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Tigers Could Be Extinct in 12 Years

Photo: Steve Evans , Wikimedia, CC As if Mondays weren’t depressing enough, there’s this bit of news to start off your day: Tigers could be entirely extinct in the wild just over a decade. There are only 3,200 tigers left, outside of captivity. At least 1,000 were killed over the last decade by poaching alone. Many more are threatened by habitat loss caused by human development. If this trajectory continues, one of the most recognizable and universally-beloved species on the plane… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Tigers Could Be Extinct in 12 Years

Earthquake July 7 2010

Demonstrators confront police during a protest organized by residents of earthquake-stricken L#39;Aquila in downtown Rome, Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The demonstrators, protesting against the delays in the reconstruction following the earthquake that killed over 300 people last year, clashed with police as they tried to get close to the office of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says a magnitude 5.0 earthquake has shaken Anchorage and other communities in

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Earthquake July 7 2010