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The Australian government thinks that hunting and trading critically endangered animals is ok:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/12/2844660.htm?section=justin
Despite a collapse of world tuna stocks, the Australian Government has decided not to support a global ban on the trade of the northern variety of the species.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/garrett-rejects-tuna-ban-20100312-q48o.html
''Australia strongly believes that firm and effective fisheries management, including through international fora, offers the best means to secure populations of this species of tuna across the globe,'' Mr Garrett said.
Mr Garrett, would that be like the proposed legalised whaling of non endangered whales that the Japanese government has proposed in the past that the Australian government is claiming to oppose?
Will write more about tuna and the CITES meeting (which officially starts tomorrow) when I have a moment...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/12/2844660.htm?section=justin
Despite a collapse of world tuna stocks, the Australian Government has decided not to support a global ban on the trade of the northern variety of the species.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/garrett-rejects-tuna-ban-20100312-q48o.html
''Australia strongly believes that firm and effective fisheries management, including through international fora, offers the best means to secure populations of this species of tuna across the globe,'' Mr Garrett said.
Mr Garrett, would that be like the proposed legalised whaling of non endangered whales that the Japanese government has proposed in the past that the Australian government is claiming to oppose?
Will write more about tuna and the CITES meeting (which officially starts tomorrow) when I have a moment...