Endangered Species: Winners and Losers (CITES meeting)

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/w-eur/2007/jun/15/061509801.html

WINNERS:

African elephants: Four southern African countries' can sell their ivory stockpiles. No more ivory sales allowed for nine years.

Asian tigers: CITES pressed China not to reopen domestic tiger bone trade and said tigers should not be bred in captivity for their body parts.

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LOSERS:

Sharks: The spiny dogfish and porbeagle, fished for fast food and gourmet shark fin soup, rejected for protection.

Red coral: Decision to regulate trade in the coral prized by jewelry makers is adopted but later overturned.

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