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\"U.S.The owner of a business, Fengyi Zhou<\/strong>, a resident of Syosset, New York, plead guilty Tuesday to illegally trafficking horns from endangered black rhinoceros, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The business specializes in Asian works of art<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhou, 49, who has worked as an Asian art dealer for years, plead guilty in federal court to one count information charging him with wildlife trafficking in violation of the Lacey Act, officials said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhou was identified as part of \u201cOperation Crash\u201d \u2013 a nationwide effort led by the USFWS and the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute those involved in the black market trade of rhinoceros horns and other protected species.<\/span><\/p>\n

In papers filed in federal court, Zhou admitted to purchasing as many as five uncarved rhinoceros horns from another Asian arts dealer in New York. \u00a0Along with the horns, Zhou was given an \u201cEndangered Species Bill of Sale,\u201d from which Zhou was made aware that four of the horns were purchased in Texas and unlawfully transported to New York. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Immediately after purchasing the rhinoceros horns, Zhou offered to sell and later sold the horns, to an associate who was a Chinese national residing in the People\u2019s Republic of China for more than $130,000.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese horns are the remains of a dead animal, and one of the world\u2019s most iconic species that will certainly go extinct in our lifetimes if we do not stop this illegal trafficking,\u201d said Assistant Attorney General John C. Cruden.\u00a0 \u201cWe expect those in the arts and auction trade to understand and obey the law, and those that do not will be investigated and prosecuted for these crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cBecause of the scourge of wildlife trafficking and those like Mr. Zhou who practice it, there is now a very real possibility that the rhinoceros could disappear from Africa,\u201d said\u00a0Natural Resources Division and Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Adding, \u201cWe are determined that this never happen and that we don\u2019t leave behind for our children a world without this magnificent wild creature. \u00a0The law enforcement efforts of Operation Crash have now seen dozens of rhino traffickers caught and prosecuted, each case sending a clear message to others engaged in this shameful practice that we will stop you and we will bring you to justice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Rhinoceros are herbivores of prehistoric origin and the largest remaining mega-fauna on earth.\u00a0 They have no known predators other than humans.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

All species of rhinoceros are protected under United States and international law.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

Since 1976, trade in rhinoceros horn has been regulated under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora or CITES, a treaty signed by over 183 countries around the world to protect fish, wildlife and plants that are or may become imperiled due to the demands of international markets, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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