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Study finds India doubled its tiger population in a decade and credits conservation efforts

Jan. 30, 2025 14:05 PM EST

BENGALURU, India (AP) — India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing communities’ living standards near tiger areas, a study published...

Tiger poachers use fishing boats to smuggle body parts out of Malaysia, study shows

Jan. 29, 2025 09:57 AM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Commercial fishing fleets have been playing a key role in trafficking parts of tigers poached in Malaysia, according to research released Wednesday that could help enforcement efforts to save the critically endangered cat. The fishing boats are part of a network of...