Attitudes Toward Consumption and Conservation of Tigers in China

Brian Gratwicke; Judy Mills; Adam Dutton; Grace Gabriel; Barney Long; John Seidensticker; Belinda Wright; Wang You; Li Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002544

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Attitudes Toward Consumption and Conservation of Tigers in China

Brian Gratwicke ,

* E-mail: brian.gratwicke@gmail.com

Current address: National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., United States of America

Affiliation Save The Tiger Fund, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington D. C., United States of America
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Judy Mills,

Current address: Conservation International, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation Save The Tiger Fund, The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, Washington D. C., United States of America
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Adam Dutton,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Grace Gabriel,

Affiliation International Fund For Animal Welfare, Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Barney Long,

Affiliation World Wildlife Fund, Washington, D. C., United States of America
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John Seidensticker,

Affiliation National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., United States of America
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Belinda Wright,

Affiliation Wildlife Protection Society of India, New Delhi, India
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Wang You,

Affiliation Horizon key, Beijing, China
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Li Zhang

Affiliation College of Life Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Attitudes Toward Consumption and Conservation of Tigers in China

Brian Gratwicke,
Judy Mills,
Adam Dutton,
Grace Gabriel,
Barney Long,
John Seidensticker,
Belinda Wright,
Wang You,
Li Zhang

Published: July 2, 2008
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0002544

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strong support to the position

Posted by sigfridciani on 04 Jul 2008 at 10:57 GMT

this is an extremely important contribution focussing the role of urban consumption in China with poaching and illegal trade. The paper approach show clearly that this are the sort of action to be taken to reduce illegal trade and poaching in this largest and most endangered wild cat.

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