Reversing a ban from the 1990s, China will begin allowing trade in endangered rhino and tiger products. Many conservation groups are in uproar, saying the reversal will encourage poaching and compromise both species.
Rhino horns and tiger bones are often used in China in traditional remedies for ailments ranging from insomnia to fever to meningitis. Though none of the medicinal benefits have been proven, the animal parts are highly sought after and valuable.
“Special circumstances” is the phrase used by the Chinese government in justifying this blatant disregard for the well being of these two endangered species. The claim is the trade will be allowed under special circumstances and strictly controlled, limited to products from farmed animals and for healing purposes only. However, any allowance for trade will be opening the opportunity for illegal activity. And tempting those who can profit will increase illegal poaching and trafficking.
Even legal use under the relaxed regulations does harm to animals. Lady Freethinker recently reported on cruel tiger farms throughout Asia. Exploited as tourist attractions, the animals live in cramped and sometimes drugged conditions. Eventually they are killed, with body parts sold off for decoration or medicine.
Conservationists and organizations like The Humane Society International immediately responded to China’s decision, alarmed at the relaxed regulations. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said that the reversal could have “devastating consequences” in protecting these animals. The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said China’s decision is a “brazen and regressive move which drastically undermines international efforts for tiger and rhino conservation.”
China made a tremendous move to stop the poaching of elephants when they decided to ban all domestic ivory trade this year. To back off on conservation efforts of tigers and rhinos is baffling and disheartening. With less than 3,900 wild tigers and 30,000 wild rhinos remaining in the world, one wonders how reversing this allowance could possibly be worth it.
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How can one leave a peaceful comment for those who encourage and/or allow these criminal murderous activities — the massacres against our planet and all the beautiful animals on it-. How could they possibly comprehend the meaning of being peaceful, yet allow, tolerate and or encourage these disgusting, unforgivable, irreversible, evil and greed driven criminal activities . Shame on everyone involved.
Can no one convince the Chinese rhino horn is composed of keratin just like finger and toenails! The have gone back on their 25 year ban on animal parts- the world needs to progress, not go backwards!
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE!
Terrible & cruel.
cruel, abusive and vile done by evil people.
Shame on China. Where is your humaneness? Why are you willing to destroy the last of the tigers and rhinos for pure greed and reversal of their protection. Once they are gone, you will never get them back. Extinction means forever. These beautiful animals deserve to live as you do in peace. Nothing good will come from these inhumane acts.Please rethink this and the repercussions of your actions on your country and the environment. Every animal and living thing has a purpose on this planet and a right to live among us. They were not put here for us to enjoy their beauty, not to satisfy someones greed.
Yes well written or to eat them either
Stop buying Chinese manufactured goods. Don’t visit this barbaric country. Make them realise their barbaric “culture” has consequences. Hit them in the back pocket. It is the only thing these sadistic morons understand.
CHINA, a country that is at the bottom of the cess-pit when it comes to animal cruelty and brutality. These brain-dead masses are so brain-dead and ignorant that they actually believe animal parts and tortured meat will cure all ailments and make the pathetic, miserable men more virile. Do we really want MORE of these barbaric, sadistic pieces of human trash on this planet???
NO, as they are quite happy and enjoy torturing any species that walk, fly, swim or crawl.
Unnecessary and barbaric actions. It must be stopped.
They don’t have any human rights in China, so why would we assume they would have any animal rights? It’s disgusting that they would be prepared to hunt animals to extinction for “medicine”. What are they going to do for “medicine” when all the rhinos and tigers are gone?
Such a disgusting ignorant country! These people mind as well go live in a cave. Disgusting all around from a supposed developed country!
This is an absolutely deplorable country they have no understanding of right from wrong and have zero compassion or empathy for other living creatures. I don’t buy anything made in China which means I stopped going to the Dollar Store and stopped going to Chinese restaurants. Hardly stomach to look at an Asian anymore have zero tolerance for them.
china shows no concern for it’s people so why do we expect it to be concerned for animals
China’s government is a dictatorship that like the US government caters to the wealthy and powerful. All males that believe eating these endangered species will help them get their little dicks erect, how pathetic. Once again china shows its stupidity and cruelty, a land of ignorance and lack of any kind of moral standing when it come to animals or humans. Their human rights record is a travesty and a reflection on their dictatorial leadership.
How pathetic China is and until they step into the modern world, always will be.
Here we go again I can’t believe the Chinese government revoked the ban on these endangered species. What is wrong with these people? Don’t they get it ? Once these animals are gone that’s it. Seriously I am wordless.
There is nothing un believalbe about China anymore, hateful country.
Change the laws!!!
All unacceptable & unconscionable !
Laws need to be in place & enforced as a heinous murder crime. A hefty monetary fine and jail sentence without bond!
I hate China. They have no respect for any kind of life, animal or human. They are maggots feeding on the dead. They torture and kill even their own race. China is a horrible country for any life form!
Cruel abusive and vile done by evil people on innocent animals
This is wrong. These people needs to stop their cruelty on animals. So cruel.
We need to save this animals this is wrong and cruel because if we don’t these animals came come instinct
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
Boycott is the language all countries understand. Impact South Korea’s, China’s and Spain’s tourism trade by not traveling there, and do not buy their products. It can be done.
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
What a depraved, evil country if sadistic and backward people. Why don’t you advance into modern civilization?????You are a disgrace!
China seems to be retrogressing as far as evolution goes. From creating artificial islands in the South China Sea to this horrible action. This is 2018, not the Dark Ages! Wake up China !!! Animals have souls too, most of them more advanced than the imbeciles in China who believe that tiger bones will make them more virile, etc. What did they eat that made them so stupid?
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
Boycott is the language all countries understand. Impact South Korea’s, China’s and Spain’s tourism trade by not traveling there, and do not buy their products. It can be done.
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
Boycott is the language all countries understand. Impact South Korea’s, China’s and Spain’s tourism trade by not traveling there, and do not buy their products. It can be done.
MONEY ALWAYS TALKS.
Disgusting when will it ever stop this killing of innocent animals then surprise,surprise our animals are extinct it makes me sick.
I am sickened by China’s horrific plant to allow trading of rhino, lion, and tiger body parts and horns. Shame on this country. I thought they had much more compassion than this. I will never visit this horrible country now!!!
Ridiculous to kill these animals for medicinal reasons! Pure superstition!
There’s something not right with these people
China is destroying the world, they are cruel they are bad people, they are millions of people doing cruel and bad things. Shame China, you are behing of all terrible things, SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME
Always China and Africa is not far behind.
CHINA again. There is nothing that these brain-dead, sadistic barbarians will not kill for the sheer hell of it and to satisfy their perverted tastes for torture and bloodlust. For a supposedly civilised nation, the masses truly are the most ignorant, uneducated, zombie like people on this planet if they actually believe that torturing, killing and eating the meat and body parts of these animals cures all their ailments and make ‘men’ more virile.
CHINA again. There is nothing that these brain-dead, sadistic barbarians will not kill for the sheer hell of it and to satisfy their perverted tastes for torture and bloodlust. For a supposedly civilised nation, the masses truly are the most ignorant, uneducated, zombie like people on this planet if they actually believe that torturing, killing and eating the meat and body parts of these animals cures all their ailments and make ‘men’ more virile.
Hell, is anyone here really surprised? A leopard can not change its spots.
And China would exploit leopards, too, after they slaughter every rhino and tiger available.
Way to go China. Your practices against animals NEVER FAIL to amaze me and ALWAYS disgust me. Go get fucking VIAGRA. That will solve MOST of your problems. There is a statistic that since 1970, the human populations has made 60% of animals extinct. YOUR practices against animals has definitely added to that statistic. You’re a vile country with archaic practices.
Absolutely disgusting.