support the Secretariat in its efforts to fund the continued operation of the Task Force, with expanded focus on illegal trade in all Appendix I Asian big cats. The CITES Secretariat report also highlighted concerns over the scale of illegal commercial trade in captive-bred Appendix I Asian big cats...
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| Summary: | support the Secretariat in its efforts to fund the continued operation of the Task Force, with expanded focus on illegal trade in all Appendix I Asian big cats. The CITES Secretariat report also highlighted concerns over the scale of illegal commercial trade in captive-bred Appendix I Asian big cats, particularly tigers. One operation singled out as needing increased scrutiny and regu-lation was Thailand’s own Sri Racha Tiger Zoo. On October 6, the Thai Forestry Police charged Sri Racha with breeding tigers illegally, identifying over 300 tigers present at the facility without proper permits. In addition, the intention to develop a national DNA da-tabase of captive tigers in Thailand was announced. In a separate but equally dramatic development, tigers at the facility began to perish from the avian flu virus, and the Thai Disease Control Department ordered a number of addi-tional tigers culled (over 70 tigers total). The working hypothesis is that the tigers contracted the virus from contaminated raw chicken meat, although this has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. 4. Leopard Panthera pardus export quota increase for Namibia |
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