Tiger tax in Listen to this story A recent spate of poaching in
Photo: Stephen Jaffe © AFP/Getty Images KAI RYSSDAL: The Indian
government announced new ways to save that country's endangered
tigers this week. It'll let the army shoot poachers on sight.
Thankfully, that's not the whole plan. They'll increase
conservation funds, with a whopping tiger tax on tourist hotels
and parks. Suzanne Marmion traveled to SUZANNE MARMION: It's
just after dawn in Nearby, stalking through the undergrowth, a
400-pound tiger. The animal's yellow eyes blaze over a bloody
muzzle. It stands guard over breakfast — a deer, freshly killed.
Six years ago, former President Bill Clinton visited
Ranthambhore. All the papers here reported that he'd caught a
glimpse of a large male tiger named Bumbooram. It was famous for
letting people come close. Since then, Bumbooram has been
poached. In fact, more than half the park's tigers have been
killed over the past three years. Another reserve about 90 miles
away called Sariska recently lost a