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Heavy demand behind spurt in poaching? [1]

The spurt in tiger poaching in India is being directly attributed to the increasing demand of tiger parts especially in China, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma and Indonesia.

India has been vociferous in demanding that both China and Vietnam end all tiger farming as these are known to be fronts for a thriving illegal market in tiger parts. Vietnam has 11 registered tiger farms while China has 20 large farms, which are breeding nearly 5,000 tigers in captivity. The US also has an estimated 5,000 tigers in captivity (owned largely by individuals) and it is well known that captive tigers are easy targets for black market sales.

Publication Date: 
17/08/2012
Rashme Sehgal [2]
Asian Age (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Tiger [5], Poaching [6], China [7], Vietnam [8], Thailand [9], Burma [10], Indonesia [11], National Tiger Conservation Authority [12], Madhya Pradesh [13], Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand) [14], Karnataka [15], Tamil Nadu [16], Maharashtra [17], Wildlife Trade [18], Tiger Conservation [19], Endangered Species [20], Wildlife [21]

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