A report on tiger ‘farming’ across Asia has revealed more than 5,000 tigers in China are living in unnatural, cramped conditions, in rows of cages.
These sites range in size from a handful of tigers to two establishments that have more than 1,000 tigers in each, and are often open to the public, with tigers displayed in entertainment shows.
Despite a 1975 ban on international tiger trade, seizures of tigers and tiger products across the Asian region prove there is a growing market for the products. These farms are therefore a ready source of such products.
Therefore conservationists are concerned captive-bred tigers are not only feeding demand for tiger products across Asia but are also stimulating it, placing an additional and unsustainable pressure on their wild counterparts.
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