25 novembre 2010<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00abThe unlikely pairing of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and the Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio emerged this week as they became figureheads in the battle to save the tiger at a summit in St Petersburg.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThe forum was described as the last chance for the world’s biggest cat. Mr Putin hosted the conference to discuss a World Bank proposal for a tiger-saving initiative. It was the first time global leaders have met specifically to talk about saving an endangered species.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThe goal is to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, the next Chinese Year of the Tiger. Currently there are just 3,200 wild tigers, down from over 100,000 a century ago. Stocks of the animal have been depleted due to poachers, who sell their skins and body parts at markets in China and other Asian countries, and by urbanisation destroying their natural habitats.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbMr DiCaprio, a board member of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), travelled to St Petersburg for the forum and pledged $1m (\u00a3634,000) of his own money to the organisation’s tiger-conservation programmes. The actor recently visited Nepal and Bhutan, touring tiger habitats with WWF experts and local anti-poaching authorities.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbThe forum, which ended yesterday, attracted leaders from most of the 13 countries where tigers are found in the wild, including the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The delegates pledged to spend a combined total of $350m over the next five years. Mr Putin quoted Mahatma Gandhi in addressing the forum: The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.<\/em> []<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\u00bbMr Putin paid special thanks to Mr DiCaprio, saying that he had forced his way to St Petersburg as if he was going across the front line\u00a0\u00bb. The American actor had been on a plane that had to return to New York due to engine failure, so he then took a private plane. Mr Putin said that not everyone would be brave enough to have taken another flight after the first incident. In Russia, we call this a real man’, said the Prime Minister<\/em>\u00bb<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n
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