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| Karanth, U. | |
| Counting the Tigers That You Cannot See | |
| 2013 Other Document | |
Pollsters say tigers are the most popular animal species on this planet. Unfortunately, they are also among the most threatened. Direct killing and overhunting of their prey by humans, as well as habitat reduction by 93% in just two centuries, have all pushed them to the brink. Global efforts are now underway to reverse their decline. Meanwhile, wildlife biologists like me struggle to monitor the fate of surviving tiger populations. To really know if recovery efforts are working or not, we must count wild tigers. This is not easy: tigers are scarce, secretive and shun human company. History of tiger counting is littered with failures. |
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