It does serve a purpose in that it tries to provide a central control and monitoring system for those countries that are willing to participate. The idea is a good one but the logistics has to be daunting.

Most people realize that in most cases it is the over run of the human population that is the primary cause for the disappearence of most of the species listed.




>>I strongly believe in habitat protection & thereby protecting the species within the protected habitat.
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>>However I don't see how this CITES red tape actually does the animals/plants any good.
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>>Just my 2 cents.
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Ed @ Tortoise Keepers
Trying to keep the fun in Chelonian care

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• CITES and tortoises - quickfast, Mon Feb 6 20:38:00 2006
• RE: CITES and tortoises - EJ, Tue Feb 7 02:44:23 2006
• RE: CITES and tortoises - zovick, Tue Feb 7 07:29:46 2006
• Addendum to CITES Post - zovick, Tue Feb 7 07:48:31 2006
• RE: Addendum to CITES Post - littlelizard, Tue Feb 7 16:08:09 2006
• RE: Addendum to CITES Post - EJ, Tue Feb 7 18:01:35 2006
• RE: Addendum to CITES Post - zovick, Wed Feb 8 17:01:32 2006