China legalizes use of tiger bone and rhino horn for traditional medicine

Mongabay
Oct 30, 2018, 6:07 am251 pts
China has legalized the “controlled” use of rhino horn and tiger bone for medical use and cultural purposes in the country, the government announced on Oct. 29. Rhino horn and tiger bone for medical purposes can only be obtained from farmed rhinos and tigers, the announcement said, while powdered forms of…

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