Excerpt from The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Environment and Natural Resources of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3897, a Bill to Provide for Conservation of Rhinoceros An
Mr. Studds. The Subcommittee meets this afternoon to discuss measures to conserve the remaining populations of rhinos and ti gers. In order to satisfy the demand for rhino and tiger parts in oriental medicines and aphrodisiacs, these magnificent creatures are being slaughtered by poachers who see tigers only for the value of their bones, and rhinos only for the value of their horns. Now threatened with extinction, less than rhinos and ti gers are believed to exist in the wild.
Last fall, the Administration certified that China and Taiwan were diminishing the effectiveness Of an international wildlife con servation treaty and, in April, President Clinton imposed trade sanctions on wildlife products from Taiwan for that nation’s failure to implement measures to end the illegal trade of rhino and tiger parts. Although the President did not impose a similar ban on China, he indicated that the Administration would continue to monitor China’s progress.
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