Pantheraman
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Bear Gall Bile Market Threatens Seven Bear Species Around the Globe
“Today,” warns the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “a major threat to the American black bear is widespread poaching, or illegal killing, to supply Asian markets.”
“As the Asian bear populations continue to decline, there will be increasing pressure on bear populations in other areas of the world to meet this trade demand,” declares Dr. Christopher Servheen of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Bear Specialist Group. "
"While this moderate tightening of Asian markets is good news for Asian bears, it’s bad news for North American bears because it places even more pressure on them. “Ten years ago I think it [bear-parts traffic in the United States] was a relatively minor problem,” remarks Ron Swatfigure, chief of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division. “Today, I think it’s a very large problem.”
This from Wayne Pacelle, president and founder of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy: “Bear farms, notorious for their inhumane practices, continue to operate in China and other countries and pose a threat to both captive and wild bear populations. Furthermore, China’s absence of wildlife trade policies poses a risk to global conservation efforts. Poaching rings targeting the extraction of bear gallbladders have been uncovered in U.S. national parks, underscoring the urgency of addressing this issue internationally.”
Like the author at the end of this article, I ask you all to contact your legislatures to introduce and support legislation ending all bear part trafficking in the US. Especially since the mass layoffs of national park and forest service employees will make bear poaching easier.
“Today,” warns the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, “a major threat to the American black bear is widespread poaching, or illegal killing, to supply Asian markets.”
“As the Asian bear populations continue to decline, there will be increasing pressure on bear populations in other areas of the world to meet this trade demand,” declares Dr. Christopher Servheen of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Bear Specialist Group. "
"While this moderate tightening of Asian markets is good news for Asian bears, it’s bad news for North American bears because it places even more pressure on them. “Ten years ago I think it [bear-parts traffic in the United States] was a relatively minor problem,” remarks Ron Swatfigure, chief of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Division. “Today, I think it’s a very large problem.”
This from Wayne Pacelle, president and founder of Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy: “Bear farms, notorious for their inhumane practices, continue to operate in China and other countries and pose a threat to both captive and wild bear populations. Furthermore, China’s absence of wildlife trade policies poses a risk to global conservation efforts. Poaching rings targeting the extraction of bear gallbladders have been uncovered in U.S. national parks, underscoring the urgency of addressing this issue internationally.”
Like the author at the end of this article, I ask you all to contact your legislatures to introduce and support legislation ending all bear part trafficking in the US. Especially since the mass layoffs of national park and forest service employees will make bear poaching easier.