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Trade of tiger parts declines significantly in Singapore

Xinhua, April 29, 2015 Adjust font size:

Trade of tiger parts has declined significantly in Singapore, said the Animal Crime Investigation Unit of ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society) in a press release on Wednesday.

It revealed that only four out of 153 jewelry and antique shops investigated in Singapore (2.6 percent) were offering alleged tiger teeth and claws for sale.

A total of 13 pieces of alleged tiger parts were offered for sale in the four stalls. The findings were based on a two-month investigation conducted by ACRES between March and April secretly.

ACRES noted that there is an improvement from a similar investigation conducted in 2010. In the previous investigation, 59 out of 134 (44 percent) jewelry and antique shops in Singapore offered alleged tiger parts for sale.

ACRES said that more than half of the shopkeepers approached told investigators that the sale of tiger parts was prohibited by authorities, or required permits. Several shopkeepers said they have stopped selling tiger parts since the authorities fined them and confiscated their products several years ago.

ACRES have forwarded details of the investigation and all the evidence collected to Singapore's Agri-food and Veterinary Authority. Endi