The turtle trade is fundamentally different from the rhino horn and tiger bone trade, where the animals face total extinction. Many dealers of traditional Chinese medicines have not even sensed that there is a problem, and they insist that turtle shell is not a product made from endangered species.
事實上，就因為烏龜與面臨全面性滅絕的犀牛、老虎情況不同，許多中藥商仍未察覺龜板的問題已逐日浮出檯面，仍強調龜板不是保育類動物產製品。