
Tuesday, August 18, 1998 GMT
1998 WWF Tiger Status Report: Year For The Tiger
At the turn of the century, eight sub-species of tiger were found
from the Caspian Sea to Bali. In the last 50-60 years - around five cycles of the Year of the Tiger - three sub-species (the Bali, Caspian and Javan) have disappeared. Today, there is little
to celebrate about current status as tiger populations dwindle even further....
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The Fisheries Effect
A great change has come over the oceans in a single human lifetime, greater than any caused by
pollution. What is happening can be compared with the time when the herds of North American bison were reduced to a handful, when white hunters began to shoot out the African herds of elephant and rhino...
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