photo: Claudio Gennari via flickr. China may be doing little to stop the illegal tiger trade, but Nepal has just taken some action to protect its tigers: WWF reports that the Bardia National Park has just been expanded by some 900 square kilometers (350... ...full story at TreeHugger
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