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From
October 28th to November 1st, 2001, Natasha and Marco Romero travelled
to Taipei to launch the " Taiwan Save The Tiger " campaign.
The trip was sponsored by 7-Eleven (owned by President Group), National
Geographic Channel and China Airlines. During this time, they were
very warmly received and assisted by their conservation partners
The Society of Wilderness and by their sponsors. In just a few days,
it was clear that friendships were started.
On
October 30th, a well-attended press conference and campaign launch
was held in the former residence of the Mayor of Taipei. Presentations
were made by all the campaign partners encouraging the people of
Taiwan to rise-up and make generous contribution to help prevent
the extinction of wild tigers.
Early
in the morning of November 1st, Natasha and her father were touched
when they anonymously witnessed many people making donations at
one of Taiwan's 2877 7-Eleven stores, near their hotel, and walking
away reading the beautiful 16 page campaign brochure produced by
President Group.
"The
people of Taiwan have been so nice to us. You can see there's many
of them who really care about the environment and about the tiger.
" said Natasha. " This is magical and very gratifying.
It has always been our dream to be embraced by and work with the
people Asia" commented Marco.

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