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MDLIAN 1/23
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 1605
OF 170845Z MAY 90
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YOUR FAX 014/15 OF 15.5.90:
IVORY PQ'S
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MKC confirmed 24/5:
should be through'
1. 2205 (A) AND (C) AMONGST THE IVORY SEIZURES, 702.5 KG WERE
SEIZED WHILE IN TRANSIT TO HONG KONG AND THE REMAINING WERE IMPORT SEIZURES.
2.
2208
(D) IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE 769.9 KG RAW IVORY SEIZED
REPRESENTED ABOUT 250 TUSKS.
THE ANSWER TO PQ1729 UNDER FCO TELNO 655 IS RELEVANT. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES EMPLOYED THE FOLLOWING METHODS OF DISPOSING CONFISCATED ANIMALS AS APPROPRIATE,
(A) RELEASING LIVE ANIMALS TO THE WILD,
(B)
(C)
SENDING SPECIMENS TO ZOOS, EDUCATION AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER CITES AUTHORITIES AND
INCINERATION OF PERISHABLE ITEMS.
TO BE MORE SPECIFIC AND DETAILS THE EXACT MEANS OF DISPOSAL OF THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE WORK AND REQUIRE SOME TIME. THAT APART, A SPECIFIC RESPONSE WOULD SEEM TO US TO ADD LITTLE OR NOTHING TO THE MORE GENERAL ANSWER GIVEN ABOVE.
3. 2210
4.
2211
THE COUNTRIES OF EXPORT OF THE SEIZED IVORY IN QUESTION WERE SINGAPORE, CANADA, TAIWAN, CHINA, THAILAND, INDIA AND KOREA.
TRADE IN MAMMOTH IVORY IS NOT CONTROLLED UNDER CITIES AND IMPORT FIGURES ON MAMMOTH IVORY
ARE NOT AVAILABLE.
K
WILSON
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