Tiger Farms in China
Critter News
JANUARY 30, 2010
The BBC has an article about the spreading practice of "farming" tigers. Tags: tigers china.
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China Calls for Tiger Protection
Critter News
JANUARY 4, 2010
India’s newfound partnership with China on environment issues has yielded results in the area of tiger protection as well. You can put tigers on a farm for legal parts harvesting and still call it "protection." Tags: India wildlife trafficking poaching tigers china. I don't trust the Chinese government on any issue.
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Moon Bears Rescued from Bile Farm in Vietnam
Critter News
JANUARY 26, 2010
Please note that the illegal bile farm was Taiwanese-owned. Again, the China connection. Tags: taiwan Traditional Chinese Medicine bear bile china asia. Moon bears are rare, which makes this all the sadder. I can't read such stuff without being sickened by my species. Thank Animals Asia for the rescue.
India Reaches Out to Neighbors to Save Tigers
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2009
They have been pretty frustrated with China, who really doesn't give a rip about tigers.unless they can raise them on farms for "medicinal" harvest and other capitalist pursuits. Tags: India poaching tigers china endangered species.
2010 Declared the Year of the Tiger.So What?
Critter News
NOVEMBER 3, 2009
When China won't support a ban on tiger farms, nor will it work to curb the ridiculous demand for tiger products in its own country, what's the point? China is the single biggest threat to the tiger and it won't participate seriously in its protection. It's just lip service. So what if the tiger gets its own year?
Tiger Abuse at Chinese Zoos
Critter News
APRIL 11, 2010
The report follows the news in March that 11 rare Siberian tigers had starved to death within a few months at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in northeast China. The cases have shed light on the murky world of China's 12 tiger farms, which were initially set up by the state in the 1980s to preserve the numbers of animals in existence.
On Why You Should Post Videos Beyond YouTube
Animal Person
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
I received this from Chris in China, and it underscores the importance of posting videos beyond YouTube. Dear MFA, Youtube.com is blocked in China. For farm animals, China is America 2.0 Please consider posting your videos on a Vimeo channel as well, so we can embed them on sites in China. in the worst way.
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