How High Is The Demand In Toronto?

Maybe Comrade Miller can apply his logic; "I believe that by drawing attention to this issue of the trade in illegal animal products in Toronto, we can make a very significant difference in the consumption worldwide." to getting guns off our streets.

Bo fires at animal trade
Actress backed up by mayor
By ZEN RURYK, CITY HALL BUREAU CHIEF

Efforts to stop the multi-billion dollar illegal trade of animal parts put actress Bo Derek and Mayor David Miller in the same spotlight at City Hall yesterday.

Derek is a high-profile campaigner against the slaughter of wildlife by poachers for their ivory, fins, skins and other body parts.

"I don't believe this is a problem that we can solve only through enforcement and through laws and through politics," said the wildlife activist who's promoting WildAid's Active conservative Awareness Program.

"We must reduce demand and that requires the individual. So many tourists go overseas; they have no idea that what they're buying might be the cause of an animal suffering and the extinction of an animal."

Miller said Torontonians are positioned to reduce the international demand for illegally-traded animal parts.

"More than half of Torontonians were not born in Canada," he said. "Most of us have connections with family and friends around the world. I believe that by drawing attention to this issue of the trade in illegal animal products in Toronto, we can make a very significant difference in the consumption worldwide."

Derek said China is the top consumer of endangered species, with the U.S. second.