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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Harrison Ford Endorses New Global Tiger Initiative


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A tiger snarls in India's Bandhavgarh National Park in an undated photo.

The big cats' populations have plummeted amid a flourishing trade in illegal tiger parts along with habitat destruction, experts say.

A new initiative announced on June 9, 2008, by the World Bank aims to reverse the decline by bringing together nonprofits, governments, and local people to promote tiger conservation.

Photograph by Michael Nichols/NGS