Tigers at bay

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Indian delegates to an international seminar on tigers urged China to do away with practices that encourage the poaching of tigers. In China, Taiwan and South Korea tiger bones and other parts of tiger anatomy are used to make medicines, wines and aphrodisiacs. Demand for these products has fostered an international poaching operation that is particularly worrisome to India, where most of the few surviving tigers live. The Chinese delegation gave no indication of being persuaded. The meeting marked the 20th anniversary of India's Project Tiger conservation program.

China, International aspects, Natural history, Protection and preservation, Environmental policy, Wildlife conservation, Poaching, Tigers

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Handle with care

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Dipak Mitra is earning a considerable amount from caring for king cobras that he milks for venom to be sold to pharmaceutical industries. Mr. Mitra has 15 king cobras and has been dubbed the 'snake man' of India. He has 34 species of snakes in his collection and attracts about 200,000 visitors yearly. He was able to set up a snake park at Badu and the park has been registered as a medium-sized zoo with 900 animals that also includes reptiles, lizards, tortoises, birds and crocodiles.

Botanical and zoological gardens, Arboreta & Zoological Gardens, Zoos and Botanical Gardens, Animal specialties, not elsewhere classified, All Other Animal Production, Animal Specialties NEC, Economic aspects, Column, Behavior, Snakes, Parks, Zoo keepers, Animal specialties, Mitra, Dipak

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Alphabet soup: Bengali primer in need of reform

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Bengali traditionalism resists needed updates in the most common primer for that language, 'Varnaparichay,' written nearly 150 years ago. The book may be losing some of its influence because the illustrations it uses show things no longer common to childrens' experience. Its teaching methods for learning letters may also be inferior to more modern ones. Ironically, the author, Pandit Iswar Chandra Vidyasagar, was a vocal proponent of change and modernism in his own day.

Social aspects, Social policy, Bengal, Primers, Primary readers (Books)

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