World Bank: Tiger Farms In Asian Nations Should Be Shut Down
In the second part of Vegan Era's uncovering of the world's tiger trading practices- the World Bank has strongly suggested that all Asian countries stop this horrific practice of 'Tiger Farming' and for them to be all shut down.
It has been revealed that due to these barbaric conditions, tigers numbers are dramatically on the decline and a reality of being extinct.
The World Bank has noted; "China and other Asian nations
should shut privately run tiger farms as they are inhumane and fuel demand for the endangered big cat's bones and skin."
Tiger farms are found principally in China, as well as Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
Owners claim rearing the cats in captivity will help reduce the illegal trade in tiger parts which are used in traditional medicine, but environmentalists say it only stimulates further smuggling.
"Our position is that tiger farms as an animal practice are cruel.
They fan the potential use of tiger parts. That is extremely dangerous because that would continue to spur demand," said the World Bank's Keshav Varma, who is the program director for the Global Tiger Initiative, a coalition formed in 2008 with the Smithsonian Institute and nearly 40 conservation groups.
It aims to double tiger numbers by 2022.
"The Global Tiger Initiative as well as the World Bank are in favor of shutting down these farms," he said by phone from the sidelines of the conference in the beach resort of Hua Hin.
This has come as 13 governments officials came together in Thailand to discuss the brutality and in-human animal harbouring of our beautiful Tiger friends.
Wild tiger numbers have plummeted because of human encroachment, the loss of more than nine-tenths of their habitat and poaching. From an estimated 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century, the number today is less than 3,600.
China alone is believed to be home to 5,000 domestic tigers, and farms thrive despite the government banning the trade in tiger parts in 1993. It has imposed stiff sentences on offenders and ordered pharmacies to empty their shelves of tiger medications purported to cure ailments from convulsions to skin disease and to increase sexual potency.
Let us hope that all government officials around the world come together to put a stop to these horrific conditions. May all animals and humans live in peace and harmony on our Home.
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