It is a terrible time for the world's tigers. There (be) once a lot of these animals throughout eastern and southern Asia. , wild tigers now only live in small areas of India, China, eastern Russia, and a few other countries.
As people change forests into cities and farms, tigers have lost their living areas. Besides, illegal (非法的) hunting of wild animals is another major threat (威胁) to (they) survival. People sometimes hunt (endanger) animals, like the tiger, to illegally sell their body parts medicine and even food. Some people even pay high prices (buy) tiger bones or other animal parts in the black market.
A lot of people think that tigers body parts can really be used to heal (治愈) people. For more than 3,000 years, Chinese medicine has used those to treat (sick). Followers of this type medicine believe that (eat) the animal's body parts will help people in treating diseases. It is believed a key to protecting the world's wild tigers is to put an end to the illegal hunting of them. To achieve that, more police should (train) to catch hunters.
