Also, last month leftist parties insisted on changes to new wildlife legislation that weakened a proposed new anti-poaching unit and conservation watchdog, the National Tiger Conservation Authority, that had been intended to be more powerful than Project Tiger.

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Tiger was recently named the most powerful athlete in Forbes Celebrity 100 (compiled by my colleague, Kurt Badenhausen), a spot he has held on to despite the fleeing of many of his sponsors.

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