Sentences with phrase «for tiger parts»

With hindsight, it also became clear that protection and management of many reserves remained inadequate (the extirpation of tigers in the Indian tiger reserves of Sariska, reported in 2004, and Panna, reported in 2010, is illustrative) and this, coupled with an increased demand for tiger parts [12], meant that poaching of tigers and prey decimated populations across Asia, both inside and outside reserves.

Many cat species are hunted by poachers, who get high prices on the black market for tiger parts and snow leopard pelts.

A shocking decline in the Russian Federation's wild tiger population highlights the importance of eliminating trade in and demand for tiger parts, the International Tiger Coalition (ITC) said today.

Historically, China was the world's largest market for tiger parts: traditional Chinese medicine uses tiger products, and the cats» skins are used for status symbol clothing, particularly in Tibet.

In this video, WWF explains how consumer demand for tiger parts and furs have led to a decrease in wild tiger populations from around 100,000 to just an estimated 3,200 today.

Conservationists must try to reduce the demand for tiger parts in China as part of a campaign to save the big cats, wildlife experts warned at an anti-poaching conference

Not exact matches

12 giant tiger prawns, shelled and de-veined (tails intact) 1/2 cup butter 1 cup freshly - squeezed orange juice 2 tablespoons sherry 1 teaspoon grated orange zest 2 minced green onions (tops and white parts) 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger root 1 orange, thinly sliced for garnish

Many are sold as food, many are slaughtered and sold as parts for «medicinal» purposes and aphrodisiacs, and many are huge, high - stakes status symbols for the wealthy elite — such as tigers, monkeys and Komodo dragons.»

There's a huge problem with the trade of tiger parts for use [pdf] in traditional Chinese medicines, so tigers have dwindled in countries like Cambodia and Laos and Thailand.

Iconic animals including tigers, rhino and elephants are being supplied by organised crime to satisfy demand from Asia for dubious medicines based on animal parts.

China, for its part, has banned any trade in tiger products since 1993, nearly eliminating tiger parts from medicine shops, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare — something I witnessed for myself in China.

A quarter of the 484 shops and dealers surveyed in 24 towns across Sumatra had tiger parts for sale, particularly canine teeth and claws.

Traditional Chinese medicine views tiger parts as providing good luck and protective powers, but cubs are also often traded for their fur or as pets for the elite.

There, habitats for orangutans, elephants and tigers are being destroyed and land - clearing fires, which cloak parts of the region in haze, have become a routine hazard.

All are the unrelenting target of poachers controlled by gangs that supply the trade in tiger parts for traditional «medicine» in China and South - East Asia.

There are trippy detours throughout, most memorably when Richard pictures himself in a cheesy videogame (battling a tiger, natch), but for the most part, The Beach treads structural ground well worn by Lord of the Flies and The Mosquito Coast and Apocalypse Now.

I liked each and every bit of it.Your take on the movie is also quite good.I do nt agree with your comments on Tyson.Tyson and his tiger add special humor to the movie.Tiger in the bathroom is one of the craziest part of the movie.Phil, Stu, Alan are definitely there to stay in the heart of the viewers for long.

Exposed by Australian charity & National Geographic BANGKOK, Thailand ---- More than 15 years of allegations that the renowned Tiger Temple is engaged in breeding and trafficking tigers for body parts gained weight with the January 21, 2016 release of a detailed investigative report and collection of documents from the Australian wildlife charity Cee4Life, founded by -LSB-...]

Other parts of the zoo allow you to get up close with sea turtles, tropical birds Bengal tigers and other creatures for a really special experience.

Collar's exhibitions and performances include: A rock that keeps tigers away, group exhibition, Kunstverein München, Munich, July 2017; a performance event and micro residency, Kunstraum, London, June 2017; Plural Melts at Yvonne Lambert, Berlin, 2017; Tall Tales, touring group exhibition and performance, Freud Museum, London, Touchstones Gallery and Museum, Rochdale and Glasgow Women's Library 2016; Tarantallegra, group exhibition, Hester, New York, July - Aug 2016; Secret Surface, group exhibition, KW, Berlin, Feb - May 2016; 11/50, solo exhibition, Fig - 2, ICA, London, March 2015; Probably, Like a Melon Rolling Off a Table: Part II, solo performance for Saturday Live, Serpentine Galleries, London, Jan 2015; Secret Agents, group exhibition, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Sept - Oct 2015; PALIMPSEST, performance collaboration with William Cobbing at Hayward Gallery Project Space, London, 2014; Let's Make Another Possible Now, group performance event as part of ANTIKNOW at Flat Time House, London, 2Part II, solo performance for Saturday Live, Serpentine Galleries, London, Jan 2015; Secret Agents, group exhibition, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Sept - Oct 2015; PALIMPSEST, performance collaboration with William Cobbing at Hayward Gallery Project Space, London, 2014; Let's Make Another Possible Now, group performance event as part of ANTIKNOW at Flat Time House, London, 2part of ANTIKNOW at Flat Time House, London, 2014.

Two tigers have been killed in the last 12 months at the Yichang Zoo in Hubei for their parts.

Chinese entrepreneurs now farm tigers by the thousands, «with assembly - line efficiency,» to slaughter for their valuable parts.

As I wrote not long ago, Thailand should be credited for its multi-pronged crackdown on the trade in tigers and tiger parts.

This is no small part because some Twitter user named @LeoDicaprio led a nomination blitz Tuesday night in recognition of my recent focus on the relatively low cost of conserving wild tigers (and a possible role by a successful company that names its operating systems for tigers and other big cats).

But in 1993, the Chinese government imposed a ban on trade in tigers and their parts, making it much more difficult for those who want a mouthful or closet full of this endangered species.

12:04 p.m. Updated A study just published in the journal PLos Biology, «Bringing the Tiger Back from the Brink — The Six Percent Solution,» lays out a smart strategy for stanching the decline of tigers in the wild driven by relentless poaching for skins and the Asian trade in extracts and body parts.

I agree that Thailand should be credited for its multi-pronged crackdown on the trade in tigers and tiger parts.

The Far East is responsible for huge losses of tigers (elephants, bears, sharks and rhinos, too) and «breeding programs» have to be curtailed when they are obviously simply selling tiger parts.

The brazen attack by Morgan and his crew also highlights the increasing clashes around the world between poachers, often backed by organized criminals, and wildlife rangers as demand for wildlife parts such as ivory, rhino horn, and tiger bones sky rocket.

John Bryant, CEO of snack food giant Kellogg's, found himself in hot water last week on a quarterly earnings call when one investor took the company to task for its part in destroying vital Indonesian peatlands that store vast amounts of climate - polluting carbon, and rainforests home to the last 400 remaining wild Sumatran tigers in the world.

Elephant ivory is used for ornaments, and parts of tigers and rhinos are used in traditional medicine or ground down and added to wine.

In 2010, TRAFFIC worked alongside the World Federation of Chinese Medicine, who called for their members to cease using tiger parts in their products, signalling clearly that there is no place for the illegal wildlife trade within Chinese and traditional medicines.

Demand for rhino horn, ivory and other products made from parts of tigers, turtles and other endangered species is increasing in China and the Far East as living standards rise.