STOCKHOLM: Tigers could become extinct within 12 years but a top level meeting in Russia next month could help reverse the decline, nature conservation body WWF said.
"The worse scenario is that the tiger could be gone when the next year of the tiger comes along, in 12 years," said Ola Jennersten, head of the international nature conservation programme at WWF Sweden. WWF is leading a global campaign to attempt to double the number of tigers by 2022, when the next Chinese calendar year of the tiger comes around.
Read more: Tigers could be extinct in 12 yrs: WWF - The Times of India http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/Tigers-could-be-extinct-in-12-yrs-WWF/articleshow/6796656.cms#ixzz13GSWH4Vd
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