"Weak U.S. regulations on keeping captive tigers could be feeding the multimillion dollar international black market for tiger parts, according to a new analysis released by WWF and TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network.
As few as 3,200 tigers are left in the wild across Asia, down from 100,000 just a hundred years ago. But there are an estimated 5,000 captive tigers in the United States, and most are kept by private individuals, not zoos.
With more tigers in captivity in the United States than survive in the wild, the country needs a centralized federal database to monitor the big cats, the two groups advise. "
Environment News Service had the story October 22, 2010.
Monday, October 25, 2010
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