涉及濒危保护动物 吃不了 兜着走！

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涉及濒危保护动物  吃不了 兜着走！

加西某华人公司， 因为经营的草药之中含受禁止的老虎虎骨成分。被环境部门 罚款四万五。

Richmond company fined for possessing tiger parts

A Richmond company that produces herbal medicines has been fined $45,000 after pleading guilty in Richmond Provincial Court of possessing banned tiger parts.

Wing Quon Enterprises Ltd. was also ordered to forfeit medicines and products seized by Environment Canada investigators following a lengthy probe into the company's activities.

Ground tiger bone was used as an ingredient in some of the medicines.

According to Environment Canada wildlife enforcement division official Marko Goluza, the company was producing medicines and products made from some of the "rarest plant and animal species on the planet" including tiger, costus root, agarwood, bear, pangolin, musk dear and rhinoceros.

"All of these are protected species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora," said Goluza.

Goluza said the investigation began when officials became aware that products advertising they contained these banned substances were being sold.

He said $40,000 of the fine will be directed to the traffic wildlife trade-monitoring program of the World Wildlife Fund, which is dedicated to preventing the trade in rare plants and animal parts.


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2008年。 安省一男子， 因为行驶之中发现带有 老鹰成分， 罚款五万二。

Treaties forbid animal trafficking

Trafficking in many exotic animals, animal parts and plants is forbidden by international treaties.

According to Interpol, the illegal trade in live animals and animal parts -- used mostly in Asian medicine or folk remedies -- is estimated to be worth $20 billion a year.

The biggest markets for illegal animal parts are the United States and China.

In B.C., bears are being killed for their bile and gall bladders.

Last year, an Ontario man was fined $52,000 for trafficking in eagle parts. In 2005, 40 eagle carcasses were found near Cates Park in North Vancouver.

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