BANGKOK, Thailand — In the days of British rule, tigers were so numerous in Burma they were shot as pests -- 1,382 of them from 1928-32, according to historical records. Today, those pith-helmeted ...

NEW YORK (September 4, 2008)—Using remote camera traps to lift the veil on Myanmar's dense northern wild lands, researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society have painstakingly gathered a bank of ...

Conservationists have warned a sudden change in Myanmar's law allowing the commercial farming of tigers, pangolins and other endangered species risks further fuelling demand in China for rare wildlife ...

Officials for the government of Myanmar, once known as Burma, will soon announce the creation of the largest tiger reserve in the world -- an entire valley nearly the size of Vermont. Even though ...

The Big Cat Trade in Myanmar and Thailand (PDF, 1.5 MB) report documents black market sales of large wild felines. Live big cats, including endangered Tigers and a rare Asiatic Lion were observed in ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Black markets along the borders of Myanmar are the deadly gateway of a thriving illegal trade in tigers, considered "easy money" by many in the area, wildlife protection groups ...