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Tiger numbers 'halve in 25 years'

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by Amy Judd | March 11, 2008 at 09:50 pm

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The World Wildlife Fund told a conference in Stockholm today that the world's tiger population may have halved in the past twenty-five years. Some tiger species are facing complete extinction due to loss of habitat and demand for tiger parts in some parts of the world.
The tigers are at a crossroads in their existence, and their outcome almost completely depends on us.
Now that is a scary thought.

The WWF told a conference in Stockholm there might be only 3,500 tigers left, and that one sub-species, the South China Tiger, could soon be extinct.

Chinese demand for tiger body parts - used in traditional medicine - was described as one of the main threats.

But the WWF said if proper measures were taken, tiger numbers could rise.

Conservationists have recently bought up land concessions from governments in an effort to combat the destruction of forests still inhabited by tigers.

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at 01:46 on March 12th, 2008

amyjudd, Good stuff.

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at 09:07 on March 12th, 2008

amyjudd, I like this story. It's good stuff. If the tigers go, we're all diminished.

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