Kathmandu, Nepal (BBN)– World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Nepal has launched its campaign with the slogan “Double or Nothing: Save the wild tigers and save so much more!” to conserve tigers worldwide.
The campaign “2010 year of the Tiger” aims to raise emergency funds to stop poaching, protect tiger habitat at an unprecedented scale, and clamp down on the tiger trade world-wide.
“We highly appreciate the government of Nepal’s commitment to establish Banke National Park expanding the tiger habitat in the west, establish National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau to control poaching,” Anil Manandhar, Country Representative of the WWF Nepal, said on Sunday.
Throughout the year of the Tiger, awareness activities will be organized to raise awareness and achieve the goal of doubling the tiger numbers. The campaign is being supported by WWF’s conservation partners in Nepal.
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