Animal protection groups immediately and forcefully decried the decision, stating that reviving a legal avenue for such products would provide black market dealers a golden opportunity to launder wild ...

International trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977 but, increasingly, poaching has been dominated by armed criminal syndicates. An estimated 100,000 tigers prowled the wild 100 years ago.

Feng explained that there were 100,000 wild tigers in Asia a century ago, but only 3,000 to 5,000 remain today. [6] Rhino horns are also believed to be a potent TCM ingredient that can prevent ...