the credit for the recent 81% reduction
in shark fin imports to China over just
three years. Along with other promi-
nent celebrities, Chan, who admits to
having eaten shark fin soup and using
tiger bone many years ago, has also
been vocal in his opposition towards
the use of other endangered wildlife in
TCM, such as elephants and rhinos,
and has more recently launched a
campaign in support of pangolins with
a video entitled (not unpredictably)
Kung Fu Pangolin. He believes the
tide has turned amongst the younger
generation in China, and there are
definitely encouraging signs at Qing
Ping.
Further Reading.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/
article-5082195/Protected-frogs-dried
-DEATH-women-young.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
science/article/pii/
S1021949813000434
https://wildaid.org/jackie-chan-fights-
for-pangolins/
Top: several shops were selling huge,
bizarre, dried fungi.
Above: in the centre of this package
(unfortunately covered by cellophane) the
foot of a crocodilian is visible. It is likely to
be that of a Chinese Alligator, and may
have been legally obtained.
Images by John McGrath.