编辑“︁虎”︁（章节）

=== 作为中药药材 ===
{{further|虎鞭|虎骨}}
在中国，很多人认为虎的各种部位有药用特性，如舒筋活血、止痛和催情<ref>{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Andrew |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm |title=Programmes &#124; From Our Own Correspondent &#124; Beijing's penis emporium |publisher=BBC News |date=2006-09-23 |accessdate=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2018-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511124108/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/5371500.stm |dead-url=no }}</ref>。而事实上，并没有科学证据来支持这些观点。虎成分在药品中的使用在中国已被取缔，政府还使偷猎老虎可被判处死刑。此外，[[濒危野生动植物物种国际贸易公约]]规定，所有虎骨贸易均为非法行为。这一点在中国已于1993年实施到位。尽管如此，仍有一些[[老虎饲养场]]通过繁殖虎来获取利润。据估计，有5000至10000只圈养繁殖的，半温顺的虎生活在这类饲养场内<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf_articles.cfm?unewsid=1589 |title=Chinese tiger farms must be investigated |publisher=WWF |accessdate=2015-07-06 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194731/http://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf_articles.cfm?unewsid=1589 |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/bhutan/news/?106740/breeding-tigers-for-trade-soundly-rejected-at-cites |title=WWF: Breeding tigers for trade soundly rejected at cites |publisher=Panda.org |date=2007-06-13 |accessdate=2009-03-07 |archive-date=2015-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706134851/http://wwf.panda.org/who_we_are/wwf_offices/bhutan/news/?106740%2Fbreeding-tigers-for-trade-soundly-rejected-at-cites |dead-url=no }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8487122.stm|title=Tigers and other farmyard animals|last=Jackson|first=Patrick|date=29 January 2010|work=BBC News|accessdate=2010-01-29|archive-date=2020-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201119190138/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8487122.stm|dead-url=no}}</ref>。

对于虎骨贸易，韩国有着最完整的纪录。1975年至1992年间，韩国输入了超过6吨的虎骨，相当于500—1000只老虎的骨头。臺灣早年社會亦有虎肉[[補品|食補]]风气<ref>{{cite web|publisher=關懷生命協會|url=http://www.tri.org.tw/per/51/51-26.pdf|title=丹大林場禁獵台灣動物保護成績斐然|author=陳若曦|access-date=2013-10-26|archive-date=2021-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503181532/https://www.tri.org.tw/per/51/51-26.pdf|dead-url=no}}</ref>。