We're talking public perception here overriding any logic....we lost the Spring Bear hunt due to the public outcry of Cubs being orphaned.....you think that in your wildest dreams you going to get the public to accept that the MNR is a dealer in Body parts for a foreign market for use as some 'Miracle Elixir' ?Quote:
Originally Posted by sawbill
The importance of bear gall in Chinese traditional medicine can be found at this site. Many of the modern cures enjoyed today are derived from natural sources but chemically altered by the big pharmaceuticals for huge profits. Medicinal marijuana is a recent example hence the resistance by lobby groups to make it main stream.
http://www.china.org.cn/video/2012-0...t_24679572.htm
Bears are hunted for their fur first and then the meat takes second place. Claws, teeth and galls are an added bonus.
Beaver are trapped for their furs, the meat is used for baits. Castor is sold for use in perfumes and that too is added bonus. Nobody shoots or traps beaver just for the castor.
Its just too bad bears have this stigma of being shot for galls only but the entire issue developed from some protected/endangered breed of bear in Asia and the antis have been successful in selling the thought that all bears are endangered.
You're absolutely right. Its all perception and the antis win that aspect every time.
If you want logic you might need to think on this longer.How "logical" is it to waste a gallbladder which are worth their weight in goldQuote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
and boost the black market price when supply and demand would be satisfied by selling galls legally harvested to meet that demand.
Same as for ivory,the Chinese demand has and never will deminish,but governments are destroying stock plies of poached tusks.Again
boosting demand which is meet by more illegally obtained tusks.Little info from the web:
Price of products[edit]
Raw bile can sell for as much as U.S.$24,000 a kilogram, approximately half the price of gold.[3]
A report published in 2013 stated that a poacher in North America can usually get U.S.$100 to $150 for a gall bladder, but the organs can fetch U.S.$5,000 to $10,000 in the end-market once they are processed into a powder. The report also stated that the HSUS indicated a bear gall bladder can cost more than $3,000 in Asia.[20] A TRAFFIC report estimated that prices for whole gall bladders were as low as $51.11 (Myanmar) and as high as $2,000 (Hong Kong SAR). For gall bladder by the gram, the least expensive was $0.11 per gram (Thailand) and the highest was $109.70 per gram (Japan).[1]
Pill prices ranged from as low as $0.38 per pill (Malaysia) to $3.83 per pill (Thailand).[1]
I am sure we could convince any logical taxpayer in Ontario that a regulated auction putting on the block a previously wasted resource would be right.After all the money could go back into any government programme,my choice would be MNR to maybe buy them some extra gas for their patrol vehicles.The entire infra structure is already there for a check station set up the only missing part is using logic and political skill.For hunters in the north getting a 50% cut of a sold bladder its welcome cash.If your afraid cash
might be to tempting as a reward any other reward could be used for turning in the gall.
The only thing wrong with having the government run this is that it will cost more to administer than the revenue it will generate.
Well if that be the case they could have a private trusted organisation run it.I know the hats for hides is a little different but something on that model.Drop of your bear skin get a hat,drop off your dry gallbladders with your license number,report on kill,Quote:
Originally Posted by werner.reiche
get your receipt and wait for your cash at end of auction.A auction for galls could be run alongside Fur Auctions as buyers would
be the same,kill two birds with one stone.
In your doomed plan...since your NOT allowed to keep the gall bladder...you could not profit from it...same as deer.... you forfeit it..maybe get a free "Bile Badge" haha... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilroy
we all know you cant keep the gall bladder at present therefore you cant profit.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal
You don't do condescension well Gilroy...comes across as just childish.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilroy
I understand your point full well, it's a half baked idea that for some reason you think has wheels. As I said earlier....it's all 'optics'...you'll never succeed in convincing the public to sanction the MNR/Government to sell organs from Hunter harvested bears on the open market. Even in China it's a divisive issue having Bears Farms supplying the bile.
You dont do logic very well either,we are on a thread about re instating the Spring Bear Hunt which is presently illegal and you are getting all excited about my suggestion to sort out the gallbladder issue which is also illegal.Do you have a stance on the OP.Is it also a half baked idea,nobody is going to convince the Government on anything if we sit in our collective hands be it bringing back the hunt or waste of a resource ie gallbladders.Quote:
Originally Posted by MikePal