Already more than 2015 tigers poached
World
April 29, 2016 12:00
- Already slain more tigers in India than in the whole year 2015. Friday, according to figures from an Indian conservation organization. According to the Wildlife Protection Society this year are poached for 28 tigers, three more than last year.
Tiger Meat and-botten processed in traditional Chinese medicines and are worth a lot of money on the black market.
The poachers use guns, poison and steel clamps and electrocution to catch the predators.
In India, representing more than half of all tigers in the world. During the last census in 2014 there were 2226 of the mighty cats.
Recently noted the WWF and tiger protection organization Global Tiger Forum, the number of tigers has increased worldwide for the first time in a century, to an estimated 3890.
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