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Illegal Trade in Tiger
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- A new report by Traffic, an environmental NGO has quantified the illegal global trade in tigers and tiger parts over a 19-year period between 2000 and 2018.
- Although Tigers are listed in Appendix I of CITES recent years have revealed an increase in tiger captive breeding to fuel demand for various tiger products.
- All commercial international trade in animals listed in Appendix I of CITES is banned.
- The top three countries with the highest number of seizure incidents were India (625), followed by China and Indonesia.
- In terms of various body parts seized, India had the highest share among countries for tiger skins (38%), bones (28%) and claws and teeth (42%).
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