ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

[peter]

WILD ANIMALS TRAFFICKING - THE DETAILS 

A few days ago, Kingtheropod posted a newspaper article in the modern tiger weights thread. The article is about a Hanoi woman arrested for cooking tiger bones at home. She had 2 tigers in her fridge.

When I tried to find a bit more, I stumbled upon an interesting article in The Guardian about an organisation involved in wild animals trafficking. 

The article, which has specific information, isn't about one species in particular: all wild animals are fair game.

Remember the photograph of a poacher sitting next to a rhino shot in South Africa posted some years ago? The organisation discussed in the article was involved in that one as well.

The article is concluded with an overview of the most important players. If you want know why trafficking still is continuing, read that part in particular.  

The Guardian is a reliable source. The article was published on September 26, 2016:    

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/26/bach-brothers-elephant-ivory-asias-animal-trafficking-network Reply