CITES ban on thylacine trade lifted

Excellent, my imports of secret breeding populations into the UK can now go unhindered ;)

Naturally you would all be free to visit my thylacines.... except for ThylacineAlive. He can't see them. :D :p
 
it should be noted that CITES regulates trade in animal parts as well as live animals. So the news isn't really that live thylacines etc can now be traded, it is that thylacine skins etc can now be traded.
 
In practice it will mean that for museums it will become a lot easier to exchange material. The private market should be very small.
 
DDcorvus said:
In practice it will mean that for museums it will become a lot easier to exchange material. The private market should be very small.
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According to the International Thylacine Specimen Database (ITSD) there are only 9 specimens in private hands, so I would say the private market is relatively small. But as the species is generally regarded as extinct, prices are very high so if specimens were cheaper I would say that the private market would be much larger than it is now.
 
Except what happens in the incredibly likely event we find a live one now? Completely unprotected...
 
Bailey13 said:
Except what happens in the incredibly likely event we find a live one now? Completely unprotected...
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thlacines are still a protected species in Australia. CITES is only concerned with international trade.
 
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