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India Reports Sharp Decline in Wild Tigers
India's wild tiger population has dropped from nearly 3,600 five years ago to an estimated 1,411, the Indian government announced this week, along with a plan to create eight new tiger reserves.
It will take five years to set up the new reserves, which will cover an area of more than 11,900 square miles (30,000 square kilometers) at a cost to taxpayers of about 153 million U.S. dollars, the government's Project Tiger said. ...full article
Date: February 13th, 2008 - Source
Visit the Save The Tiger Fund site.
India's wild tiger population has dropped from nearly 3,600 five years ago to an estimated 1,411, the Indian government announced this week, along with a plan to create eight new tiger reserves.
It will take five years to set up the new reserves, which will cover an area of more than 11,900 square miles (30,000 square kilometers) at a cost to taxpayers of about 153 million U.S. dollars, the government's Project Tiger said. ...full article
Date: February 13th, 2008 - Source
Visit the Save The Tiger Fund site.