‘Tiger bone’ products made in Thailand and sold to Vietnamese and Chinese tourists
So-called “tiger bone glue” is being made in Thailand and marketed to tourists from Vietnam and China, investigators have discovered
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German firm reported for Myanmar teak imports violating Europe’s legal timber rules
Our Forests campaigners today (21 March) formally submitted a dossier of evidence to German and European enforcement authorities over a German company’s imports of Myanmar teak.
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International meeting calls for a ban on tiger trade and an end to commercial tiger farming
Our Tiger campaigners are encouraged to see recommendations adopted by tiger range countries (TRCs) at the 3rd Stocktaking Conference on Tiger ConservationPDF included a strong message calling for an end to tiger farming and the closure of domestic markets for tiger parts.
Corruption oiling Myanmar’s criminal teak trade reaches to the heart of Government
The multi-million dollar international trade in Burmese teak is riddled with crime and high-level corruption in Myanmar, driving conflict and human rights abuses..
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Demand reduction ‘impossible’ where government polices endorse use of big cat parts
The 3rd Stocktaking Conference on Tiger Conservation starts today in New Delhi, India – essentially a health check on implementation of the 2010 global commitment to double the wild tiger population from an estimated 3,200 by the next Chinese Year of the Tiger in 2022.
Exposure of big cat slaughterhouse shows scrutiny of South Africa’s tiger farms is long overdue
This week, news emerged of nine arrests in South Africa in what appears to be a bust of an international criminal operation trafficking the parts of tigers and lions..