Guns, gold, and greed: A struggle for the world's largest tiger reserve
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Myanmar's ministry of forestry signed a declaration on March 15, 2004 expanding the Hukawng Valley Wildlife Sanctuary into the 8,500-square-mile Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve. An account of the struggle to establish the world's largest tiger reserve includes a description of the devastation caused by gold mining operations in the region, as well as by hunters and poachers who depleted the tigers' food supply.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2005
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Where the wild things are
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The author relates his efforts to conserve carnivore species in British Columbia's Flathead Valley, and provides an overview on the Wildlife Conservation Society's Global Carnivore Program. Carnivore populations requiring protection in Flathead Valley include wolves, bears, lynx, bobcats, wolverines, martens and river otters.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2003
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