Trade in tiger parts unrelenting in Sumatra


	Trade in tiger parts unrelenting in Sumatra

tabsey

2-13-2008 6:55 AM

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good, bye, nature

tabsey says:

Numbers not declining as rapidly because they have become so rare/endangered.

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