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COUNTING TIGERS: A SURVIVAL SPECIAL, 9PM, STV

TIGERS are exciting to see at the zoo, but fewer than 4,000 of them now exist in the wild. Two tigers are killed weekly by poachers, and their vulnerable cubs are left trying to survive alone. For this very important documentary, Martin Hughes-Games joins wardens and scientists in India as they conduct the country’s biggest tiger count, visiting 50 conservation parks across the vast country — and it’s all soothingly narrated by Joanna Lumley. Like fingerprints, tiger stripes are unique, so cameras will help to identify each animal. If numbers have gone down, we could sadly see the end of these big cats roaming free.