Washington Post
Over the past century or so, the tiger population has plunged in the wild, dropping from an estimated 100,000 to fewer than 4,000, while the number in captivity had exploded to more than 12,500. Nowhere else was the animal’s commodification more complete than in tiger farming, where it is raised, butchered for parts and sold for tens of thousands of dollars. And nowhere else had these farms operated with greater impunity than in Laos, an obscure communist nation whose own wild tigers have nearly all been killed. More
Tiger, tiger burning bright.
In the cages of the night.
Excellent. I for one am relieved to discover the world has a steady, caged, supply of Tiger Balm.
Is that where they get Tiger’s Milk????
I heard if you have them chase you in a circle they will turn to butter.
Try i month for $1. No thanks, Bezos.
In Laos, hunger is the best cook.
Tigers are my favorite wild animal
Remember: all cultures are equally valuable!
According to the left so do Honduran children.
As human, we are evolutionarily obligated to destroy or control all other apex predators.
How are we doung with sharks? I want to learn about surfing…
I’d prefer more wild Tigers & fewer Laotians…
Any animal raised for man’s benefit is automatically protected, because it s now an actual commodity worth protecting.
The inherent problem with trying to protect a species in the wild, where there is a possibility of killing it for profit is doomed. Poor people are going to kill anything if it keeps them from starvation.