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End Tiger Trade And so it goes: A Chinese villager has reportedly killed and eaten the country's last wild Indochinese tiger.

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A Chinese villager has reportedly killed and eaten the country's last wild Indochinese tiger, and has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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End Tiger Trade Anson Wong, the world's most notorious convicted reptile trafficker, is about to move in a new direction with potentially shattering consequences for the tiger. Read about the Kingpin, his special government friend, and his ambitious new plan...

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T Demand for pets and medicines drives illegal trafficking.
Heather Mansfield
Heather Mansfield
So what can we do to stop Anson? I read the article and promoted it here: http://twitter.com/nonprofitorgs What can we do? Is there a list of people who buy his animals/products that we can publish online to help curb demand?
Tue at 7:50am
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End Tiger Trade Encourage US officials to tighten the regulations to protect captive tigers in the U.S. and stop illegal tiger trade.

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Sign WWF's petition to Secretary of InteriorKenSalazar and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack asking them to use their authority to close existing loopholes in the permitting and monitoring of captive tigers in the U.S.
Jen
Jen
I've signed and crossposted. Thank you so much!
December 5 at 6:43pm
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Jan
Jan
Keepers at the Chongqing Wild Animal
Park, China, were dismayed to find that the zoo's five
white tigers have become so domesticated they were scared of the live chickens they were meant to eat!
Tigers should be wild.
December 1 at 10:22am
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November 24 at 8:35pm
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End Tiger Trade

End Tiger Trade The Chinese State Forestry Administration, which is responsible for wildlife, issued a document allowing trade in legally obtained tiger and leopard skins in December 2007, but with such little fanfare that it barely rated a mention in the domestic media.

www.timesonline.co.uk
The world’s dwindling population of tigers could be pushed closer to extinction after China quietly approved the sale of products extracted from the endangered animals.
Jess Macdougall
Jess Macdougall
this is unacceptable! good god, they're close to extinction!!
December 1 at 10:01am
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End Tiger Trade Tigers aren't safe anywhere. On Aug 22, zoo officials in Jambi's Taman Rimboo Zoo discovered that Sheila, the Sumatran tiger, had been killed and skinned on zoo grounds after being drugged by poachers, leaving virtually nothing behind except the innards and a few ribs of the animal.

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A wild Sumatran Tiger captured by conservation officers. Illegal trade and habitat loss have left the species fighting for its life. (Photo: Irwin Fedriansya, AP)
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End Tiger Trade International meetings aren’t usually a hotbed of intrigue and conflict, but bring tigers up and things get interesting! See below...

July 9 at 11:16am
Trevor Emmitt
Trevor Emmitt
I'd love to go on a tiger safari with my hunting rifle
July 10 at 9:14am
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The World Bank played an unexpectedly important role at the 58th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Standing Committee in Geneva this week...
Danann Bain Lovatt
Danann Bain Lovatt
Tiger farming?!? What the fuck?!? Let's just leave the tigers alone and bother the people who give the tigers trouble.
July 10 at 12:57pm
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End Tiger Trade Get your Tiger Roar Ringtone!!

www.endtigertrade.org
Tiger trade is prohibited internationally and banned domestically in all of its range countries, including China - historically the largest market for tiger products. These bans have successfully shut down tiger trade and nearly extinguished demand.
Millicent Lao
Millicent Lao
right click the image and save link as. :D
June 9 at 6:26pm
Ako
Ako
Thanks :)
June 13 at 3:55pm
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End Tiger Trade Check out this GREAT PSA from the State Department featuring Jane Goodall. And "Don't Buy It"!

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