{"id":2189568,"date":"2026-01-18T18:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2189568"},"modified":"2025-12-18T14:52:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T13:52:24","slug":"global-tiger-trafficking-crisis-worsens-with-nine-big-cats-seized-monthly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/global-tiger-trafficking-crisis-worsens-with-nine-big-cats-seized-monthly\/","title":{"rendered":"Global tiger trafficking crisis worsens with nine big cats seized monthly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP) \u2014 Authorities have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a worsening trafficking crisis.<\/p>\n<p>A report by TRAFFIC warns that criminal networks are evolving faster than conservation efforts can respond.<\/p>\n<p>The global wild tiger population has plummeted to an estimated 3,700-5,500.<\/p>\n<p>Despite international protection, tiger trafficking is accelerating and increasingly targeting whole animals.<\/p>\n<p>Experts link this to captive-breeding operations and rising demand for exotic pets and taxidermy.<\/p>\n<p>Most seizures occur in countries with wild tiger populations, but incidents are also reported in places like Mexico and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>The report emphasizes the need for strong international cooperation to combat this crisis.<\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/short-article\/2025\/11\/global-tiger-trafficking-crisis-worsens-with-nine-big-cats-seized-monthly\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article<\/a> by Associated Press was published by Mongaby on 25 November 2025. Lead Image: A tiger in India. Image by Rhett A. Butler\/Mongabay.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP) \u2014 Authorities have seized an average of nine tigers each month over the past five years, highlighting a worsening trafficking crisis. A report by TRAFFIC warns that criminal networks are evolving faster than conservation efforts can respond. The global wild tiger population has plummeted to an estimated 3,700-5,500. Despite international protection, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2205488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/15082624\/india_165187-1200x800.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6985,5],"tags":[4138,10918,4146],"class_list":["post-2189568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wildlife","tag-big-cats","tag-exotic-pets","tag-tigers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2189568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2189568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2205488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2189568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2189568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2189568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}