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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: New Tiger Population Found Outside Indian Reserve


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Bengal tiger paw prints found in an unprotected mountain range in western India could point to a new population of up to 20 animals, a government wildlife official has said.

Experts say the prints are an encouraging sign for India's dwindling tigers, which now number less than 1,500 in the wild.

Photograph by Dilip Mehta/Contact Press Images