§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of items from endangered species seized by the Hong Kong authorities in the second half of 1990 and the prosecutions arising from such seizures.
§ Mr. Lennox-Boyd[holding answer 1 February 1991]: In the second half of 1990, the Hong Kong authorities seized a wide variety of specimens of endangered species, from which 54 prosecutions arose. Details are as follows:
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Seizure of Endangered Species (1 July 1990 to 31 December 1990) Species Mammal Felidae (wild cats) skin 349 pc Elephant—Ivory 94.3 kg Monkey (live) 6 hd Slow Loris 9 hd Gibbon 3 hd Pangolin: live/stuffed/carcass 3 hd meat/scale 9.6 kg
Species Bird Bird of prey/owl—live/dead 10 hd meat 0.3 kg Parrot 54 hd Reptile Reptiles: skins 695 pc + 10,000 pairs of watch straps live/stuffed/carcass 7 hd Sea turtle: scale 52 pc live/stuffed/shell 103 hd Tortoise 9 hd Amphibian Giant Salamander: live/carcass 2 hd Fish Asiatic Bony Tongue 45 tails Arapaima fish 558 tails Insect Mounted butterfly 5 pc Corale 500 kg Plant Orchid 2,269 pc Total Number of Seizures: 166