"Tiger Habib", Wanted For Killing 70 Tigers, Arrested In Bangladesh

Bangladesh police said said the poacher, Habib Talukder -- nicknamed "Tiger Habib" -- lived next to the forest and would flee whenever officers raided the area.

Bangladesh police have arrested a notorious poacher wanted for 20 years and believed to have killed around 70 endangered Bengal tigers. Local police chief Saidur Rahman said that Habib Talukder -- nicknamed "Tiger Habib" -- lived next to the forest and would flee whenever officers raided the area. "Acting on a tip-off, we finally succeeded and sent him to jail," he told AFP. Talukder's hunting ground was the vast Sunderbans mangrove forest region straddling India and Bangladesh that is home to one of the world's largest populations of Bengal tigers.