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You 500, the guy's going to say no, the 500 is useless to me. this tiger is mine and don't you dare come here. looking at the situation today, that's probably the only solution we have, that the local people, they benefit and they take care. >> to prove their concept, they bought seven barren acres between two tiger forests, put in a little water hole and let it go wild. in just a few years, it is an animal superhighway. oh, look at that. sloth bears. >> porcupines. leopards, you know, and, of course, many, many tigers. >> oh, my goodness. look at that. a family of four. what are your neighbor...

>> reporter: to prove their concept, they bought seven barren acres between two tiger forests, put in a little water hole and let it go wild. in just a few years, it is an animal super highway. >> oh, look at that sloth there. >> porcupines leopards of course many many tigers. >> oh, my goodness. look at that. a family of four. >> what do your neighbors in the big city say when you say hey we're going to spend the weekend with the tigers out in the woods? >> it kind of freaks them out. >> so you went in part with the sole mission of spotting one of these tigers. people are going to have to wat...

And live off the ecotourists who they hope will come in droves. >> so is your vision that all this area will be forest instead of farms? >> yes. happier people, people who look at the tiger as their own. and the next time the poacher comes here and he's going to say can i lay i trap, i'll give you 500, the guy will say no, your 500 is useless to me. this tiger is mine and don't you dare come here. looking at the situation today, that's probably the only solution we have, that the local people, they benefit and they take care. >> reporter: to prove their concept, they bought seven barren acres ...