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Endangered tigers face growing threats from an Asian road-building boom

  • Written by Neil Carter, Assistant Professor of Wildlife Conservation, University of Michigan
Female tiger crossing track, Bandavgarh National Park, India. David Tipling/Universal Images Group/Getty Images

Tigers are one of the world’s most iconic wild species, but today they are endangered throughout Asia. They once roamed across much of this region, but widespread habitat loss, prey depletion and poaching have reduced their numbers...

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