Tiger Farming: Trading in Extinction

TIGER FARMING Trading in Extinction With out of control breeding of captive tigers stimulating demand for their parts and products across Asia, do wild tigers stand a chance? TIGER SUB-SPECIES ENDANGERED CRITICALLY ENDANGERED EXTINCT Caspian Bengal Indochinese South China Sumatran Javan Siberian Bali Malayan GLOBAL WILD AND CAPTIVE TIGER POPULATION Global Wild Captive tiger Tiger Population population in Asia 3,000 6,000 COMPARISON OF WILD AND CAPTIVE TIGER POPULATION ESTIMATES Wild tiger population estimate Captive tiger population estimate CHINA* >5,000 40-50 VIETNAM* 127 10 THAILAND LAO PDR -1,000 400 200 <20 *Primary consumers of tiger parts and products NO Are they bred for conservation? TIGERS ARE BRED FOR Trade in parts Products Entertainment Tiger Skins Tiger Tiger Meat Traditional Bone Asian Wine Medicine LUXURY HOME DÉCOR AND SOCIAL STATUS Over 1,500 wild and captive-sourced tigers have been traded since 2000. Of these, at least 544 were poached Indian wild tigers Reference: CAGED ASSETS: TIGER FARMING AND TRADE (July 2014). SSN & ENV BORN eIә FREE environmental investigation agency