TNAG-0468-FCO40-533-Legislation-for-protection-of-wild-life-in-Hong-Kong-1974 — Page 113

The Wildlife Trade in Hong Kong. Impressions from & cudy of documents and from discussions.

By: C.L. Boyle, 54 Steele's Road, London N.W.5. 4.R.G. 2 Jən 1974.

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 1975.

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A few important points taken from the script of the broadcast::-

Berint pageReference

8. top. 8,3,21,22

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 - Mamnels, Birds, Reptiles. Ecological affect of predation Pangolins. Humbers killed and ecològical effects

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(7) Importation of wildlife legalised (8 Political and business considerations

(9) Oruelty in the pes wildlife shops

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Important

(10) Luck of witnesses - fear of reprisals (11) Civet cats -how killed

(18) Other cruelties

(13) Rabies dangers

(16) Basier to abolish trade than to control

it properly

(15) Dangers from disease, besides rabies

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13 bottom.

The Hong Kong Society fot the Prevention of Cruelty to Animalsı Government pressure, Government subvention, Political consideration 14,15 (17) International Convention on Wildlife Traffic

Personalities Still a Hong Konk

Mr Fred Hechtel 10 Branksome overs freganter Path May Road H.K.

Kr. Michael Hobater

23,24

A business man. He took part in the BBC broadcast. 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. Tel: 3-687064.

noffics: Metropola Blage, 7th Floor

Poking Road, Kowloon.

The two mentioned above may well be personna non grɛta with both the Hong Kong Government and the R.X. Õ.P.Û‚A.

No longer in Hong Kong

Miss Patricia Penn ✈ The broadcaster - Para 1 above. Now

at Ruskin College Oxford.

Mrs Sheila Bovey.

800 H.I. 8.P.C.A. See Bro: duast page 13.

I doubt if either of these would be very popular with either the H.K.Gov$ or the H.K.SPCA.

Other important people in this field may be read of in the script of the broadcast.