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Legislation to close the loophole in the law was introduced by U.S.
Representatives Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.). Similar
legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senator John
Kerry (D-Mass.).
“Polar Read more »
There are currently more than 10,000 captive big cats, such as tigers and
lions, held captive in the U.S. In recent years, captive big cats have killed
more than a dozen people and injured more than 50 people. Many big cats are
owned by individual Read more »
China's 1993 ban on domestic trade of tiger bones has been essential in
contributing to preventing the extinction of wild tigers by curbing demand in
what historically has been the world’s largest consumer market for tiger parts
and products Read more »
Last weekend two cubs were found by a logger and a truck driver on the roads of
the Chuguyewski district in the Primorye region. The young tigers were so
exhausted from hunger and frost that they did not flee from the
men. “These tigers Read more »
“Big business appears to have won the day in ensuring that canned hunting
will continue virtually unchecked and even given a veneer of respectability by
this new bill,” said Jason Bell-Leask, Southern Africa Director of IFAW
(Internati Read more »
CITES lists the tiger among the most endangered species in need of protection,
identifying illegal trade as the major threat to the species. Poaching to supply
tiger parts to illegal markets has completely wiped out wild tigers from some
nature re Read more »
