So go back in your mind to week one, when there was an article about the leaders of 13 major countries going to meet in Russia to discuss the tiger issue. Remember? Well after all that time, I found an article talking about what went down.
I didn't particularly like this article because it felt to much like I was reading a tabloid. By that I mean half of the article was talking about Leonardo DiCaprio and how brave he was to fly out to Russia during the storm and how he donated 1 million dollers to the cause.
While all this is great, the article barly mentioned the outcome of the meeting, such as how 200 people ended up coming, the only two mentioned being Leo DiCaprio and The Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin. However it did have interesting facts, such as how there used to only be about a dozen Siberian tigers left in Russia, and now there's more than 500.
It also mentions how countries, such as Russia, which have increased their tiger count, are planning to help countries, such as Iran and Kazakhstan, who haven't had tiger populations there for years. Although this may take some time- Many leaders of Far Eastern countries are expecting it to be around 2022-, many leader are hopeful that the tigers may be able to have their populations doubled and maybe even be taken off the endangered species list sometime in the near future.
Check out the Leo Dicaprio article that happens to mention tigers here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/eu_russia_saving_tigers
I think it's cool that a celebrity such as Leonardo diCaprio are making efforts to save and help tigers. I think this article is interesting because it includes celebrities and political figures workng together to help save the tigers. Do you think this article would be on yahoo even if Leonardo diCaprio wasn't included in it?
ReplyDeleteThis topic is so interesting. It's great how now there are more than 500 tigers in a place where there used to be only a dozen.
ReplyDeleteEmily: I think that if Leonardo DiCaprio hadn't gone to the meeting, it wouldn't have been as big of a deal, because I heard of the meeting a month before on nytimes when they didn't know DiCaprio was going.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Siberian Tigers are making a comeback!
ReplyDeleteThat's good that there is more than 500 tigers now and how Leonardo donated money to help out!
ReplyDeletemolly: same! i'm happy that there's s many more tigers now!
ReplyDeletehelen:I'm glad too, event hough it may take some time!
I'm glad the Siberian Tigers are reappearing more. It's good to know that progress is being made.
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