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Tuesday, 10 January 2012


The Indonesian government plans to save the endangered tigers from extinction by allowing people to adopt captive-born animals as pets for 100,000 USD a pair officials said.
The Indonesian government plans to save the endangered tigers from extinction by allowing people to adopt captive-born animals as pets for 100,000 USD a pair officials said.


Indonesian government allow people to adopt tigers

While these two tiger cubs relax in the sun the Indoneian government is trying to save tigers from extinction.

While these two Sumatran tiger cubs Puji and Wati, born in captivity at Jakarta's Ragunan Zoo, lie on a rug in the sun after a bath, the Indonesian government is hatching a plan to save all tigers from extinction.

The Indonesian government plans to save the endangered tigers from extinction by allowing people to adopt captive-born animals as pets for 100,000 USD a pair officials said. The forestry ministry said the plan could be put into practice as early as this year despite reservations from environmentailsts, who say the focus should be on protecting habitats for the remaining 200 tigers in the wild.





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  • superdog7 (Age 12) wrote on Wednesday, 11 January 2012 @ 17:56

    nononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononono the tigers might get scared or some thing and kill there owners or eat them and then they would be killed and that is NOT HELPING