On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small wooden dinghy, pulling in a long net flecked with fish from the swirling brown river. Just behind her loomed the dense forest of the Sundarbans, where some 10,000 square km of tidal mangroves straddle India's northeastern coastline and western Bangladesh and open into the Bay of Bengal. Four years ago, her husband disappeared on a fishing trip deep inside the forest. Two fishermen with him saw his body being dragged into the undergrowth - one of a rising number of humans killed by tigers as they venture into the wild. That Haldar, a single mother of four, is taking such risks is testament to growing economic and ecological pressures on more than 14 million people living on the Indian and Bangladeshi sides of the low-lying Sundarbans.They have led to a reduced dependence on agriculture, a rising number of migrant workers and, for those like Haldar who can't leave the delta to work elsewhere, a reliance on the forests and rivers to survive. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: CLIMATE-CHANGE/INDIA-SUNDARBANS 

Ashtami Mondal, 30, whose 31-year-old husband Haripada, died in a tiger attack when he went fishing on the rivers encircling Kumirmari during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), cleans utensils in a pond next to her home on the island of Kumirmari in the Sundarbans, India, November 19, 2020. Haripada, the sole breadwinner, returned home from a construction job in mid-March, his family said, days before India's government announced the nationwide lockdown. "He said he would go nearby to fish and make 50-100 rupees to help with household expenses," Ashtami said. He left home before dawn, rowed into the forests and was killed. "If there was no lockdown or no coronavirus, he would have left here to work." REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ashtami Mondal, 30, whose 31-year-old husband Haripada, died in a tiger attack when he went fishing on the rivers encircling Kumirmari during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), wipes her nine-year-old son Himalesh Mondol's face at their home on the island of Kumirmari in the Sundarbans, India, November 19, 2020. Haripada, the sole breadwinner, returned home from a construction job in mid-March, his family said, days before India's government announced the nationwide lockdown. "He said he would go nearby to fish and make 50-100 rupees to help with household expenses," Ashtami said. He left home before dawn, rowed into the forests and was killed. "If there was no lockdown or no coronavirus, he would have left here to work." REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Papri Haldar, 11, whose father died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, peeps out of her home on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees that Papri's mother Parul makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Parul Haldar (R), 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip, her brother Nitai Mandal, 32, and her mother Lakshmi Mandal, 65, row a boat close to the Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) forest near the Satjelia island in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. According to the Sundarban Tiger Reserve's director, Tapas Das, five people have been killed by tigers in India's Sundarbans since April. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman fishes along the banks of a river near the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Ashtami Mondal, 30, whose 31-year-old husband Haripada, died in a tiger attack when he went fishing on the rivers encircling Kumirmari during a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), takes her cow to graze, by her home on the island of Kumirmari in the Sundarbans, India, November 19, 2020. Haripada, the sole breadwinner, returned home from a construction job in mid-March, his family said, days before India's government announced the nationwide lockdown. "He said he would go nearby to fish and make 50-100 rupees to help with household expenses," Ashtami said. He left home before dawn, rowed into the forests and was killed. "If there was no lockdown or no coronavirus, he would have left here to work." REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, and her daughter Papri Haldar, 11, travel across Satjelia island on a boat in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees ($27) Haldar makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. "No matter how hard it is, I want to educate her," said Haldar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip, and her daughter Papri Haldar, 11, walk on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees ($27) Haldar makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. "No matter how hard it is, I want to educate her," said Haldar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Nagin Munda, 50, a farmer, walks past an embankment on the island of Kumirmari in the Sundarbans, India, November 19, 2020. "I have no fish left in my pond, no vegetables in my garden, and half my paddy crop is gone," said Munda. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, poses for a photograph as she rows her boat past small mangrove trees encircling the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 21, 2020. "If I don't go to the jungle, I won't have enough food to eat," said Haldar who travels deeper into the forests twice a month to catch crabs, rowing six hours on a rickety boat along with her mother and staying in the undergrowth for several days. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, reacts while sorting out fish that was laid out in a net by her family, on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. "If I don't go to the jungle, I won't have enough food to eat," said Haldar who travels deeper into the forests twice a month to catch crabs, rowing six hours on a rickety boat along with her mother and staying in the undergrowth for several days. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, combs her 11-year-old daughter Papri Haldar's hair at their home on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees ($27) Haldar makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. "No matter how hard it is, I want to educate her," said Haldar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Parul Haldar, 39, whose husband died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, and her daughter Papri Haldar, 11, sit together outside their home on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees ($27) Haldar makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. "No matter how hard it is, I want to educate her," said Haldar. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Papri Haldar, 11, whose father died in a tiger attack during a fishing trip deep inside the forest, holds flowers in her hands on the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, November 20, 2020. Almost all of the 2,000 rupees that Papri's mother Parul makes each month to run her household and send Papri to school comes from fishing and crabbing. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

People go fishing on a river near the island of Satjelia in the Sundarbans, India, December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A woman sells fish at a market on the island of Gosaba in the Sundarbans, India, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

On a warm November afternoon, Parul Haldar balanced precariously on the bow of a small wooden dinghy, pulling in a long net flecked with fish from the swirling brown river. Just behind her loomed the dense forest of the Sundarbans, where some 10,000 square km of tidal mangroves straddle India's northeastern coastline and western Bangladesh and open into the Bay of Bengal. Four years ago, her husband disappeared on a fishing trip deep inside the forest. Two fishermen with him saw his body being dragged into the undergrowth - one of a rising number of humans killed by tigers as they venture into the wild. That Haldar, a single mother of four, is taking such risks is testament to growing economic and ecological pressures on more than 14 million people living on the Indian and Bangladeshi sides of the low-lying Sundarbans.They have led to a reduced dependence on agriculture, a rising number of migrant workers and, for those like Haldar who can't leave the delta to work elsewhere, a reliance on the forests and rivers to survive. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. Matching text: CLIMATE-CHANGE/INDIA-SUNDARBANS 

Fish are displayed at a market on the island of Gosaba in the Sundarbans, India, November 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis SEARCH "FADNAVIS SUNDARBANS" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

Rugby Union - Premiership - Leicester Tigers v Northampton Saints - Welford Road Stadium, Leicester, Britain - September 13, 2020 Leicester Tigers' Matt Scott in action with Northampton Saints' Teimana Harrison and James Fish Action Images/Andrew Boyers 

Retired skipper Dennis Avery poses for a photograph in the wheelhouse of his former trawler the Ross Tiger, now on display at the Fishing Heritage Centre in Grimsby, Britain November 17, 2015. Avery leads guided tours of the moored vessel and tells visitors what it was like to be a fisherman in the heyday of Grimsby's fishing fleet, before it went into decline. The European Union is not an abstract concept in Grimsby, an English port where many blame EU fishing quotas for destroying livelihoods, but views on whether Britain should quit the club are more nuanced than the decaying fish docks suggest. Photograph taken November 17, 2015. REUTERS/Phil Noble 

A fisherman casts his fishing net in the waters of the Vembanad lake as a container ship is seen docked in the background at a port in Vallarpadam in the southern Indian city of Kochi September 5, 2013. The upside of the Indian rupee's slump is an export boom that sets the economy straight, right? Wrong. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh echoed classical economic theory when he told parliament last month that the plunging rupee, which has lost 18 percent against the dollar since selling pressure picked up in May, would spur exports and discourage imports. Some industries are bracing for a depreciation bonanza and exports are already climbing. They rose at a double-digit pace over a year earlier in the last two months, but for a hosts of reasons, Asia's third-largest economy is unlikely to see the sort of sustained export-led revival that nursed the Tiger economies to the east back to health after the 1997 crisis decimated their currencies. To go with Insight INDIA-ECONOMY/EXPORTS Picture taken September 5, 2013. REUTERS/Sivaram V (INDIA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A fan fishes for a loose ball during batting practice before the Detroit Tigers face the Boston Red Sox in their MLB American League Baseball game in Boston, Massachusetts, September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Dominick Reuter (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASEBALL) 

German Bundeswehr armed forces soldiers mount the rotor blades of a Tiger attack helicopter at Camp Marmal in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, December 14, 2012. The first two German Bundeswehr armed forces Tiger attack helicopters arrived on Friday in Afghanistan. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CONFLICT POLITICS) 

A Swedish Saab Gripen D fighter jet is seen in a hangar during a media presentation at the Swiss Army Airbase in Emmen, central Switzerland October 12, 2012. The Swiss Army plans to replace their older Tiger fighter jets with the Saab Gripen planes. Picture taken with a fish-eye lens. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer (SWITZERLAND - Tags: TRANSPORT MILITARY POLITICS) 

Nhorn Saroen walks to his new home in Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province February 20, 2012. It was once the unspoiled jungle home for tigers, elephants, bears and gibbons. But today the park in southwest Cambodia is fast disappearing to accommodate a much less endangered species: the Chinese gambler. Nhorn Saroen, 52, is among hundreds of families who have been moved inland, after signing away their property, from a fishing village. Picture taken February 20, 2012. To match Insight CAMBODIA-FORESTS/ REUTERS/Samrang Pring (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) 

Nhorn Saroen talks to Reuters reporters near his new home in Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province February 20, 2012. It was once the unspoiled jungle home for tigers, elephants, bears and gibbons. But today the park in southwest Cambodia is fast disappearing to accommodate a much less endangered species: the Chinese gambler. Nhorn Saroen, 52, is among hundreds of families who have been moved inland, after signing away their property, from a fishing village. Picture taken February 20, 2012. To match Insight CAMBODIA-FORESTS/ REUTERS/Samrang Pring (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) 

Nhorn Saroen talks to Reuters reporters near his new home in Botum Sakor National Park in Koh Kong province February 20, 2012. It was once the unspoiled jungle home for tigers, elephants, bears and gibbons. But today the park in southwest Cambodia is fast disappearing to accommodate a much less endangered species: the Chinese gambler. Nhorn Saroen, 52, is among hundreds of families who have been moved inland, after signing away their property, from a fishing village. Picture taken February 20, 2012. To match Insight CAMBODIA-FORESTS/ REUTERS/Samrang Pring (CAMBODIA - Tags: POLITICS ENVIRONMENT) 

Opposition activists wave the flag of local opposition movement "Tiger" as they hold a rally to protest against what they say are violations at the parliamentary elections, in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok December 10, 2011. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's opponents hope to bring large numbers of people out onto the streets across Russia on Saturday for rallies that will test their ability to channel outrage over allegations of election fraud into a powerful protest movement. The banner reads "Fish rots". REUTERS/Yuri Maltsev (RUSSIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS CIVIL UNREST) 

A sand tiger shark (Carcharhinus taurus) and other fish species swim inside a tank in Palma Aquarium on the the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A sand tiger shark (Carcharhinus taurus) and other fish species swim inside a tank in Palma Aquarium in the the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca October 20, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A sand tiger shark (Carcharhinus Taurus) and other fish species swim inside a tank during a presentation of the European Shark Week in the Madrid's Zoo Aquarium October 14, 2011. Members of the Shark Alliance in Europe run a week of activities demanding that policy makers secure the future health of shark populations. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

A young tourist places his hand on the glass of the big blue tank where sand tiger sharks (Carcharhinus Taurus ) and other fish species swim in the Palma Aquarium on the Spanish island of Mallorca August 31, 2011. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo (SPAIN - Tags: ANIMALS) 

Fishermen unload their morning catch to bring to a small market near the beach in Weligama November 23, 2010. Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed a 2011 budget on Monday promising a swathe of tax cuts including trying to promote the fishing industry by exempting them from taxes for five years. However, there were few specifics about how revenue would be raised in the budget, the first full-year spending plan since the country won a quarter-century war over the Tamil Tigers separatists in May 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT FOOD) 

A fisherman walks back to his boat after bringing his morning catch to a small market near the beach in Weligama November 23, 2010. Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed a 2011 budget on Monday promising a swathe of tax cuts including trying to promote the fishing industry by exempting them from taxes for five years. However, there were few specifics about how revenue would be raised in the budget, the first full-year spending plan since the country won a quarter-century war over the Tamil Tigers separatists in May 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: SOCIETY BUSINESS FOOD) 

Fishermen check their nets for any fish they missed before brining them to market in Weligama November 23, 2010. Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed a 2011 budget on Monday promising a swathe of tax cuts including trying to promote the fishing industry by exempting them from taxes for five years. However, there were few specifics about how revenue would be raised in the budget, the first full-year spending plan since the country won a quarter-century war over the Tamil Tigers separatists in May 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

A fisherman sorts fish that he bought at a small market near the beach in Weligama November 23, 2010. Sri Lanka's president Mahinda Rajapaksa proposed a 2011 budget on Monday promising a swathe of tax cuts including trying to promote the fishing industry by exempting them from taxes for five years. However, there were few specifics about how revenue would be raised in the budget, the first full-year spending plan since the country won a quarter-century war over the Tamil Tigers separatists in May 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS FOOD) 

Darryl Young of New Orleans, Louisiana does a Second Line dance while blessing the cleanup workers and soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard as they work on a Tiger Dam to protect Grand Isle from encroaching oil brought in from a high tide in Grand Isle, Louisiana on May 31, 2010. Oil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country's worst environmental disaster. As a health precaution, U.S. authorities have closed all fishing in 25 percent of Gulf of Mexico U.S. federal waters. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Darryl Young of New Orleans, Louisiana does a Second Line dance while blessing the cleanup workers and soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard as they work on a Tiger Dam to protect Grand Isle from encroaching oil brought in from a high tide in Grand Isle, Louisiana on May 31, 2010. Oil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country's worst environmental disaster. As a health precaution, U.S. authorities have closed all fishing in 25 percent of Gulf of Mexico U.S. federal waters. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) 

Darryl Young of New Orleans, Louisiana does a second line dance while blessing the cleanup workers and soldiers with the Louisiana National Guard as they work on a Tiger Dam to protect Grand Isle from encroaching oil brought in from a high tide in Grand Isle, Louisiana on May 31, 2010. Oil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country's worst environmental disaster. As a health precaution, U.S. authorities have closed all fishing in 25 percent of Gulf of Mexico U.S. federal waters. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) 

A cleanup worker walks beside the Tiger Dam set up by the Louisiana National Guard to protect Grand Isle from encroaching oil brought in from a high tide in Grand Isle, Louisiana on May 31, 2010. Oil from BP's out-of-control Gulf of Mexico oil spill could threaten the Mississippi and Alabama coasts this week, U.S. forecasters said on Monday, as public anger surged over the country's worst environmental disaster. As a health precaution, U.S. authorities have closed all fishing in 25 percent of Gulf of Mexico U.S. federal waters. REUTERS/Sean Gardner (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS) 

A resettled Singhalese woman holds a plate containing her family's breakfast of fried fish and chillies in a resettlement camp near Vavuniya, 254 km (158 miles) north of Colombo, December 22, 2009. The Singhalese villages in the area were displaced by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the 30-year war, before the government resettled the residents in October 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Caballero-Reynolds (SRI LANKA) 

A boy drops a line in a hole on a frozen river during a trout fishing event in Hwacheon, about 20 km (12 miles) south of the demilitarised zone separating two Koreas, northeast of Seoul January 13, 2008. More than 1,000,000 people attend at the annual ice festival which lasts for three weeks in January. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won (SOUTH KOREA) 

Television reporter Natsuko Aoike presents a gift basket of "Star Fish" fruit to Boston Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima in honor of him joining the 2007 All-Star Final Vote before the start of their American League MLB baseball game against the Detroit Tigers in Detroit, Michigan July 7, 2007. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES) 

Visitors look at 'Death Explained' - a tiger shark cut in half - a new exhibition by British artist Damien Hirst in central London June 1, 2007. Twelve new pieces at the exhibition include 'For the Love of God' - a diamond encrusted platinum skull priced at 50 million pounds (99 million dollars). REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN) 

A visitor walks past 'Death Explained' - a tiger shark cut in half - at a new exhibition by British artist Damien Hirst in central London June 1, 2007. Twelve new pieces at the exhibition include For the Love of God' - a diamond encrusted platinum skull priced at 50 million pounds (99 million dollars). REUTERS/Toby Melville (BRITAIN) 

A tiger rug is placed on the shelves at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A collection of cat rugs are placed on the shelves at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. On the shelves are (L-R) a leopard, a clouded leopard, a leopard and two tigers. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Tiger rugs are seen on the shelves of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A collection of cat rugs are placed on the shelves at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. On the shelves are (L-R) a leopard, a clouded leopard, a leopard and two tigers. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

A tiger rug is placed on the shelves at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Bernadette Atencio, Supervisory Wildlife Repository Specialist, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife Property Repository opens a bag containing a tiger rug in Commerce City, Colorado March 22, 2007. The Repository holds thousands of illegal wildlife trade artefacts confiscated at ports of entry to the United States. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Boys paddle a fishing boat in a lagoon in captured Tamil rebel territory in the east of the island at Vakarai March 16, 2007. An estimated 120,000-150,000 people have been displaced by artillery duels and air raids in recent months as the military drove the Tigers from a stronghold near the strategic port of Trincomalee, 155 miles (250 km) northeast of Colombo, and refugees continue to flee an army offensive further south. Picture taken March 16, 2007. To match feature SRILANKA-SETTLEMENT REUTERS/ Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA) 

A fisherman rows his traditional boat in the fishing port of Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka December 18, 2006. Thousands of travellers normally flock to this sun-kissed, palm-fringed spot on Sri Lanka's southwest coast, renowned for its coral reefs and ochre beaches. But most tourists have stayed away this year, deterred by renewed civil war between the state and Tamil Tiger rebels that has killed 3,000 people this year alone amid a rash of land battles, air raids and suicide bombings. To match feature SRILANKA-WAR/TOURISM REUTERS/Buddhika Weerasinghe (SRI LANKA) 

Jared Lilly plays music with an I-Fish at the Tiger Electronics Totally Tech Tour (T3) in New York City September 15, 2006. The I-Fish lights up and moves according to the music played on it. REUTERS/Tiger Electronics/Bill Kostroun/Handout (UNITED STATES) 

A Uros woman walks next to tiger headed totora reed boats on Uros Island in Lake Titicaca July 19, 2006. The Uros Islands are a group of 70 man-made totora reed islands floating on the lake, the world's highest navigable lake at over 4,000 meters above sea level. The Uros people fish and hunt, but tourism is their main source of livelihood. 

An Uro woman walks next to tiger-headed totora reed boats on Uros Island in Lake Titicaca July 19, 2006. The Uros Islands are a group of 70 man-made totora reed islands floating on the lake, the world's highest navigable lake at over 4,000 meters above sea level. The Uro people fish and hunt, but tourism is their main source of livelihood. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo (PERU) 

Fishermen sit inside a wooden fishing boat in the Mauritanian port city of Nouadhibou, March 12, 2006. [Mauritania's shores, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic ocean, are home to one of the world's largest concentrations of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, as well as hammerhead and tiger sharks, dolphins, turtles and rays. Despite its natural wealth and population of just three million, the Islamic Republic, which straddles Arab and black West Africa, is one of the world's poorest nations.] 

Fishermen stand inside a wooden fishing boat in the Mauritanian port city of Nouadhibou March 12, 2006. [Mauritania's shores, where the Sahara meets the Atlantic ocean, are home to one of the world's largest concentrations of fish, crustaceans and molluscs, as well as hammerhead and tiger sharks, dolphins, turtles and rays. Despite its natural wealth and population of just three million, the Islamic Republic, which straddles Arab and black West Africa, is one of the world's poorest nations.]