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AOTE comments on International Tiger Summit
24th November 2010
AOTE co-founder, Chris Weston, comments in Outdoor Photography magazine on the recently-held International Tiger Summit:
“The International Summit is to be welcomed and Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin, deserves recognition not only for his leadership on tiger conservation but also for his efforts in preserving Russia’s population of Amur tigers. However, no amount of money will save the tiger unless it is used properly. In the past 10 years, over $41m has been donated to tiger conservation and yet, in the same period, worldwide tiger populations have halved. Politicians in those countries where tigers exist have to follow Putin’s example and stop hiding behind their rhetoric. The time for talking is over. The time for action is now.”
