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Clawing out a future for wild tigers

By Wang Zhuoqiong | China Daily | Updated: 2010-02-11 07:53

Official denies Chinese medicine is cause for rare animal's decline

A top Chinese conservation official has refuted international criticism that traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is contributing to the sharp decline of wild tigers.

Instead, the country is committed to global tiger conservation at the cost of its own culture, tradition and economic interests, said Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration.

Clawing out a future for wild tigers

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