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| Fisher, J. | |
| Tiger! Tiger | |
| 1978 International Wildlife (8): 4-11 | |
Throughout the tigers range, many other scientists, together with government officials and private citizens, are working equally hard to stave off the species extinction in the wild. In India, a major management program to save the Bengal tiger was launched more than five years ago. In Nepal, Tamang, Sunquist and other researchers are winding up a definitive scientific study. In Malaysia, government officials are exploring ways to start their own tiger programs. The campaign to save the tiger is by no means limited to national boundaries. It has enlisted the support of conservationists on three continents. Since 1972, millions have been spent in the tiger's behalf and the creature's familiar silhouette has become perhaps the world's best known symbol of endangered wildlife. But despite all of this effort, money and hoopla, the prospects for the tiger's survival in the wild still do not look good. Many biologists sadly concede that man's beneficence has probably come too late. |
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