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| Dobson, C. | |
| Unusual Sponsor for Rare Tigers | |
| 1995 Newspaper | |
The Siberian tiger, on the verge of being wiped out to fill an insatiable demand in traditional Chinese medicine, might have found an unusual protector in North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. Almost extinct in the vast Russian Far East forests of Taiga, the large carnivore has found refuge in the Stalinist state's most sacred site, Mount Paektu, claimed to be Kim's birthplace. |
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