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Rare Tibetan Antelope is on the Rebound

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Thanks to extensive efforts on behalf of conservations, volunteers and the government of Tibet, these antelope, which were widely poached in the 1980s and 1990s for their fur, are making a terrific comeback!

Conflicts between poachers and local Tibetan volunteers who risk their lives to protect the chiru inspired the film Mountain Patrol, which opened last spring.

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