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December 01, 2013

India plans new sanctuary to boost tiger numbers
Kolkata (AFP) Nov 28, 2013
India is planning a new tiger sanctuary inside the world's largest mangrove forest after a previously undiscovered group of the endangered beasts was discovered, wildlife officials say. The reserve is planned inside the Sundarbans, a forest which straddles the border of India's West Bengal state with Bangladesh, to protect the tigers from poachers and try to boost their numbers. "The Indian government has agreed in principle to set up a new sanctuary to protect the tigers in the mangroves," Prad ... read more

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