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From Our Own Correspondent: Siberian Tigers and Pink Panthers

The Carlton Hotel in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, site of the world’s biggest jewel heist in July.

16/09/2013

Siberian Tigers and Pink Panthers

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Siberian Tigers and Pink Panthers

Stories on a gang of jewel thieves and efforts to save tigers in Siberia.

Features from BBC correspondents around the world. Today, stories on a gang of jewel thieves and efforts to save tigers in Siberia.

David Chazan has been on the French Riviera, finding out that the Pink Panther gang - a gang of jewel thieves responsible for the biggest diamond heist in history - is not quite as cuddly as it sounds. 

We also meet the men searching for big cats of a different type.  Patrick Evans has been spending time with wildlife conservation officers in Russia who look out for orphaned tigers. 

Presenter: Pascale Harter
Producer: Mike Wendling

Photo: The Carlton Hotel in the French Riviera resort of Cannes, site of the world’s biggest jewel heist in July. (VALERY HACHE/AFP/Getty Images)

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