We urge authorities to bring the full weight of the law to bear upon traffickers.” “Wildlife laws in Myanmar and Thailand clearly prohibit trafficking in Tigers and other big cats. TRAFFIC Southeast Asia Regional Director, Dr William Schaedla Moreover, it puts all Asia’s big felines at serious risk Illegal trade poses the most immediate and dire threat to the survival of Tigers. With as few as 3,200 wild Tigers worldwide, the ongoing large-scale trade documented in this report cannot be taken lightly. The film shows interviews with poachers and alarming footage of butchered tigers.

The report is accompanied by a short documentary called Closing a Deadly Gateway that illustrates the illegal trade described in the report. Hundreds of Tiger and leopard parts, representing over 400 individual animals, were also observed during nearly a decade of investigations in Myanmar and Thailand. Live big cats, including endangered Tigers and a rare Asiatic Lion were observed in trade. The Big Cat Trade in Myanmar and Thailand (PDF, 1.5 MB) report documents black market sales of large wild felines.

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