Number: 1981-09
WHEREAS, markets engaged in the export of antlers from certain species of big game have reported significant increases resulting from an expanded interest in the manufacture of aphrodisiacs in foreign countries; and
WHEREAS, such markets require so-called “green” or velveted antlers occurring in certain wildlife species at times earlier and other than regulated hunting seasons;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 26-29, 1981, in Norfolk, Virginia, calls upon state wildlife agencies, the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, and the U. S. Customs Service to increase the enforcement of existing legislation governing the taking of horned and antlered species of wildlife.