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Wasn't there that whole subplot in Gen 2 about Team Rocket stealing Slowpokes because their tails are considered a delicacy?
There was, but I think the problem there was (or at least has come to be, through the power of retcon) more about Team Rocket deliberately cutting off the tails rather than waiting for them to fall off naturally, which they do according to Slowpoke's Pokédex entry in Sun. For instance, you can't buy any, but Slowpoke tails are listed as being on sale at the Thrifty Megamart in the Alola games. Presumably there are ethical Slowpoke farmers who harvest and sell the naturally shed tails, and then you have the black markets that try to make more money by producing them at an accelerated rate through forced severance.
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