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2. You can say that again, or a million times again

Reply to Drahthaardogs (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 28, 2016, 11:27 AM

Dec 2016

I'm sick and tired of hearing about this or that species going extinct because the Chinese want the ivory, or use it for medicine, or think it's a delicacy.

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China Announces Its Largest-Ever Seizure Of Trafficked Pangolin Scales [View all] Calista241 Dec 2016 OP

The Chinese are a plague on wildlife Drahthaardogs Dec 2016 #1

You can say that again, or a million times again Coventina Dec 2016 #2

whats even worse is China ramps up captive wildlife production breeding. herds of elephants for Sunlei Dec 2016 #4

As long as "farmed" ivory is legal to buy and sell, JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2016 #6

I know. trophy 'hunters'also can free trade elephants(heads) they kill on those stupid canned 'hunts Sunlei Dec 2016 #7

Traditional Chinese medicine has been a constant threat to animals. progressoid Dec 2016 #3

The scales are made from the same material as human fingernails. SunSeeker Dec 2016 #8

Magical thinking often leads to mass murder. byronius Dec 2016 #5