Conservationists allege that Vietnam's 11 registered tiger farms are fronts for a thriving illegal market in tiger parts, highly prized for purported -- if unproven -- medicinal qualities.

Conservationists allege that Vietnam's 11 registered tiger farms are fronts for a thriving illegal market in tiger parts, highly prized for purported — if unproven — medicinal qualities.

From Tiger to Pussycat: How Vietnam's Economy Got Off Track. Published Oct 01, 2012 at 1:00 AM EDT Updated Sep 30, 2012 at 9:46 PM EDT. The old quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital.

Nineteen tigers prowl outdoor cages the size of dormitory rooms, nibbling frayed wire fences and roaring at a caretaker who taunts them with his sandal. It looks like a zoo, but it’s closed to ...

A local conservation group voiced opposition Friday to the planned sale of tiger paste by Vietnamese authorities, amid warnings by the international community that the animal's survival is in ...

As Vietnam prepares to celebrate the Year of the Tiger next month, local artist Nguyen Tan Phat has been busy making hundreds of ornately carved sculptures of tigers to mark the upcoming Lunar New ...

Tiger geckos are a genus (Goniurosaurus) of 19 species native to Vietnam, China and Japan. Many of them can only be found within a single locality, mountain range or archipelago.

AN BINH, Vietnam – Nineteen tigers prowl outdoor cages the size of dormitory rooms, nibbling frayed wire fences and roaring at a caretaker who taunts them with his sandal. It looks like a zoo ...

Nineteen tigers prowl outdoor cages the size of dormitory rooms, nibbling frayed wire fences and roaring at a caretaker who taunts them with his sandal. It looks like a zoo, but it’s closed to ...