“Specific Page Title or Article Title”
| One Last Chance: Can We Save the Tiger? |
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)
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Patrick Barkham
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Title of the Entire Website (not www. )
| The Gaurdian |
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)
| Gaurdian News and Media Limited |
Date Page was Last Revised
| 9 November 2010 |
Date You Read It
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3 February 2012
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<URL address> (ALL of it)
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FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):
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Former tiger hunter, Jim Corbett, put down his rifle and decided to help save the endangered species whom he says will become extinct unless "public opinion rallies to (the tigers') support" (Patrick Barkham).
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There was a summit where leaders from 11 key countries gathered to discuss the fate of the tiger. This was "world leaders have met to discuss the fate of just one species" (Patrick Barkham).
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The downfall in the number of tigers is, believed by tiger experts, caused by them "being massacred for a lucrative illegal trade in traditional Chinese medicine.
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About ten years ago, conservationalsists "believed they had won their fight to save the tiger". But they realized they could not possibly seal off a safe space large enough for tigers to live in without someone trying to hunt them (Patrick Barkham).
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Conservationalist John Robinson argues that we cannot "defend scattered populations of tigers from poachers. Instead, he argues that we need to focus on saving the landscape where the majority of the tigers remain to start growing their population (Patrick Bakham).
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Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):
This article is about why the Tigers are endangered. It also explains what the world has tried to do in the past to save them. There are also reasons why attempts in the past did not work.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?
The author is a reporter for The Gaurdian whos articles are fearured in the paper as well as the website. He also used to write for The Times.
Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?
The author does not have anything to gain from this site except to provide people with information.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?
The only bias I can detect is that the author is obviously in favor of trying to conserve the Tigers.
References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?
The author cites several conservationalists such as John Robinson, further supporting the credibility of his information.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?
I plan to use this source to show that people are trying but failing to save wild cats, and that it is mostly human fault that they are endangered in the first place.
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