Justice For Tiger
Man jailed for felling 'Siberian tiger' trees
World Wildlife Fund logo. A resident of Russia's far east was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for having chopped down trees necessary for the preservation of the massive Siberian tiger, WWF said Friday
A resident of Russia's far east was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for having chopped down trees necessary for the preservation of the massive Siberian tiger, World Wildlife Fund said Friday. "It's extremely rare that a person is sentenced to prison in such a case," said a WWF representative in Amur, Russia's Primorye region, in remarks cited by the Ria Novosti news agency. A WWF representative and a forest inspector reportedly questioned the man last year in an area where more than 2,600 cubic metres of Korean pine had been cut illegally. The trees provide the foundation of a critical food chain on which the Siberian or Amur tiger is on top, environmentalists say.
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