Fish and Wildlife Service Provides $4.6 Million for Wildlife Conservation in South and Southeast Asia, the Near East

The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is partnering through its Wildlife Without Borders program with fifteen countries in South and Southeast Asia and the Near East to conserve tigers, elephants, rhinos, orangutans, gibbons, marine turtles, amphibians and other endangered animals. Service funding of $4.6 million in 2011 has leveraged $6.1 million in matching funds for these conservation projects.