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New Report: Tigers Vanish in Nepal

Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, death, endangered, environment, investigation, wildanimals )

Dan
- 56 days ago - livescience.com
The tiger population in the Wildlife Reserve in Nepal has dwindled to between six and 14. Poaching is suspected; tigers are used in traditional Chinese medicine and served as exotic food. Mentioned in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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Eleni M. (0)
Friday July 4, 2008, 5:44 am
So what's going to happen to their amazing traditional medicine after the tigers disappear altogether? Oh! I forgot they are going to have tiger farms.
 
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