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Nepal falls behind in poaching war

AFP , KATHMANDU

Tigers attract huge sums of money in Asia, with their body parts used in traditional medicine and aphrodisiacs, while their skins are used for furniture and decoration.

A single tiger skin fetches a maximum of about US$1,000 in the local market, but more than US$10,000 internationally.

A single rhino horn can fetch as much as US$14,000 on the international black market, experts say.

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