Global Tiger Trafficking Surges Despite Decades of Protection—Is Our National Security at Risk?

Every month, authorities around the world intercept an average of nine tigers caught in a deadly trafficking web that continues to tighten its grip on one of nature’s most majestic predators. This alarming statistic, revealed by the latest report from TRAFFIC, signals not just a conservation crisis but a broader failure in international law enforcement — a failure that directly challenges America’s national security interests. Why Has More Than Half a Century of Protection Failed to Halt Tiger Trafficking? From an estimated population of 100,000 wild tigers just a century ago to fewer than 5,500 today, these animals are vanishing...