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Follow on Google News | China Trading Scheme Threatening the Lives of TigersNew reports show that China's registered wildlife body parts trading body, reopened in 2007, is resulting in a huge increase in leopards and tigers being killed and sold.
By: Animal Adoptions Recently a rug made from tiger skin was up for sale at $124,000 and a tiger that had been stuffed was up for sale for $700,000. Most of the leopard skins that were for sale were going for $100,000 - $300,000. Up to now China has still not stated how many skins have been sold, reports the endangered animals site http://www.animaladoptions.org.uk. The United Nations has sponsored a global meeting in which the wildlife trade will be discussed. However there is panic in India as many leopard and tiger tails originate from this area. China is currently saying that ban has only been lifted on skins that are from legal origins, such as captive big cats. However when the number of skins that have been sold is disclosed and is compared to the number of big cats legally killed there are likely to be some huge discrepancies. This will then highlight the belief that many of these animal skins are being purchased illegally from India and being sold via China's registered wildlife body parts trade. If this is the case it will show that China has not kept to the terms of that agreement and that there is, in fact, a large market for illegal tiger and leopard skins. With many species, such as the Bengal tiger below, so endangered this is a big blow for conservationists: http://www.animaladoptions.org.uk/ All of this information will be presented to a meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) which was set up to regulate the trade in wildlife. # # # Animal Adoptions is a site highlighting the plight of many of the world's most endangered animals, including polar bears, orangutans, tigers and leopards. End
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