andrewt@cluster.cs.su.oz.au (Andrew Taylor) (05/18/91)
In article <9653@cognos.UUCP>, stewartw@cognos.UUCP (Stewart Winter) writes: > Technically, only those animals on Cites I are "endangered", however > Cites II listing implies that the species "in trouble", but as you > can see from above ALL PARROTS are on Cites II, so your gold-capped > conure can still be exported from the wild. A species' CITES listing reflects how it is threatened by international trade more than how threatened it is in general. Many species classified as endangered by the IUCN have no CITES listing. Conversely many CITES I listed animals are not classified as endangered. It is true that few endangered animals have CITES II listing if they have any CITES listing it will usually be CITES I, but there are exceptions. Andrew Taylor