A Boost for Chinese Medicine: Curtains for the Rhino and the Tiger?

Conservationists fear that the decision of the Chinese government to relax the trade on body parts of the rhinoceros and the tiger (apparently to give Chinese medicine parity with 'Western' medicine) will threaten the continued existence of these animals, along with a number of other 'medicinal' species (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/nov/03/experts-fear-impact-of-china-lifting-trade-ban-on-tiger-and-rhino-parts). Even if the parts traded are from historical or even 'farmed' sources, it makes it easier to bring poached materials to the market place (and poaching continues to threaten these mammals even when they are maintained in zoos).