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Why write about Seahorses on an Acupuncture website? I am associated with the Chinese Medicine trade by the fact that I practice Chinese Acupuncture. We used to have good ethical herbal medicine suppliers in the UK but thanks to the Pharmaceutical Industry lobbying to ban Patent herbal remedies most went out of business. I now use Patent herbal supplements and am trained in this. Every year a staggering 150 MILLION (plus) seahorses are used in the Traditional Medicine Trade, this is just not sustainable, and is not needed as there are easy substitutes. They could be extinct in the wild within the next 20 to 30 years, unless we urgently address the problems facing them.

I support a UK charity called The Seahorse Trust which as a coincidence is run by my Brother, Neil. The Trust has set up projects in Cambodia and Ireland and has helped with many other projects around the world. In the UK, Neil got Seahorses to be listed as a 'Protected Species' and are now legally protected, he has also persuaded e-bay to stop selling live and dried Seahorses. He does a lot of research on Seahorses and has bred nearly every type of Seahorse in the world, he advises the Sealife Centres and the National Ma Seahorse Trust Logo

rine Aquarium on how to keep Seahorses. I am a volunteer Diver with the Trust and we have now got South Beach, Studland, Dorset protected as a Marine Protection Zone. We also personally installed ten Environmentally Friendly Morrings to protect the Seahorses. The National Trust has now followed our lead and at the present time there are 65 there with possibly more to follow. This is a major Seahorse breeding area and is of world importance.It took us about twenty years but we got there in the end despite many threats against us. 

Please if you care about wildlife, donate to the Seahorse Trust. The Trust is supported by many people and two of it's Patrons are Chris Packham and Kate Humble but most of the big charities are getting all of the money at the moment and the Trust is struggling to survive, it may not last much longer and there is a lot more work to do. To visit the Trust click on the letters or the Seahorse Logo. To donate click on the Logo at the top or visit the Trust and click on their 'Donate' button. Any amount will help. We have alot more work to do and am concentrating on Torbay now.

Thank you for your kindness, Kim Maidment       

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