Tigers, trade

95 cases of tigers known to have been killed in 1994
121 tigers killed in 1995
52 tigers killed in 1996
88 tigers killed in 1997
39 tigers killed in 1998
81 tigers killed in 1999
52 tigers killed in 2000
72 tigers killed in 2001
46 tigers killed in 2002
38 tigers killed in 2003
38 tigers killed in 2004
46 tigers killed in 2005
37 tigers killed in 2006
27 tigers killed in 2007
29 tigers killed in 2008
32 tigers killed in 2009
30 tigers killed in 2010

  A century ago there were 100,000 tigers roaming the forests, swamps, and tundra of Asia. TODAY, there are as few as 3,200 left in the wild. Only 7% of historic tiger habitat still contains tigers.

At this rate, wild tigers will be extinct in just a few decades.

Consumer demand for tiger parts poses the largest threat to tiger survival. Tigers are being hunted to extinction by poachers for their skins, bones, teeth and claws, which are highly valued for their use in traditional Asian medicine (TAM), various folk remedies and various products. The wildlife trade network, TRAFFIC, found that for the past two years, the smuggled parts from at least 200 tigers have been confiscated per year by law enforcement in Asia. In the past 10 years, over 1000 tigers have been killed to traffic their parts to meet consumer demand in Asia.

 Tiger bones have been used in TAM for a wide variety of ailments for more than 1,000 years. In 1993 the Chinese government banned the trade and use of tiger parts, but cultural belief in the power of tiger parts remains.

Parts from a single tiger can fetch as much as $50,000 on the black market, making the poaching of these magnificent creatures very alluring to criminal networks.

Claws, teeth and whiskers are believed to prov ide good luck and protective powers. And tiger skins and tiger bone wine are valued as status symbols.

Links:

 http://www.savetigersnow.org/problem

http://www.tigersincrisis.com/trade_tigers.htm

Blog,Project and Trade

I'm back!!! It's me Marta, remember? You might not (hopefully you do) because I have not been posting :( .
Miss me?!(I missed posting). I didn't post because (drumroll) I had internet limit. Now back to the title:

1.Blog: I have a new blog called " My fun and wonderful life 
   ( Read it to find out that it is funny but not that woderful).
 2.Project: My school is doin a project about homelessness and poverty. I will be talking about it and giving news on it on my other blog (remember, the one on top in 1 ). Now back to animals so my partner in crime Rachie does not get angry.
                            
                             Bloody, Cruel Trade
I want to discuss this topic in a few posts, so it's what your gonna read much of now.

Every day I will do a diffrent topic but for now you need to know how bad it is.
Manny animals are killed for their furs, bones, skins, teeth and meat.
lthough most wildlife trade is legal, a significant amount is not. For example, in just one year during 2003-04, EU-based enforcement authorities made more than 7,000 seizures – these included more than 3.5 million wildlife specimens that were prohibited from being traded. And from 2002-06, almost 1,000 illegally-traded Egyptian tortoises were seized in the EU, which represent around 13% of the species’ entire wild population – an illustration of how devastating trade impacts can be. From WWF ( At bottom of blog)
                                                                                                 YOUR MARTA