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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis is a damn shame!! (Caution! This photo is not for the faint of heart)
A leopard skin burns as Indian officials and activists burn wildlife contraband including tiger and leopard skins, and bones as part of a campaign to save the tiger in Mumbai, India, on July 30, 2013. Despite conservation efforts, tiger numbers in India have declined due to rampant poaching of the cats for their valuable pelts and body parts that are highly prized in traditional Chinese medicine. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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This is a damn shame!! (Caution! This photo is not for the faint of heart) (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Nov 2013
OP
The Chinese gov't that allows these beautiful animals to be slaughtered for their
polly7
Nov 2013
#3
Most of the great animals will only be found in zoos and genetic storage in the future
pediatricmedic
Nov 2013
#4
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)1. Barbarians to say the least. n/t
BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)2. Heartbreaking. Truly heartbreaking.
My chest squeezes and I tear up whenever I see photos like these and read the horrors humankind have perpetrated on our animal kingdom. Such senseless murdering of a beautiful and rare species of animal. It's just heartbreaking.
polly7
(20,582 posts)3. The Chinese gov't that allows these beautiful animals to be slaughtered for their
snake-oil crap are the ones who need to have their feet in that fire. And the poachers ........
Horrible.
pediatricmedic
(397 posts)4. Most of the great animals will only be found in zoos and genetic storage in the future
All the wild specimens will be hunted/poached into extinction.
Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)5. horrifying
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)6. OMG that poor animal
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)7. kr