Tiger - Tigers

You can actually farm tigers, but not to save the species, unfortunately. Under the cover of an animal park, the zookeepers at Xiongsen Bear & Tiger Zoo in China were killing the endangered cats, serving the meat as a snack, and then dropping the carcasses into vats of wine. According to certain tenets of traditional Chinese medicine, tiger bone steeped in wine is thought to relieve human bone ailments like arthritis, and bear penis is used to treat well, you get the idea. Wild tiger bones are particularly prized because they are considered more potent than those of their semi-domesticated peers. There are only, at most, 4,600 tigers left in all of the wild, according to a 2007 estimate. China, for its part, has banned trade in tiger Products since 1993, nearly eliminating tiger parts from medicine shops, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare, something I witnessed for myself in China. But the ban will not successfully counteract the human development that is reducing Asian forests where remaining tigers roam. And having a zoo double as an abbatoir is clearly no way to save the tiger. What are current causes of danger to tiger populations?