Ivory politics: China gets OK to buy tons

[WriteDown]

GENEVA - Saying Beijing had improved enforcement against the illegal wildlife trade, the U.N. agency that monitors endangered species decided Tuesday that China may import tons of elephant ivory in a one-off sale from African government stockpiles.

At a conference attended by delegates from dozens of nations, a panel for the U.N. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or CITES, voted to authorize the purchase.

The standing committee overseeing CITES voted 9-3 with two abstentions that China qualified for the exception because it has dramatically improved its enforcement of ivory rules....




http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25676334/from/ET/

[1776Forever]

1. Wonder who got paid what to do this? Disgusting! Will just make more genocide of elephants!

What's next? Gorilla hands?

Sick! The Chinese just don't have the same issues it seems with our shared environment that most of the rest of the world does.

[WriteDown]

3. Its difficult unless you understand Asian culture....

They just don't view animals the same way most of the West does. Does not matter what the status of the animal is either. Alos many believe in holistic potency drugs that tend to be made out of extremely rare animals.

[1776Forever]

4. Maybe they should listen more to Confucius ~

Mankind differs from the animals only by a little and most people throw that away.
Confucius

[MasonJar]

2. I hate that so much! What can we do to reverse this?