The poaching of rhino horns and lion bones feeds a massive “millennium-old” industrial market in Southeast Asia, in countries such as China and Vietnam – and there is no way to stop it, except by legalising trade.
This is the view of wildlife economist Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes and of insiders in the “legal” lion bone trade.
Click here to read the article from South Africa’s Times Live, then let us know what you think.