Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Search in The Statesman Web Thursday, September 29 2005 World Focus New China law is last nail in tiger's coffin Yudhajit Shankar Das in New Delhi Sept. 28.— As if the open illegal trade in tiger skins in China was not enough, latest reports suggest that Beijing is mulling opening up farm-bred, captive tiger trade. “That would be disastrous to our tigers in the wild,” says executive director, Wildlife Protection Society of India, Ms Belinda Wright. However strictly the Chinese authorities try to regulate the trade, they cannot ensure that wild tigers are not being traded and passed off as farm-bred. This is not the first time that China has approached CITES for trade in captive-bred tiger, which was firmly put down. “China imported 100 tigers bred in captivity from Thailand last year citing research purposes,” said the vice-chairman, Wildlife Trust of India, Mr Ashok Kumar. “They reintroduced two captive-bred tigers in the wild in South Africa but they could not fend for themselves and they died,” he added. He said a similar plan was afoot to reintroduce tigers in the forests of Zimbabwe. Beijing is a signatory of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) and as the tiger is listed in appendix one of the convention, Beijing has to crack down on any trade in the same. China had banned all domestic trade in tiger products in 1993. of Tiger Conservation Project, WWF, Mr P K Sen, has the same view regarding the captive-bred tigers. “In case of such a trade our tigers in the wild will be the first casualty,” he said. He explained that as poachers are paid a fraction of the cost of that required to buy a captive-bred tiger (which stands at $50,000), naturally, the tigers in the wild would be poached and sold as ones that are bred. There is no way to check whether a tiger is captive-bred or from the wild after it has been killed. WTI and International Fund for Animal Welfare have come together to campaign against tiger trafficking in seven countries, including China. When asked by The Statesman how WTI planned to tackle the issue of captive-bred tiger trade in China, Mr Ashok Kumar said: “We are talking to the Chinese authorities.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 This will be disasterous. Dr.Sandeep K.Jain debasischak wrote: Search in The Statesman Web Thursday, September 29 2005 World Focus New China law is last nail in tiger's coffin Yudhajit Shankar Das in New Delhi Sept. 28.— As if the open illegal trade in tiger skins in China was not enough, latest reports suggest that Beijing is mulling opening up farm-bred, captive tiger trade. “That would be disastrous to our tigers in the wild,” says executive director, Wildlife Protection Society of India, Ms Belinda Wright. However strictly the Chinese authorities try to regulate the trade, they cannot ensure that wild tigers are not being traded and passed off as farm-bred. This is not the first time that China has approached CITES for trade in captive-bred tiger, which was firmly put down. “China imported 100 tigers bred in captivity from Thailand last year citing research purposes,” said the vice-chairman, Wildlife Trust of India, Mr Ashok Kumar. “They reintroduced two captive-bred tigers in the wild in South Africa but they could not fend for themselves and they died,” he added. He said a similar plan was afoot to reintroduce tigers in the forests of Zimbabwe. Beijing is a signatory of CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) and as the tiger is listed in appendix one of the convention, Beijing has to crack down on any trade in the same. China had banned all domestic trade in tiger products in 1993. of Tiger Conservation Project, WWF, Mr P K Sen, has the same view regarding the captive-bred tigers. “In case of such a trade our tigers in the wild will be the first casualty,” he said. He explained that as poachers are paid a fraction of the cost of that required to buy a captive-bred tiger (which stands at $50,000), naturally, the tigers in the wild would be poached and sold as ones that are bred. There is no way to check whether a tiger is captive-bred or from the wild after it has been killed. WTI and International Fund for Animal Welfare have come together to campaign against tiger trafficking in seven countries, including China. When asked by The Statesman how WTI planned to tackle the issue of captive-bred tiger trade in China, Mr Ashok Kumar said: “We are talking to the Chinese authorities.” For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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