to set up the first cross-border protection zone for the Siberian tiger. There are fewer than 500 Siberian tigers in the wild today, only about 20 of them in China. This international tiger conservation effort will attempt to protect the remaining tigers from poaching and habitat loss.
Nepal runs a program that pays local communities to protect tigers and tiger habitats. Other countries are drafting plans to protect the species as part of a new Global Tiger Recovery Program.
Can such efforts save the tiger? Or is it facing inevitable extinction? Bring your thoughts and questions to John Seidensticker, a conservation biologist at the Smithsonian's Washington National Zoological Park in Washington, DC. The discussion continues through September 13.
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