The baby tiger can be bought on the black market in Iran for $3,200.

Source:  AP, “Baby tiger found stuffed in bag at Thai airport,” Washington Post, August 28, 2010.

An estimated 3,400 tons of wildlife is consumed each year in Vietnam.

Source:  “Talking with officials, businesses about wildlife meats,” VietNamNet Bridge, August 13, 2010.

Driven by demand in the Middle East and Asia, between 2007 and 2010 over 1,500 Rhino horns have been traded around the world despite a ban on the trade.

Source:  Jane Flanagan, “Rhino poaching on the rise in South Africa,” Telegraph, July 18, 2010.

From 2007 to June of 2010, Chinese authorities reported seizing 38,599 animal parts weighing 26.63 tons.

In addition to the wildlife animals, 2,753 rare plant varieties weighing more than 55 tons were seized by Customs.

Source: “Huge pangolin seizure in China,” Traffic, July 13, 2010.

Due to poaching and illegal hunting activities, the number of wild tigers remaining in Vietnam is estimated to be 30.

Source: “Vietnam’s Environmental Police dig their claws into illegal big cat trade,” WWF, July 1, 2010.

The paw of a bear killed in Russia and sold by wildlife traffickers in China can fetch prices around $50 (1,500 Rubles).

Source:  Andrew E. Kramer, “At Russia-China Border, Bear Paws Sell Best,” New York Times, June 29, 2010.

Geckos from New Zealand are sold on the black market in Europe for up to $1,300 (2,000 New Zealand).

Source:  Alanah May Eriksen, “Thousands for stolen geckos on European black market,” New Zealand Herald, June 30, 2010.

In Indonesia, a pangolin sells at prices between $5 to $10 and about $15 in Malaysia.

The same pangolin can then be sold in China at prices higher than $100 per kilo.

Source:  UNODC, “The Globalization of Crime,” Chapter 7: Environmental Resources, June 2010.

Around 100 million sharks are killed each year, with around 73 million of the sharks killed for their fins to use for soup.

Source:  Bettina Wassener, “Environmental Cost of Shark Finning Is Getting Attention in Hong Kong,” New York Times, June 20, 2010.

More than 361 tons of ivory was seized worldwide between 1989 and 2009.

Source:  UNODC, “The Globalization of Crime,” Chapter 7: Environmental Resources, June 2010.