Asia & the Pacific

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Analysis & Opinions - The Boston Globe

Asia's Role in the Illicit Trade of Wildlife

| March 20, 2008

"Although some of these unfortunate animals supply the domestic market in Burma, many go to China and elsewhere in Asia for food consumption as well as homemade medicines and good luck charms. Many of the species are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, but the local authorities in Mong La, the Burmese government, and China have not shown much of an interest in enforcing the prohibitions."