I once did a report on the CITES Treaty for a major radio network back in the early 80s. I wonder if CITES really does any good at all? But then, you can't catch all of the poachers, can you?
I hope CITES thwarts some of them. But I have this worry inside me that perhaps CITES is nothing more than a paper tiger(no pun intended) that is of very little use.
Thoughts?
I think CITES prevents open commercialization which has an impact on massive market hunting for various purposes, but the ultimate solution is to transform endangered species into some kind of economic advantage for the society win which they are found. Like the tourist trade, or sommerical breeding for pet type critters.
But the reason I posted this was not over CITEs, it was over my personal digsut at eating some of this crap. I can understand a starving villager in the African bush, but not a sophisticated "civlized" individual.
Besides, primates and human beings are so similar biologically (PLEEEEEEZZZZEE - NO EVOLUTION ARGUMENTS) that we carry closely related diseases. Hence Ebola and AIDS connections to humans.