India's Supreme Court has banned tourism in tiger reserves throughout the country in an attempt to protect the endangered animal. The court also announced penalties Tuesday against six states - Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jharkhand - for failure to comply with an earlier order to create buffer zones around tiger habitats. Wasim Kadri, a lawyer with the National Tiger Conservation Authority, told reporters, "the court also imposed a fine of ...
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