Tigers in the wild
The tiger is threatened almost exclusively by human action. It can only be saved from early extinction if effective measures are taken to combat the threats listed in this document. The immediate threat to its survival is the growing demand for its part for use in oriental medicine. Thus, urgent steps must be taken to stop the unprecedented pursuit and killing of the tiger. The tiger bone trade must be shut down at international and national levels. At the same time the insidious destruction of tiger habitat and decline of prey populations must be halted by strengthened protection at regional and local levels.
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