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Czech Tiger Farm Discovery Reveals Illegal Trade in EuropeAlex CooperEuropean officials have discovered illegal tiger farms operating in the Czech Republic and experts suspect other countries also house such facilities, thousands of miles away from where they had previously only thought they existed, the Guardian reported Monday.Czech authorities have accused members of an alleged crime group of EU and Vietnamese nationals of trading animal products made from species protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. They allegedly sold tiger stock used in traditional Chinese medicine for almost US$100 a litter as well as tiger’s skin for $2,000, Czech authorities reported back in July.The popularity of the products were spurred on by traditional medicine users and small zoos that allow young children to play with baby animals, including big cats. Once the animals reached a certain age they’d be sold to these groups.Read more at: https://www.occrp.org/en/27-ccwatch/cc-watch-briefs/8943-czech-tiger-farm-discovery-reveals-illegal-trade-in-europe
