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Sandip Roy 300: International Tiger Day

By Sandip Roy
Published July 31, 2019 at 6:40 AM PDT
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An adult male Royal Bengal tiger in Kanha National Park, Madhya Pradesh, India. Photo taken just before sunset on the 21st of May, 2015.

 This week marks International Tiger Day. And they certainly need one. 

According to the World Wildlife Fund there are just 3,900 tigers left in the wild. 95% of the world’s tiger population has been lost since the 20th century.

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