In a report by the AP on the arrests of two smugglers of animal skins, the continued disappearance of tigers due to poaching is mentioned.

From the AP (via CNN):

Poaching is one of the main causes that has driven India’s wild tigers to the verge of extinction. Government figures released last month said India’s wild tiger population has dropped to just 1,411 — down from about 3,600 just five years ago and an estimated 100,000 a century ago.

Pythons and clouded leopards are also considered endangered and are protected under the Indian Wildlife Act. Sinha said the skins appeared to be of young animals and the python skins were almost 10-feet long.

The majority of tigers that disappeared were killed either by poachers supplying body parts to the lucrative traditional Chinese medicine market or by angry farmers and villagers competing with the tigers for the same habitat.

Animal and Wildlife Trafficking is a $20 billion market.