Smithsonian National Zoological Park

Save the Tigers

Scientists gave wild tigers a terminal diagnosis in the early 90s, saying they could fend off extinction until 2000. Host Steve Curwood talks with conservation biologist John Siedensticker of the National Zoo and the Save the Tiger Fund about how they’ve helped tigers beat the extinction odds so far.

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