[MPWG] traditional Chinese medicines

[pankaj oudhia]

Cheating is common in many cases but not always.For the expert buyers it is very simple to differentiate between cow horn and that of rhino.
 
regards
Pankaj Oudhia

Center for Sustainable Resources <sustainableresources at hotmail.com> wrote:
Question Patricia, Is not most of what these folks are selling fake anyway? 
In other words they sell someone ground up cow horn calling it Rhino. How 
would you identify what the product is? Fred Hays

>From: Patricia_Ford at fws.gov
>To: mpwg at lists.plantconservation.org
>Subject: [MPWG] traditional Chinese medicines Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 
>11:41:13 -0500
>
>
> >From the AATA Newsletter
>
>WWF, TRAFFIC APPLAUD NEW YORK CITY LAW AS FIRST OF ITS KIND TO CRACK DOWN
>ON ILLEGAL SALES OF ENDANGERED SPECIES
>November 24, 2004 ? By WWF-US Washington - New York City today became the
>first municipality in the United States to approve a law making it illegal
>to buy or sell products containing, or advertised as containing, endangered
>species. The law, passed by the City Council today and awaiting the mayor's
>signature, follows an undercover investigation in New York last spring by
>TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network of World Wildlife Fund and
>IUCN-The World Conservation Union.
>
>The investigation found illegal products widely available claiming to
>contain endangered species, including tigers, rhinos, leopards and musk
>deer. Simon Habel, director of TRAFFIC, issued the following statement
>today: "New York City is a significant market for endangered species
>products, particularly packaged traditional Chinese medicines containing or
>claiming to contain tiger bone, rhino horn, and other highly endangered
>species. TRAFFIC believes that New York City, by being the first to pass
>this type of law at the city level, can lead by example for other cities
>where wildlife trade threatens endangered species. "Though federal
>legislation like the Endangered Species Act makes interstate commerce of
>endangered species products illegal, it does not apply to sales within a
>city. The new law would close local loopholes within New York City by
>making the sale of products containing, or labeled as containing,
>endangered species a violation of city law and give New York City
>enforcement officials the authority to take action." "This bill meets an
>important need in the global effort to combat illegal wildlife trade.
>Consumers and merchants now must do their part by not buying these
>products, which fuels demand for the illegal killing of these species in
>the wild."
>
>
>
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