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Nature 449, 16-18 (6 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449016a; Published online 5 September 2007
Tigers in trouble: Year of the tiger
Jerry Guo1
- Jerry Guo is a freelance writer in New Haven, Connecticut, reporting from China.
Abstract
Dubious science and looming legalization of the tiger trade threaten to derail China's efforts to save the Siberian tiger. Jerry Guo goes to the world's largest tiger-breeding facility to investigate.
The automated gates chug and clatter open as a jeep, its windows ribbed with steel, noisily announces its arrival in the tiger park. Without the usual gaggle of tourists to impress, the occupants of a neighbouring jeep toss out a skinny pheasant as the driver shouts obscenities at a dozen lounging Siberian tigers.
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