This is horrible

One factor in the ongoing endangerment of endangered species is that some of them have features that are either considered gourmet delicacies, objects of art (or objects that can be turned into art), or features which provide ingredients for ancient mystical "medicinal" concoctions. In the first category are shark fin and bluefin tuna meat. In the second category are elephant ivory and rhino horn. In the third category are lots of different parts of tigers, musk glands from musk deer, and the scales of the ant-eating pangolin. Sadly, those are only examples.

I truly wish we could end the trade in all of this stuff. Because when I read an article like the one below, all I can think is how horrible and sad it is, and how it continues due to ignorance and superstition.

Hong Kong authorities bust record $8 million worth of ivory tusks, pangolin scales