That, of course, is a pipe dream. Besides the larger creatures, the number of sharks and swallows which provide the materials for shark fin or bird's nest soup are also on the decline. The number of tigers in the wild has also reached a crisis point.
除了大型動物，魚翅、燕窩的來源﹘ ﹘某些種類的燕子、鯊魚，數量確實在減少，老虎在野外的族群也正告急。