Petizione per salvare le tigri

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The largest cats in the world are no match for the relentless pursuit of profit. Please act to protect tigers now»



Wealthy businessmen in China are pushing their government to overturn China's 1993 ban on trade in tiger parts. These businessmen run for-profit tiger parks in China, and want to be able to sell tiger body parts from captive tigers.

But with fewer than 4,000 wild tigers in the world, any increase in tiger part trade, even from captive tigers, could spell extinction for these majestic cats.

Urge China to protect wild tigers by maintaining its successful ban on the tiger trade »

Poachers kill wild tigers for their skin, meat and bones, which are highly valued in traditional Chinese medicine. If China were to lift its current ban on domestic trade in tiger parts, it could lead to increased demand and poaching of these majestic creatures.

Dear Ms. Hongyan Guo,

Wild tigers are in crisis. With their population at an estimated 3,500, it is crucial for those who hold their fate to make the right decisions.

Opening the Chinese market to tiger products is not the right decision, and could drive wild tigers to extinction. Poaching, along with environmental degradation, is diminishing the wild tiger population; legalizing the trade of tiger parts would encourage even more poaching.

Killing a tiger in the wild is 250 times cheaper than raising it in captivity, a sad incentive for tiger part sellers seeking the most affordable way to obtain tiger parts. It is difficult to distinguish between wild and farmed tiger parts, and equally difficult to enforce, which will allow many to poach without facing the legal consequences.
cientific studies in India have shown that wild tigers could not sustain increased levels of poaching, which would most likely result from legalizing the trade of tiger parts. I urge you make the vital decision to uphold China's ban on the tiger product trade in order to protect wild tigers from extinction.

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Saving wild tigers in this way will have few negative consequences. Leaders of the global traditional Chinese medicine industry have said that they do not need tiger products and would actually prefer to use alternatives. Also, alternative, legal industries could potentially take the place of the tiger parts industry. But in the end, there is value simply in preserving this beautiful species in its natural habitat.

Sadly, all attempts to introduce captive-bred tigers into the wild have failed so far. Captive-bred tigers lack fear of other tigers and humans, making them a dangerous predator to humans and easy targets for poachers and other tigers. The wild tiger population must be preserved because it cannot be replaced.

Last summer, all 171 countries represented at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Conference (CITES) agreed that the tiger trade should be banned. Please join the world effort to protect wild tigers from extinction and uphold the ban on the trade of tiger products.
Sincerely,
[Your name here]