Taipans gun down tigers in a battle

Image copyright AFP Image caption One tiger is killed, while another is shot in the chest and head

By the middle of last year, officials believed that more than 70,000 tigresses had been killed, up from the 37,000 that had been reported on a previous year's tally.

But the scale of the killings has caused many tigresses to be left with reduced reproductive capabilities.

The government banned the hunting and raising of tigers in 2001, but since then many species have been hunted to near extinction.

The government estimates the killing of the tigresses to have caused an estimated 3,500 extinctions, with around 40,000 species thought to be lost.

Since then, many people have protested against the destruction of wildlife populations in South East Asia, the Pacific and beyond.

Image copyright AFP Image caption There are huge areas of jungle protected by the People's Republic of China and its neighbouring countries

In 2009, a group of protesters gathered in Chengdu, one of the Chinese cities where tigers and other giant reptiles are hunted.

Chinese officials, including the State Council and the Central Committee, have condemned recent unrest, though many activists continue to call for the eradication of wildlife.
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Hamas vows vengeance after leaders death

Hamas has warned Israel that it is prepared to go to war to force an end to its occupation of Gaza, adding that the killing of the two commanders will be a "watershed event" in Hamas history.


In a statement on Tuesday, Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Hamas is ready to go to war for revenge against Israel if that comes to pass and warned Israel to heed warnings from Arab leaders about its plan to impose an impasse.


This is not the first time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has voiced concern that Hamas' leaders would be executed, and Netanyahu, speaking to members of his government in Jerusalem on Monday, indicated that there is a "very strong possibility" that their execution will occur in the coming days, in what he described as "an act of war against the state of Israel".


Hamas has responded with a threat, warning Israeli leaders that they will "pay the price" if they do not stop the occupation.


Hamas said last week that it would "reclaim Gaza Strip for all of its residents and citizens as a nation with full legal rights and self-rule, as a land where justice can flourish and where a Palestinian state will establish security and normal life".


Hamas officials have repeatedly vowed to continue fighting until Israel withdraws from Gaza's borders and re-conquers the territory through negotiated agreements that will stop the flow of migrants into Israel and stop Israeli weapons from being provided to the terrorist group.


The Hamas-ruled Gaza government has agreed to allow UN humanitarian aid deliveries and other items to enter its territory but refused to allow Israeli soldiers to reach inside the territory's border fence, despite warnings from the UN envoy to Palestine that any such action could trigger a war.


In its latest threat, which it issued to the UN and the International Red Cross, Hamas warned Israel to "wake up" and put an end to the occupation, saying that such an "act of war" would likely trigger a backlash in international opinion.


The Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said Hamas would take matters into its own hands and act if Israel "immediately withdraws from the Gaza Strip", adding that this might mean the destruction of Israeli soldiers and weaponry and the destruction of civilian infrastructure like hospitals and schools.
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