Title
WCS Working Paper No. 12 - The availability of tiger-based traditional Chinese medicine products and public awareness about the threats to the tiger in New York City’s Chinese communities: A pilot study
Author(s)
Dorene Bolze, Cheryl Chetkiewicz, Qui Mingjiang, Douglas Krakower
Published
1998
Abstract
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a holistic approach to curing illness and maintaining health. Tiger bone, the most valued of the many parts of the tiger that are used, is prescribed by TCM practitioners and is also listed as an ingredient in a variety of manufactured or “patented” TCM products. With the relatively large Asian communities in the West and the growing interest among Westerners in TCM herbalism, tiger-based TCM products have become widely distributed outside Asia, including in Europe, Canada, and the United States, despite the fact that international trade in any tiger product is prohibited under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). This study assesses the nature of the market and demand for tiger-based TCM products in New York City, the largest Asian community on the East Coast of the United States.

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