dlife Trade in Mors aunt. Impressions from & sormento and Iven discussion.A
By: C.L. Doyle, 34 Steelo's loud, London N.W.3. 4.R.G. 2 Jɛn lư74.
The broadeɛst by Patricia Penn, on B.B.C.4 gives an accurate picture of the conditions of the wildlife trade in Hong Kong. Date: 6 December 1973.
A few important points taken from the script of the broadcast::
Script pageReference
3. top. 8,3,21,22
1) Summary of the wildlife trade (2) Huge trede in birds of prey and owls (3) Use of special animal parts, as food
and connected supperstitions
(4) Large numbers of important preditors
destroyed - Kamals, Birds, Reptiles.. (5) Ecological effect of prodation
883
Pongolino. Numbers killed and ecològical effecto
7) Importation of wildlife legalised (8)Political and business considerations
(9) Cruelty in the pot wildlife shops (10) Lack of witnes305 four of reprisals
11) Civet cats -hov kill00
(13) Other cruelties
(13) Rabien dangers.
(16) Easier to abolish trade then to control
it properly wag
15) Dangers from discéno, besides rabies
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6.7 7,8
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Important
9,10,11,18
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13 bottom.
16) The Hong Kong Society fot the Prevention
Cruelty to Anilos Government pressure, Government subvention, Political consideration 14,15 (17) International Conviction on Wildlife Traffic 23,24
Personalitiea
86121 4a four Kor
Ar Fred Hechtel
10 BronksomeTowers freganter Path
May Rosd n.K.
Ar Michael Yabater
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A business man. He took part in the BBC broadoest. Is H.K. representative of the International Council for Bird Protection.
Seo The Conservancy Association c/o Chartered Bank, P.0.Box 21 H.K. Tol: 8-607064.
noffice: Metropole B1Cge, 7th Floor
Puting Road, Kowloon.
The two mentioned above may well be personna non grata with both the Rông Kong Government and the H.K. 6.2.Ű.A.
i.
No longer in Hong Kong
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Miss Patricie Penn → The broadcaster Para 1 above. Now
at Ruskin College Oxford.
Hrs Sholla Bovey. Ex 800 H.K. 8.P.C.A. See Broιdcast page 13.
I doubt if either of these would be very popular with either the H.K.Gový or the H.K.OPCA.
Other importent people in this field may be read of in the script of the broɑdoast.