HC Deb 28 October 1993 vol 230 cc733-4W
Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 20 October,Official Report, column 242, if he will give details of the seizures in Hong Kong restaurants and shops of suspected endangered animals and animal products.

Mr. Goodlad

Seizures by the Hong Kong authorities over the past 12 months—1 August 1992 to 3 July 1993 —of suspected endangered animals and animal products from Hong Kong shops and restaurants were as follows:

Endangered Species
Pangolin Scale 0.43 kg.
Musk Pod 4 Nos.
Grain 8 316 G
Rhinoceros Medicine 4 small vials
Owl Live 1 Hd.
Sea-Turtle Stuffed 1 Hd.
Scale 1 Pc.
Land-Tortoise Live 3Hds.
Giant Salamander Live 26 Hds.

Endangered Species
Asiatic Bony
Tongue Fish Live 17 Tails
Arapaima Gigas Live 3 Tails