China's Reversal of a Rhino Horn and Tiger Bones Ban Alarms Conservationists
Source: Time
By CASEY QUACKENBUSH / HONG KONG 5:34 AM EDT
Reversing a 25-year-old ban, China announced Monday that it will allow the use and trade of rhino and tiger parts, enraging conservationists who warn the move will further jeopardize already imperiled species.
Chinas State Council said the ban, enacted in 1993, would be partially lifted to allow tiger and rhino parts to be used for medicine, scientific research and cultural exchanges, underscoring that the trade will be strictly controlled and the products must come from animals in captivity.
But wildlife activists are infuriated by the reversal. They say the move could further threaten to push tigers and rhinos into extinction by emboldening traffickers to poach and stockpile goods for a country that places exceptional value on the animals parts.
If a poachers think that theres even a possibility of laundering the product, that will be enough to increase their activities, says Colman OCriodain, a wildlife trade specialist at the World Wildlife Fund. Basically, people are betting on extinction.
Read more: http://time.com/5438693/china-tiger-rhino-ban-medicine/
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)jmbar2
(4,888 posts)pitiful
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Fuck these people.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)this proves that there are no more conservatives or they would be outraged as us liberal/progressives are
NickB79
(19,246 posts)And release it back into circulation. Fuck them, let them die at this point.
Coventina
(27,120 posts)Then maybe they'll stop their stupid belief in it.
NickB79
(19,246 posts)Basically, the US made ammo that looked like Vietnamese ammo, but it exploded when fired, killing the soldier and sowing fear in others.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)How ridiculous.
Judi Lynn
(160,542 posts)Jedi Guy
(3,192 posts)Study after study has shown no benefit to ingesting these substances. Hell, you might as well powder human fingernails and pound it back. It's made of keratin, just like rhino horns.
But heaven forbid that a guy lose the ram in his rod. Against that, what's a little extinction matter? The rhinos and tigers will just have to take one for the team.