During the last few years, animal conservation groups from the West have come to characterize as barbarous the consumption by Asians --especially the Chinese--of rhinoceros horn, swiftlet nest, shark fin and bear paw.
近幾年，亞洲人士，尤其是中國人服用犀牛角，吃燕窩、魚翅、熊掌之舉，被西方保育動物團體及單位視為「暴行」。