Use Viagra save animals

by (Viagracures)


Poor animals are getting new lease of life after the launch of Viagera. This is something and off the beat that has come from the stables of Viagra. As reported on the web by the New Scientist the success of the anti-impotence drug Viagra has drastically reduced the demand for wild animal body parts used in traditional cures for impotence, a new analysis shows.

The report goes that the researchers in Canada and Australia have shown that since the drug was introduced in 1998, worldwide trade in parts of some species has fallen by more than 70 per cent.

The reason for Viagra's popularity is clear, says Frank von Hippel of the University of Alaska: "Viagra is cheaper than many animal products and its action is pronounced, immediate and effective, “ the report quotes.

Von Hippel and his brother William at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, analyzed data on three legally traded species used in traditional medicines: Alaskan reindeer, which are hunted for antler velvet, hooded seals and harp seals, which are both hunted for their genitalia for treatment of sexual inadequacies, as the information has it.

Antler sales fell by 72 per cent from $700,000 in 1997 to $200,000 in 1998. The number of seal penises being traded fell from around 40,000 in 1996 to 20,000 in 1998. The decline in the trade of harp seal penises has also been documented by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans, who reported the price per organ had dropped from $100 to $15 by 1999, the report informs. Poor animals are getting new lease of life after the launch of Viagra.

A collapse in the Asian economy at about the same time might partly explain why sales dropped so significantly. But von Hippel points out that the US and Canada are major markets for traditional medicines, and these countries did not experience economic decline during this period. Sales of deer antlers remained low in Asia even when the economy started to recover, he adds, as it is reported.

"I doubt the availability of Viagra will completely end the trade of any species," he says. "Some people will undoubtedly still use traditional cures to treat impotence. But even a modest reduction is important."