Female Sumatran tiger Soy rests in the outdoor habitat at the U.S. National Zoo in Washington July 2.....
Female Sumatran tiger Soy rests in the outdoor habitat at the U.S. National Zoo in Washington July 20, 2006. [Tigers have 40 percent less habitat than they did a decade ago, due to intense poaching and the rise of an Asian middle class that puts pressure on the big cats and their environment, wildlife experts said on Thursday.]