Countries today rejected a U.S. proposal to ban the international commercial trade in polar bear parts. In refusing the ban, parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), now meeting in Thailand, have allowed the destructive polar bear rug trade, primarily through Canada, to continue… Source: Center for Biological Diversity
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