Global News - May 2008
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Two US women arrested for selling rare animal parts
Thu 15 May 2008 17:00 UK — North America,Other
Two women from the US have been accused of smuggling products derived from protected wildlife into the country and selling them.
Earlier this week, the US district court in Minnesota charged Pa Lor and Tia Lee Yang of selling products made from rare animals, such as elephants, leopards, leaf monkeys and weasels.
Local Fish and Wildlife Service agent Patrick Lund told the Associated Press that his organisation had become increasingly concerned "about international trade in raw endangered wildlife products" in the country.
He added: "The market, which is fuelled by traditional Asian medicinal and cultural needs, is having a devastating effect on some of the world’s most critically endangered wildlife."
Chupheng Lee of the Lao Family Community of Minnesota explained to the agency that older Asian residents in the US still turned to traditional medicines when they became ill and added that many of these were derived from illegal animal products.
He stressed that officials needed to work to educate these people about the illegality of their actions.
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