The year before last CITES put the North American black bear on its second list. Unlike endangered animals, these can be exported and imported as long as they have proper papers attesting to their origins. But conservation groups have recently been pushing to get the species moved up to the first list, so as to bring about an outright ban on the bear trade.
前年華約組織將北美黑熊列入附錄第二類（珍貴稀有類），和保育第一類不同的是，按規定只要有華約組織與進、出口國政府同意文件，來源清楚，仍可出口；但保育團體近來卻運作希望將之升級為第一類，好徹底根除熊產製品的貿易行為。