Farms to harvest rare animal parts 'are not the answer' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

By Mark Kinver
Science and environment reporter, BBC News

Farming rare animal species will not halt the illegal trade in animal parts, a conservation group has warned.

Care for the Wild says the fact that the animals are worth more dead than alive is hampering efforts to save species such as tigers and rhinos.

They add that selling parts from captive-bred creatures would not result in a halt of illegally traded animal parts and would instead fuel demand.
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"But for many people, there is a perception that products from wild animals is better than that from farmed or ranched animals, or animals that are kept in captivity."

As a result, increasingly affluent people are willing to pay a premium for products from wild-caught specimens.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11787324




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Magical thinking at its finest.

[Odin2005]

1. Thank you, "Alternative Medicine" for destroying species!!!

:puke:

[Nihil]

2. "Magical thinking at its finest"

> They add that selling parts from captive-bred creatures would not result
> in a halt of illegally traded animal parts and would instead fuel demand.

Not just "magical thinking at its finest" but "magical thinking explicitly
supported by business interests, wilful ignorance and greed".

Such people shouldn't be jailed or fined when caught - just executed, dismembered
and the remnants posted on the gate to their former hometown.

[Lorien]

3. +1,0000. nt