The following horror story comes out of China…
"The pelts of 27 snow leopards were recently seized from a black market trader in China. The record bust highlights the menacing threat to one of the world's most endangered cats, experts say. Acting on a tip, agents from China's State Forestry Administration raided an apartment in western China last month, according to state media. Police arrested the fur trader, identified only as Mr. Ma, after discovering the cache of pelts, along with 104 bear skins and parts of clouded leopards and lynx "Police found three snow leopard heads and two snow leopard skeletons in the raid," Ge Yun, of the China-based nonprofit Xinjiang Conservation Fund (XCF), told National Geographic News. The seizure is reportedly the largest haul of leopard pelts since Chinese officials began keeping records in 1949. An official with China's State Forest Administration, who identified himself as Mr. Li, confirmed the arrests in a telephone interview but declined to offer details. "The snow leopard is endangered, and the government is working very hard to protect it," he said." Click for more
It's sad when people feel it's okay to kill off the wildlife for their own personal gain. But it's understandable, it's a conflict in the way of life we all live with each other. They need their prey and will kill our livestock if there is none, likewise we will kill them and save our livestock and take all the goats and sheep for ourselves. They need places to live and seek the outskirts of cities to get away from others of their own kind, we also seek to live on the outskirts of society to stay away from our own kind in the city. Here is where we meet and battle over the land and resources.
ReplyDeleteIt's funny, we all love to watch animals on wildlife programs and travel thousands of miles to see them on our vacation and spend thousands of dollars, yet when animals exist in our backyard we feel we must control them and force them out.