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| Sennepin, A. | |
| Tiger future will be in Russia | |
| 2010 Rhythm Journal (5): 96-104 | |
Wild tigers worldwide are presently on the brink of extinction. This is a human tragedy, as our societies seem to be unable to save even such an emblematic beast. Now, only strong and original actions may not only preserve wild tigers in emergency, but also offer them a strong future of long term. From this point of view, Russia could play a key role, as the country has both technical, political and geographical opportunities to succeed, contrarily to India with wild tigers, as well as China, USA and Europe with captive feline. The best result would be obtained through restoration of green alluvial corridor from Baikal to Don which existed in the past, hosting the richest predators' mosaic of historic times of the whole world. Indeed, since prehistoric times, russian territory has hosted tigers not only in oriental areas, but also in meridional and even occidental zones. Moreover, "caspian" and "siberian" tigers are simply geographical variants of the same animal. And up to 12th century (at least), the greatest number of tigers didn't occur in oriental regions, but in central asian and european areas, most occidental of them included. In 2010 "year of tiger", after the russo - iranian initiative of tiger reimplantation in northern Iran (January), and before the Tiger international summit of Vladivostok (September), Russia has a great opportunity to initiate a large and efficient action to save wild tigers. Author is well known tiger expert. He dedicated to tigers numerous articles and lectures, and currently working on book about epopee, happened to European tigers. In addition, he is leading thematic web site http://www.avenirtigres.com/ |
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