More than 3,600 Buddhist antiques smuggled out of India in 2006

Source: Reuters, ” India to curb smuggling of Buddhist relics,” Scotsman, October 17, 2006.

Due to poaching, there are an estimated 3,500 tigers left in Asia

This figure is down from 5,000 in 1997.
Source: Ashok Sharma, Associated Press, “India to spend $13.5M to protect tigers,” Yahoo News, March 1, 2008.

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