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Indonesia: Bodies of 14 Sumatran Tigers Confiscated, Suspect Arrested
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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A police raid on the house of a suspected wildlife trafficker near Jakarta yielded the bodies of 14 Sumatran tigers, three leopards, one clouded leopard, three bears, one lion, one tapir and a tiger’s head. Tigers and bears are prized in traditional Chinese medicine, while leopards and lions are frequently used as substitutes for tiger-derived ingredients. The Sumatran tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris sumatrae
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Malaysia’s Imperiled Wildlife Snubbed, Gov’t to Spend Millions on ‘Panda Diplomacy’
Date: 26 Jun 2012
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Rather than allocate funds for its own imperiled species such as Sumatran rhinos, Malayan tigers and tapirs, Borneo pygmy elephants, turtles and tortoises, orangutans, sun bears, and pangolins (just to name a few), the Malaysian government has announced plans to take on a pricey “loan” of two pandas from China. In addition to the investment required for building a suitable panda enclosure and acquiring (o
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