yes it is very sad that the wildlife is being decimated but it has been that way for many years. 8 million lbs of turtles for a city of 10 million people?? that's nothing if u think about turtles being one of your main (or only) source of protein- that's less than 1 lb of protein for each person!



how many lbs of beef do u think a big city like New York or Austin, TX consumes a year??



unfortunately people in china don't have the luxury that americans do of being able to go to the local safeway or supermarket to pick up fresh milk or buy some steak. for most of the poorer areas of that country, what u catch today is what you eat tonight.



i sometimes wonder what people from 3rd world countries would think if they saw americans go "hunting for sport" or eating at an "all u can eat buffet". those are all luxuries and we should be thankful that we are so lucky.



peace

-SFgeckos

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• scary statistics on chinese snake consumption - rtdunham, Wed Jun 4 22:53:13 2003
• Yep..I lived in Mainland China for over 2 years.... - oldherper, Thu Jun 5 08:20:37 2003
• hey terry, not sure what your post was meant to imply? more inside... - SFgeckos, Thu Jun 5 18:48:55 2003
• oops, meant to say SNAKES not turtles...n/p - SFgeckos, Thu Jun 5 18:50:53 2003
• Actually, in the past 15 years or so....... - oldherper, Thu Jun 5 19:15:27 2003
• RE: Actually, in the past 15 years or so....... - itsbrad, Fri Jun 6 22:11:16 2003
• That's exactly what I was trying to get across.... - oldherper, Sat Jun 7 06:29:02 2003
• not meant to imply anything... - rtdunham, Thu Jun 5 23:17:19 2003