11.   One major problem facing tigers is demand for their organs, especially among Asian traditional healers who believe eating tiger parts can help cure disease.

12.   Renewed interest in traditional cures, particularly among the Asian cultures, has accelerated consumption of tiger parts.

13.   Several countries also have begun working with traditional Chinese medicine communities to find ways of eliminating the use of tiger parts.

14.   Some Chinese believe that various tiger body parts can cure problems ranging from arthritis to impotence.

15.   The big cat has been nearly wiped out in many countries by poachers supplying tiger parts for Chinese medicines.

16.   The Convention bans the trade of tiger parts among signatory countries.

17.   Today, habitat destruction, population growth and an insatiable demand for tiger parts may be too much for the remaining tigers to survive.

18.   Tiger parts are widely used in Asia for traditional Chinese medicines believed to cure a range of ailments from body aches to impotency.

19.   Tiger skin and bones fetch lucrative prices in the Southeast Asian countries and China where tiger body parts are believed to have medicinal properties.

20.   Tiger parts are highly valued in China where they are considered to have healing properties.