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From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia: Report

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From seizure to sentence: Weak prosecution leaves tigers vulnerable to trafficking in Southeast Asia: Report
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When tiger poachers and traffickers are apprehended in Southeast Asia, they frequently get away without consequences: Fewer than half of arrests and seizures in the cat’s Southeast Asian range countries are backed up by penalties or convictions, according to a recently published report by Canadian conservation think tank the GuArdean Centre for Conservation Research, wildlife trade watchdog TRAFFIC, and WWF International. This means there’s little deterrent for a lucrative illegal industry that’

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