Traditional Medicine
cwilcox | November 20, 2008Tigers are the largest of the big cats in the Panthera genus which also includes the Lion, Jaguar, and Leopard. There are six living subspecies, of which all are endangered. They occupy only 7% of their original range, and population estimates are perpetually declining. There are only somewhere around 4,900 tigers left in the wild. One subspecies, the South China Tiger, is almost certain to go extinct in our lifetime with only about 20 individuals left in the wild.
So, normally, you'd be happy to hear that they can be bred in captivity in China, and routinely are. Normally, you'd think 'that…