I guess my only question is what if these items were made prior to the ban on such products. Don't people have a right to sell personal property??? If there was nothing illegal done related to the manufacture and purchase of these items to start with, why should selling them now be illegal. This is the same issue with ivory. Ivory that is over a certain age can be legally sold since it was harvested/made before the international ban. I would not want to wear any of these items, but if they were originally made under legal conditions, people should have the right to do what they want with them, including selling them.

you cant distinguish the age on most of them so there is no way of telling if its truly vintage or if it is a newly poached fake. while there is a right to sell personal property, there is a precedence to restrict rights for the greater good of society. in this case im in favor of protecting endangered species over the rights of people who purchased products made from endangered species before they were endangered.

Em...

I agree, wouldn't pay a penny for any of this, it's too sickening! I could never walk around with something like boots/coat, etc. without feeling guilty anyway and wonder how anyone else could.

I had better warn my friend's dad! He has 2 sea-turtle shells mounted in his living room that he's considered selling a couple of times-- but they were caught legally years ago and made into turtle soup!

To make a long story short, a guest sat down with the captain of an oil tanker at dinner and the meal was served. The guest commended the chef and asked, what the dish was. The captain responded, sea turtle parmesan. Just the thought of this is very disturbing, hence the act of indulging ...

Those boots looked old and the coat was certainly dated. I, too, wonder at the age of some of these confiscated items. I am happy though thatthe feds are keeping a sharp eye out for just this sort of thing.

I was in the Bahamas years ago and ate sea turtle. It had no taste and was tough. I'd rather eat crocher. Why they catch them is beyond me.

My that was poorly worded. That will teach me to write comments while listening to audiobooks...

You would guess wrong, my friend. You can read the details of who is charged from the link the story.

MSpielman, While I agree that the purchasers of these items need to be sought out, what about the people who have manufactured these items? The people who made the boots and coats and other items had to know these were endangered creatures...even if they were made in the orient...the world now knows many of the animals on 'the list'.

As to the items being "vintage", well that seems like it could be proven one way or another.

yeah, scuba, let's kill people who kill animals. Well, not the animals that taste good, just the pretty ones.

no just the ones we cant breed to replace easily, they already do in Africa as they have a bad poaching problem, so they kill to protect their wildlife.

some baby seal boots would be funny and ironic though, its the gift you give to satisfy someone whose evil by nature.

that's jargon for an invasive species that causes damage to the ecosystem, meaning causes damage.

I know the definition Scarletbirds but nothing I read about the species states that they are injurious or would harm the area. I suppose just because they are foreign they are unwanted. Like horses? Chickens?

good point they don't appear to be capable of harm(maby if they breed into large numbers?). like the Quaker/monk parakeets in California, they don't cause any real harm and yet they are treated like a threat, the only problem they create is when they build a large nest on top of power poles(which can be easily removed).