by hanky » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:17 pm
So, back on topic, I agree with a lot of what you are saying FC. most of the time of these tiger bones, rhino horns etc are not actually used to treat sickness but are used as sort of "tonics" to make a person stronger, more virile etc. It seems a great shame that so many animals will probably be extinct soon, because of increasing affluence and demand , mainly from Chinese. The people doing the poaching are mainly poor and quite ignorant, but there are of course middlemen making fortunes too.
So, back on topic, I agree with a lot of what you are saying FC. most of the time of these tiger bones, rhino horns etc are not actually used to treat sickness but are used as sort of "tonics" to make a person stronger, more virile etc. It seems a great shame that so many animals will probably be extinct soon, because of increasing affluence and demand , mainly from Chinese. The people doing the poaching are mainly poor and quite ignorant, but there are of course middlemen making fortunes too.