21.   Trade in both tiger parts and chiru wool is banned, but enforcing the law has proved difficult.

22.   In Singapore, the sale and display of all tiger parts will be prohibited from next month.

23.   An appeal from Asian states for an urgent clampdown on the trade in tiger parts was approved Wednesday by the body that protects endangered species from illicit international commerce.

24.   But officials say that many of the governments which subscribe to the pact have not prohibited local sales of tiger parts to give traders time to clear their stocks.

25.   The official also said although there were laws governing the sale of tiger parts, illegal trafficking was difficult to stop due to the high demand.

26.   The study said the main cause was the use of tiger parts for Asian remedies for ulcers and rheumatism.

27.   Tiger parts are then onsold while the elephant carcass is left to rot, then the bones are retrieved for medicinal sales.

28.   TIGER POPULATIONS TRADE Map of Asia showing diminishing tiger populations, and insert showing how tiger parts are used in Chinese medicine.

29.   Singapore is to ban the sale of all tiger parts, a government official said Fiday.

30.   Taiwan authorities plan to give more teeth to a wildlife conservation law in a move that is expected to also curb the trade in tiger parts.