Due to poaching, there are an estimated 3,500 tigers left in Asia

Posted on April 26, 2008
Filed Under Asia, environmental goods |

This figure is down from 5,000 in 1997.

Source: Ashok Sharma, Associated Press, “India to spend $13.5M to protect tigers,” Yahoo News, March 1, 2008.

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