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Fury as China Reverses 25-Year Ban on Rhino Horn and Tiger Bone for Useless Medicine<\/b><\/p>\n

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Price of poaching<\/a> \u2013 rhinos are better de-horned than dead by Derek Keats (CC BY 2.0<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

China has reversed a 25-year ban on the use of rhinoceros horn and tiger bones for use in medicine, alarming conservationists<\/a> and placing a bigger target on the back of already threatened species.<\/p>\n

The NYT reports<\/a>: \u2018The State Council, China\u2019s cabinet, said in a\u00a0policy directive<\/a>\u00a0that it would legalize the use of rhino horns and tiger bones for \u201cmedical research or in healing,\u201d but only by certified hospitals and doctors, and only from rhinos and tigers raised in captivity, excluding zoo animals. While such remedies are highly profitable, they have no proven benefits to humans.\u2019<\/p>\n

Fewer than\u00a030,000 rhinos and 3,900 tigers exist in the wild, according to the paper.<\/p>\n

The WWF\u2019s\u00a0Margaret Kinnaird released a statement<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cIt is deeply concerning that China has reversed its 25 year old tiger bone and rhino horn ban, allowing a trade that will have devastating consequences globally.\u00a0Trade in tiger bone and rhino horn was banned in 1993. The resumption of a legal market for these products is an enormous setback to efforts to protect tigers and rhinos in the wild.\u00a0China\u2019s experience with the domestic ivory trade has clearly shown the difficulties of trying to control parallel legal and illegal markets for ivory. Not only could this lead to the risk of legal trade providing cover to illegal trade, this policy will also stimulate demand that had otherwise declined since the ban was put in place.\u00a0With wild tiger and rhino populations at such low levels and facing numerous threats, legalized trade in their parts is simply too great a gamble for China to take. This decision seems to contradict the leadership China has shown recently in tackling the illegal wildlife trade, including the closure of their domestic ivory market, a game changer for elephants warmly welcomed by the global community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Anger at developments in China as they legalise domestic trade in rhino horn and tiger bones for medical research and healing. This decision seems at odds with the recent ban on domestic ivory sales. t.co\/J1Jul3weIE<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9rvKQdIQup<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Helping Rhinos (@HelpingRhinos) October 29, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A rhino calf tries desperately to wake her dead mother who has been butchered for her horn. <\/p>\n

This will be happening much more frequently if @China<\/a> does not reverse their decision to legalise rhino horn & tiger bone on the premise that they provide medicinal value.<\/p>\n

They don\u2019t! pic.twitter.com\/AFKKKhmd28<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Bella Lack (@BellaLack) October 30, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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