Poachers Kill 19 Russian Tigers in 2012-13 – WWF
MOSCOW, July 31 (RIA Novosti) – At least 19 endangered Siberian tigers, some of the rarest animals on earth, have been killed by poachers in Russia since 2012, the World Wildlife Fund said Wednesday …
RIA Novosti – 17:17 31/07/2013
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Whiskas pounces on big cats campaign
Mars brand curls up to WWF for wild tiger conservation
Laura Slattery
Whiskas has joined forces with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise funds to protect tigers in the wild. The Mars-owned brand plans to raise £500,000 (€ 583,000) for the environmental charity’s global tiger conservation efforts by contributing a sum from every special pack of Whiskas sold in the UK and Ireland to the WWF’s Tigers Alive initiative …
Irish Times – Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 16:42
www.irishtimes.com/business/se…
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Whiskas supports campaign to save tigers
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Conservationists excited by tiger population rise in Nepal
By Gopal Sharma
KATHMANDU
(Reuters) – The number of wild Royal Bengal tigers in Nepal has increased to 198, a 63.6 percent rise in five years, a government survey of the big cats showed …
Reuters – Wed Jul 31, 2013 12:31 pm EDT
www.reuters.com/article/2013/0…
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