Year of the Tiger media briefing to address wild tiger status worldwide

WWF

The briefing comes as many Asian countries prepare to celebrate Year of the Tiger beginning Sunday, Feb. 14 and WWF begins a year-long tiger campaign. An estimated 3,200 tigers are left in the wild and their numbers are declining from a combination of poaching, habitat loss, poorly planned development and illegal trafficking.

WHO:
The briefing, via teleconference/WebEx will feature:

• Crawford Allan, Director of TRAFFIC-North America
• Mike Baltzer, Director of WWF’s Global Tiger Initiative
• Lixin Huang, President of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Sybille Klenzendorf, Director of WWF-US Species Conservation Program
• Keshav S. Varma, Program Director, Global Tiger Initiative, The World Bank Group

WHEN:
09:00 EDT Wednesday, February 10, 2010
(for time conversion in your time zone, go to: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_BS.aspx)

WHERE:
In person: WWF-US Headquarters, 1250 24th St., NW, Washington, DC 20037

Teleconference/WebEx:
Toll free-U.S. and Canada: 888-278-8465
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To view maps and other visuals via WebEx: http://tinyurl.com/yjuws4n
The teleconference will be recorded for later web access at www.worldwildlife.org/tigers

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