A slew of celebrities including Harrison Ford, Bo Derek and Robert Duvall have come together to support the World Bank on Monday in their mission to help save tigers from becoming extinct. The World Bank is mostly known for its efforts to mitigate poverty around the globe, but it has also taken on wildlife conservation efforts with the help of governments and scientists. Their new Tiger Conservation Initiative aims to tackle threats to tigers like the illegal trade of their skins, meat and body parts, which are used in traditional Asian medicine.

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Big Cat Rescue TV is a close look into the day to day operations, the conservation efforts and the 140 feline residents of “Big Cat Rescue” in Tampa, Fl. USA:

Big Cat TV has an amazing 72 videos all about the awesome work they do and all about how awesome big cats like tigers, leopards and lions are. The videos help them to promote their awesome mission statement:

A world where the animals we share it with are treated with respect and caring and where their habitat is preserved to insure the indefinite future survival of these wonderful gifts of nature. We also hope the same principles of respect and caring will carry over to the way humans treat each other. [BCR]

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