A Royal Bengal tiger pauses in a jungle clearing in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, on December 21, 2014.
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A Royal Bengal tiger pauses in a jungle clearing in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, India, on December 21, 2014.
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Tiger skins are displayed at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India, on November 2, 2014. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change destroyed illegal wildlife artifacts, including animal skins, during an event highlighting the illegal trade in animal products.
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Tiger skins are displayed at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, India, on November 2, 2014. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change destroyed illegal wildlife artifacts, including animal skins, during an event highlighting the illegal trade in animal products.
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Indian Bollywood film actor Om Puri (center) lights a pyre at an official burning of wildlife contraband, including tiger and leopard skins and bones, held by forest officials in Mumbai on July 30, 2013.
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Indian Bollywood film actor Om Puri (center) lights a pyre at an official burning of wildlife contraband, including tiger and leopard skins and bones, held by forest officials in Mumbai on July 30, 2013.
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Indian forest officials take part in a search operation for a tiger with the aid of a Kumki elephant in a paddy field at Bhumuraguri in Nagaon, some of 180 kms east of Guwahati on November 9, 2014.
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Indian forest officials take part in a search operation for a tiger with the aid of a Kumki elephant in a paddy field at Bhumuraguri in Nagaon, some of 180 kms east of Guwahati on November 9, 2014.
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A tiger, seen wearing a collar, is spotted during a jungle safari at Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India on October 22, 2010.
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A tiger, seen wearing a collar, is spotted during a jungle safari at Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan, India on October 22, 2010.
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