![]() When the Netflix documentary series Tiger King aired in 2020, it sparked widespread discussions about the number of captive tigers in the U.S. legislators to pass the Big Cat Public Safety Act, a bill that would improve the welfare and protection of tigers in captivity and therefore strengthen the country’s integrity on international tiger conservation matters. federal, state and local laws that govern the roughly 5,000 captive tigers in the country is insufficient to safeguard them from the illegal trade. They also found significant legal trade in captive-bred tigers into the country, mainly for use in roadside zoos and circuses experts say the patchwork of U.S.tiger trafficking incidents, the researchers uncovered noteworthy routes from China and Vietnam into the country, with the vast majority of seizures involving traditional medicines. from 2003 to 2012 corresponded to almost half of the global tiger trade reported for that period in prior studies. in the illegal tiger trade: According to newly compiled seizure data, tiger trafficking in the U.S. A new study highlights the previously underestimated role of the U.S.
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