WWF Urges Closure Of All Tiger Farms
GENEVA,(APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 28th july,2016) - The World Wildlife Fund on Thursday called on Asian states to close their tiger farms to boost efforts against the black-market trade in animal parts. The conservation group said there remained 200 tiger farms in Asia, mostly in China, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.
The tiger population in farms is about 8,000, more than the estimated 3,900 living in the wild, WWF said in a statement ahead of the July 29 International Day of the Tiger.
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