A UN conservation meeting has agreed to a voluntary
conservation plan for endangered tigers that calls for
tougher legislation in countries home to the big cats to
tackle widespread smuggling and boost money spent on law
enforcement.
The British plan also calls for countries to better control
tiger farms - China has the most - and to phase out
traditional medicine markets which fuel demand for tiger
parts.
The plan includes no funding for the 13 tiger-range
countries, only a request for donor assistance.
Tiger numbers have plummeted because of human encroachment,
the loss of nine-tenths of their habitat and poaching to
supply the illegal trade. Their numbers have fallen from
100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to around 3,600
today.
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