article_snippet: It is a sign that there may be big cats nearby.
article_snippet: I wonder who will be the last person to see a tiger in the wild?
article_snippet: Having covered the poaching of African animals to feed the huge market for Asian medicine, I assumed the demand for tiger-skin rugs in Dubai or tiger-bone wine in Beijing would be the biggest threat to this endangered cat.
article_snippet: Can tigers claw tigers way back from the brink?
article_snippet: But it turns out that tiger-human conflict is a much bigger problem.
article_snippet: Most tiger attacks happen when Almost half a billion rural Indians are mistaken for prey, and most tiger kills come in the angry hours that follow, as friends and neighbors of the victim seek revenge.
article_snippet: And so, a new specialty in conservation is the art of tiger conflict mediation.
article_snippet: a new specialty in conservation is not easy to convince a frightened farmer that this endangered cat is more valuable alive than caged or dead.
highlights_snippet: Tiger-human conflict is a major problem affecting the big cats .