China: Stop the Sale of Wine Made from Tiger Bones

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action alert! China has declared its intention to combat the illegal trade of tiger parts. So why is the government looking the other way as captive-bred tiger bones are used for tonic wine? China: Stop the Sale of Tiger Bone Wine please share it helps!     Dear Annisa, Just a century ago, there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today, thanks to poaching, habitat destruction, and forced captivity, those numbers are down to around 3,000 -- and more tigers are disappearing every day. In recognition of this problem, the Chinese government has promised to work to double the world's wild tiger population by 2022. But even as they've claimed to start cracking down on the trade of tiger parts, they're continuing to ignore the continued sale of tiger bone wine, which has been illegal in the country since 1933. The government justifies this practice by claiming the tigers are captive, not wild. But if it is possible to turn a profit from tiger slaughter, which the government is currently allowing, we can be sure that poachers will do it -- whether or not the tigers were raised in captivity. After all, when a tiger has been reduced to its parts, it's easy to claim that it was raised on a farm. The only way to truly combat the poaching of tigers is to ban the sales of all tiger products, regardless of the animals' captivity status. Tell China to enforce the laws against tiger bone wine today! Thank you for taking action, Kathleen Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team
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