Not exact matches
Buying and selling
rhino horn internationally was
banned in 1977.
Atkins has shown her support for animal welfare by creating a bill that strengthened the
ban on importing and selling ivory and
rhino horns or products in California.
But since 1993 trade in
rhino horn, (as well as tiger parts) was
banned by the Chinese government with the aim of stopping the use of endangered wildlife derivatives in TCM: but advocates cling to historical evidence, knowing their ancestors used it, their parents, grandparents: the reason why it continues to be used today by many Chinese families.
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is in the process of implementing a near - total
ban on elephant ivory and
rhino horn trade to address loopholes that help smugglers move blood ivory into the United States.
«We have to take down the criminal syndicates behind the trade in elephant ivory and
rhino horn, and enact a worldwide
ban on all trade in ivory and
rhino horn including domestic trade.
In 1994 LaBudde and ESP spearheaded efforts to expose Asia's illegal black market trade in endangered species which resulted in the U.S. implementation of trade sanctions against Taiwan for illegal commerce in
rhino horn and tiger bone, and passage of domestic legislation in China, South Korea and Hong Kong to
ban the trade.