Anti-poaching drive brings Siberia’s tigers back from brink
by Robin McKie Science editor from on (#2TVF1)
A WWF appeal aims to highlight the threat of habitat destruction and climate change on wild populations
In February, Pavel Fomenko was told that the body of a young female tiger had been discovered underneath a car parked outside the town of Luchegorsk, in eastern Russia. Fomenko - head of rare species conservation for WWF Russia - took the corpse for examination where he uncovered the grim details of the animal's death.
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