Thirteen countries that are home to the worlds last wild tigers have pledged to try to double the animal's numbers to about 7,000, and to "significantly expand" its habitat by 2022 (the next Chinese year of the tiger). The agreement, at a conference in St Petersburg, Russia, last week, saw nations including Russia and India put up US$ 127 million in new funding and a loan package from the World Bank for some tiger-range countries. One of the challenges will be to prevent poaching and trade in tiger skins (pictured -a seized skin in Kolkata, India).
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