In South Africa, tiger farms are harvesting the body parts of the big cats for sale on the black market — and they might be the biggest farms of their kind outside of Asia. That’s according to a new report from the international animal welfare foundation Four Paws. These body parts are traded illegally and are used in traditional medicine in places like China. The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler spoke to Four Paws’ South Africa Director Fiona Miles, who joined the show from Cape Town.
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