Tiger countries agree to preserve big-cat habitats

FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011, file photo, a floral tableau by Central Public Works Department depicts the theme "Save Tigers" during the Republic Day parade in New Delhi, India. Countries with wild tiger populations have agreed to do more to protect tiger habitats that are shrinking drastically because of deforestation and urban sprawl, conservationists said Friday, April 15, 2016. Representatives from the 13 Asian countries with tigers, meeting this week in New Delhi, issued a resolution acknowledging that the forests in which tigers live are inherently valuable themselves and worthy of protection.(AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)