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Indo-Chinese tiger spotted in China for first time in years mongabay.com June 13, 2007
The great cat was photographed in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve using infrared cameras. It was the first time the rare Indo-Chinese tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) has been photographed in Yunnan. China is home to four subspecies of tiger—the Northeast China tiger, the South China tiger, the Indo-Chinese tiger, and the Bengal tiger—all of which are limited to less than 50 individuals. Habitat destruction and hunting are the biggest threat to tigers. The Chinese government is currently lobbying delegates at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora meeting in The Hague to legalize the trade in tiger skins, a move that environmentalists say will doom tigers to extinction. "A legal market in China for products made from farmed tigers will increase demand and allow criminals to launder' products made from tigers poached from the wild," said Eric Dinerstein, chief scientist at World Wildlife Fund (WWF) who recently authored a paper on the trade in tiger parts. Globally, tigers now occupy just 7 percent of their historical range, according to WWF. Related article An interview with biologist Luke Hunter: How to save the world's big cats
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