Tigers and trawlers make for an unlikely combination, but recent research exposes how commercial fishing vessels have become pivotal enablers in the disappearing crisis of Malayan.  A study released by Panthera, the Jeffrey Sachs Center at Sunway University, and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) has mapped out how fishing boats create a maritime “poacher’s highway” between Malaysia and Vietnam. “To really crack a problem and insert the right intervention that’s going to have any impact, you have to understand the thing inside out,” explains Dr. Rob Pickles, Panthera’s Counter-Wildlife Crime Research Lead and the study’s principal author. The research … Continue reading Tiger Trade Through Fishing Boats: Poaching Critically Endangered Malayan Tigers Between Malaysia and Vietnam