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Pu Mat National Park sends two rare tigers to Hanoi
(14:09:39 PM 08/12/2014)The Wild Animal Rescue Centre of Pu Mat National Park in the central province of Nghe An handed over two Indochinese tigers to the Ha Noi Centre for Wild Animal Rescue and Forest Protection on Sunday.
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Surge in seizures of captive-bred tigers strengthens call for Asia to close all tiger farms by 2019
(21:22:45 PM 16/11/2016)Hanoi, Viet Nam, 16 November – With commercial tiger breeding in Asia threatening the future of the world’s remaining wild tigers, governments must announce concrete steps to close all the continent’s tiger farms within the next three years at the international conference on illegal wildlife trade starting tomorrow in Viet Nam.
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Tigers appear in Yen Bai Province
(14:04:59 PM 21/05/2013)Authorities in northern Yen Bai Province's Luc Yen District have confirmed the existence of tigers in the local forest, according to district People's Committee chairman Hoang Kim Trong.
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The pangs of Cat Tien
(13:41:32 PM 12/06/2013)Though the Cat Tien National Park has lost its last rhino, it still has bulls, bears, tigers, leopards… with more than 1,360 species of vascular plants and over 440 species plants that give precious timber.
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Good News for Animals in Nepal: A Full Year Without Poaching
(10:35:35 AM 13/03/2014)Bucking the worldwide trend, Nepal continues its successful fight against poaching On World Wildlife Day, March 3, Nepal celebrated 365 days with zero poaching. No rhinos, tigers, or elephants were killed.
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The largest tiger farm in Thanh Hoa
(10:43:25 AM 04/05/2015)Eleven tigers are kept on a family farm in Xuan Tin Commune of Tho Xuan District in Thanh Hoa Province, just several hundred meters from the residential quarter.
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Global wild tiger population increases, but still a long way to go
(15:39:38 PM 12/04/2016)The number of wild tigers has been revised to 3,890, based on the best available data, said WWF and the Global Tiger Forum (GTF) ahead of a major tiger conservation meeting tomorrow in New Delhi to be opened by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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World takes bold steps to protect wildlife, including elephants, rhinos and tigers
(20:11:30 PM 07/10/2016)With illegal and unsustainable trade endangering wildlife across the world, governments at the CITES Conference united behind a series of tough decisions to provide greater protection to a host of threatened species and bolster efforts to tackle soaring levels of poaching and wildlife trafficking. Specifically, key decisions and announcements were made around species that are traded across the Greater Mekong Region, including ivory, rhino horn, pangolins and tigers.
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WWF’s ‘Most Wanted’ List Highlights 10 of the Most Widely Traded Endangered Species in the Markets of the Golden Triangle
(12:31:30 PM 02/11/2017)Tigers, elephants, bears and pangolin are four of the most widely traded species in the Golden Triangle -- the border area where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar connect -- according to a report from WWF. Rhinos, serow, helmeted hornbill, gaur, leopards and turtles round out the list of endangered species that are openly sold in a region that is Ground Zero in the illegal wildlife trade.
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