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You're Looking Swell, Dalai
Dalai Lama's admonition may be cooling illegal tiger-skin trade in Tibet |
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07 Mar 2006 |
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| You're Looking Swell, Dalai Dalai Lama's admonition may be cooling illegal tiger-skin trade in Tibet What's it like to have a leader with genuine moral authority? To find out, we take you to Tibet, where the Dalai Lama's exhortations are leading many Tibetans to forswear the multimillion-dollar trade in wild animal skins. Heavy Tibetan demand has fueled a spike in poaching of ever-scarcer tigers and leopards in India. But in January, ... |
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