We did it! Breeding tigers for trade soundly rejected
In a major victory for conservation, raising captive tigers for trade in their parts was rejected by members of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) meeting in The Hague this week.
Parties to the international wildlife convention also urged China to phase out its large-scale commercial tiger farms.
Prior to the decision WWF and other conservation organizations unveiled the massive two-storey-high tiger mosaic, made up of more than 26,000 photos, outside the conference centre urging world leaders to end all trade in tigers. Delegates had to walk past the mosaic on their way to the tiger debate.
4 countries with wild tigers - India, Nepal, Russia and Bhutan - were joined by the United States in advocating for a strong decision for tigers. India called on China to phase out the country’s privately run “tiger farms,” which house nearly 5,000 big cats and are pushing the Chinese government to allow legal trade in tiger parts. With leadership from these countries, the 171 member countries of the CITES convention adopted a strong tiger trade decision by consensus.
China has said that it will not lift its ban without listening to scientific opinion from around the world. The world spoke and urged China not to reopen any trade in tiger parts and to increase protection for tigers in the wild.
This is great news!
Thank you to everyone who took action and added their photo to the tiger mosaic. Without your help this would not have been possible!
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Sharks was killed because of their precious fins.. so please say no to shark fin... human cut their fin while they are alive and throw them back to the sea where the chances for them to survive is 0%... they no longer can swim... they no longer can hunt... and they will sink to the deep ocean... and slowly their little precious life say goodbye....
I know some might not like poem.. but the only medium for me to communicate my feeling my concern was through poem.. so here is the second version of SHARK.
You said you are scare
Because his teeth hurt
But he said he is scare
Because the knife hurt
You said he kill your kind
But he said you also kill his kind
You said he is dangerous
And he said so are you
You said he is delicious
So does he said you are
You said he represent status
He said you are stubborn
You said he simply killed
He said you killed for status
You said he look evil
He said you are the real devil
You said he is man eater
He said you are his family eater
You said he is expensive
He said because im soon extinct
You said his body is not precious
He said your body is hard to digest
You said you only want his precious
He said he just want to survive
He said a thousand words
But you just don’t bother to hear
He said a million words
And again you just don’t bother to hear
So please stop hunting us
Because we just wanted to survive
Stop eating our fin
Because it just don’t taste as good as it describe
Ponteng?? My school sent me to this trip.. I'm representing the district you know?? So I'm counted as present MUahHAhHAhhA »Xboyz on 2007-02-01 05:30:44
I love shark fin soup... =(
But I can't differentiate the real from the fake so I think I'd be eating the fake ones. »Nuttz on 2007-02-01 10:14:48
Heehee. agree with Nuttz. Cant differentiate real ones and the fake ones. =) »Feon-rabbit (219.95.58.187) on 2007-02-01 11:46:39
therefore.. the best thing is not to eat lo... »jolenesiah on 2007-02-01 11:50:05
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