Dear St
DOE
A-2 JAN/4
20 PARK AVENUE PHC
Ruislip
MIDDLESEX
17
14
29-12-73
6
ap
writing to bring your attention to the
importation of wild birds and animals from China into Hong Kong.
Responsible people in a recents Radio 4 programme report that tens of thousands of birds of prey, mammals, and reptiles are trapped annually in China and sold to restaurants in Hong Kong. The birds and animals are
thought by
some Chinese to have
aphrodisiac value.
are
It is feared that this trake could seriously reduce the numbers of some species which already
"protected "by international agreement, The manner in which the # creatures are trapped, transportes, coged, and killed is horrific; as cruel anything I have ever heard.
as
Birds of prey may have their beaks pulled