Civil war endangers Myanmar’s ailing tigers

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Civil war endangers Myanmar’s ailing tigers

PhysOrg – The former junta in 2010 expanded the tiger reserve to about 8,450 square miles (22,000 square kilometres) — an area roughly the size of Israel — in the remote Hukaung Valley, where about 50-70 tigers are estimated to remain. But fighting over the past year between the military and ethnic minority rebels has hindered efforts to prevent the animals from being wiped out in one of Southeast Asia’s last frontiers for wildlife conservation. Read article

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