The entire village of Umri, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, has been relocated in order to protect tigers, The Hindu reported.
Residents of Umri, in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, last week cleared out of their homes to allow more space for the wild animals.
Tigers are at risk of going extinct, and experts say that tiger trading presents the biggest threat to the species. Hoping to save the tiger population, police chiefs from 13 nations agreed to crack down on criminals who smuggle tiger parts, BBC News reported.
The practice of tiger trading concerns “transnational organized crime, high profits, widespread corruption, money laundering, fraud, counterfeiting and violence,” the director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said, according to China.org.
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