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Call to close tiger farms disputed

By WANG RU AND SHAN JUAN | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-13 08:03

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BEIJING - Responding to international calls to shut tiger farms in China, a forestry official said a drop in the wild tiger population is not related to the farms.

Yin Hong, deputy director of the State Forestry Administration, made the remarks on Friday, although some tiger farms in China have been caught illegally selling tiger products for medical or decorative uses from time to time.

Call to close tiger farms disputed

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