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Poachers prey on India's rare-animal sanctuaries

VANISHING According to official figures, at least 122 tigers were killed in the country's reserves between 1999 and 2003, and the prime minister has only now taken notice

NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , NEW DELHI

"It's an international scandal," she said. "I think that's why the prime minister is sitting up a little bit."

Circling around the vanishing tigers story in India is the question of what happens to the people who live around the tigers, namely the villagers who stand to gain vast sums of money by aiding poachers. In a statement, the Tiger Task Force said that among the failures in conservation was the "increasing hostility of local communities who share the tiger's habitat."

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