16 Canvas Print. Library filer dated 03/06/2003 of a tiger & his cub. A huge increase in trade in tiger skins is increasing pressure on an already threatened species, it was warned Friday September 23 2005. The warning comes as dramatic new findings released from investigations in China & the Tibet Autonomous Region, reveal the previously unknown scale of the trade in tiger & leopard skins. See PA Story ANIMALS Tigers. PRESS ASSOCIATION