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Showing posts with label Traditional Asian medicine. Show all posts
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Saturday, May 22, 2010

When slaughtering goes beyond imagination



I' had been thinking about writing a post about the "Medicinal Panthera Tigris Altaica Products" for a longtime, and why hadn't I touch the subject? I suck at writing stuff like this. So, here's a drawing I did and a few facts(From Wikipedia).

Traditional Asian medicine

Many people in China have a belief that various tiger parts have medicinal properties, including as pain killers and aphrodisiacs.[111] There is no scientific evidence to support these beliefs. The use of tiger parts in pharmaceutical drugs in China is already banned, and the government has made some offenses in connection with tiger poaching punishable by death. Furthermore, all trade in tiger parts is illegal under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and a domestic trade ban has been in place in China since 1993. Still, there are a number of tiger farms in the country specialising in breeding the cats for profit. It is estimated that between 5,000 and 10,000 captive-bred, semi-tame animals live in these farms today.

Tiger Wine


Tiger Oil

I am proud of my heritage, and my culture, but I am deeply ashamed and angered by the greedy people who are making a fortune on the slaughtered tigers. I hope one day the slaughtering would stop, and that one day isn't too far away.