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Dont mix tiger populations: study [1]

Even as tigers go extinct in national parks across India, a study has found that translocating a tiger from one part of the country to another could end up doing more harm than good. In fact, a tiger genome study shows the six genetically distinct tiger populations in India should not be mixed, especially now that the threat of extinction looms large.

Publication Date: 
10/08/2009
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Population Trends [3], Tiger [4], National Parks [5], Tiger Conservation [6], Germany [7], India [8]
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