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September 29, 2006

Chinese hunting auction ‘will help protection’

The income from selling China's wild animal hunting quotas to domestic hunting agencies will be used solely for wildlife protection efforts, a senior official vowed on Thursday.

The number of animals entering the auction will be very limited and will not harm species diversity, according to Du Yongsheng, director of the police division of the State Forestry Administration, reported the China Daily.

The administration had planned to hold China's first auction of hunting quotas in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, on August 13, selling quotas for about 200 species. But after media outcry, the administration decided to postpone the auction.

Xinhua reported that Chinese and foreigners would be allowed to bid on the right to hunt animals, but as Chinese are prohibited from owning firearms, they face restrictions.

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