TIGERS

In China and other parts of Asia, tigers are often worth more dead than alive as their body parts—from their skins to bones to whiskers—are sought after as a status symbol or as medicine for a range of conditions, from epilepsy to laziness.

That demand has caused tiger populations to plummet. Today, global wild tiger populations are roughly 4,000.

TIGER LINKS:

The Key to Stopping the Illegal Wildlife Trade: China

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/science/wildlife-trafficking-china.html

Illegal Tiger Trade: Why Tigers Are Walking Gold

https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2014/02/12/illegal-tiger-trade-why-tigers-are-walking-gold/