Tiger skin in Lhasa, photo: EIA The illegal trade in tiger and other big cat skins and body parts is big business for international crime syndicates, with tiger skins fetching up to more than $21,000 each. Now, an undercover mission by the Environmental... ...full story at TreeHugger
from TreeHugger on Tue, Oct 27 2009
see also:
| 30 Apr 07 |
  |
Litang Skin Burning »
YouTube video Litang, Sichuan Province China, February 2006. Tiger and leopard skins are burned to support efforts to stop the big cat skin trade. |
| 27 Dec 07 |
 |
Tiger coats to get identity cards » Shanghai Daily CHINA'S forestry administration will require all legal tiger or leopard coats to carry a label from next year to crack down on illegal smuggling or trading of these animals' skins, Xinhua news agency reported today. All the tiger or leopard skins... |
| 28 Apr 07 |
|
Tiger park calls for legalization of tiger trade » Shanghai Daily LIU Dan has been raising tigers for more than 20 years, but his dream is to persuade the Chinese government to lift its ban on the trade of tiger parts. |
| 28 Jan 08 |
|
Conservationists use poll to back calls to continue China's tiger trade ban » People's Daily International conservation groups are renewing calls for the Chinese government to maintain a 15-year moratorium on the trade in tiger parts with a poll showing 95 percent of Chinese support the ban. The Save the Tiger Fund, which ... |
| 27 Jan 08 |
|
Chinese back calls to keep tiger-parts ban » Shanghai Daily CONSERVATION groups are renewing calls for the Chinese government to maintain a 15-year ban on the trade in tiger parts. A recent poll shows that 95 percent of Chinese support the ban. The Save the Tiger Fund, which commissioned the poll, said 1,880... |
| 13 Nov 07 |
|
Bengal tiger pelts seized in Qingdao »
china.org.cn  Two rare tiger skin pelts, smuggled from Indonesia, have been seized recently by Qingdao Customs in east China's Shandong Province. Also confiscated were other tiger products, including tiger bones, teeth and gallbladders. |
twitter
blogs
china
thailand
japan
technology