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A Congressional Briefing on Thursday, July 22 will discuss the state of wild tigers, current efforts to ensure their survival and how the US can help ensure that tiger numbers double over the next decade. Experts will discuss the need for high level US representation at the upcoming Tiger Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, hosted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. Other issues include increased US funding and technical support for on-the-ground tiger conservation in Asia.and stricter US laws around captive tigers (there are more tigers in captivity in the US than there are in the wild around the world).
The briefing is sponsored by Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo, D-Guam, Chair, House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife.
B-Roll/Photos/Maps Available
CONTACT:
Lee Poston, World Wildlife Fund
202-299-6442
WHEN/WHERE:
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Briefing: 4-5 PM, 1324 Longworth House Office Building
Reception: 5-7 PM, 1334 Longworth House Office Building (refreshments provided)
WHO:
· Dr. Sybille Klenzendorf, Managing Director of Species Conservation, World Wildlife Fund
· Crawford Allan, Director of TRAFFIC-North America
· Dr. John Robinson, Executive Vice President of Conservation and Science and Chief Conservation Officer, Wildlife Conservation Society
WHY:
In this “Year of the Tiger” as few as 3,200 tigers are left in the wild and their numbers are declining from a combination of poaching, habitat loss, poorly planned development and illegal trafficking. Three tiger sub-species have gone extinct and another, the South China Tiger, has not been seen in the wild in 25 years. Wild tigers now occupy only seven percent of their historic range. Tiger range countries and their partners have agreed to a goal of doubling tiger numbers by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022.
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Lee D. Poston
Director of Media Relations
World Wildlife Fund
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037-1193
NEW Phone: 202.495.4536
Mobile: 202.299.6442
Fax: 202.530.0743
WWF: for a living planet
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