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Tiger Range Countries meet in Delhi, India next week to evaluate progress of the Global Tiger Recovery Programme (GTRP) in what will be a true test of their national commitment to end the tiger trade

Amid growing apprehension, conservationists at the International Tiger Forum are still awaiting a sign that governments are willing to turn words into action to save the world’s 3,200 remaining wild tigers from possible extinction and fear the meeting may close without essential commitments being made by Asia’s leaders

The International Tiger Coalition welcomes Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s convening of world leaders at the International Tiger Conservation Forum and, in response to this historic and unprecedented event, offers support to tiger range states and other participants to help double wild tiger numbers by 2022

Participants in the International Tiger Forum taking place in St Petersburg, Russia are cautioned that they must act decisively now or face a future in which the wild tiger is extinct – as few as 3,200 wild tigers remain and the time for toothless if well-intentioned declarations is long gone

EIA welcomes the news that INTERPOL, an international police organisation, has joined the fight to end the tiger trade. An international law enforcement operation coordinated by INTERPOL has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of one of the world’s most endangered species