Proceedings of the third international symposium on the trade of bear parts, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 26-28 October, 1999
Medicinal drugs
Rhinoceros horn and tiger bone in China : an investigation of trade since the 1993 ban
In China, domestic trade in both tiger and rhinoceros products has been banned since 1993 and the maximum penalty for illicit trade is death. This report documents the progress made in implementing the ban but also the continuing availability of rhinoceros horn, tiger bone and their medicinal derivatives in the country.
