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Wildlife smuggling or wildlife trafficking concerns the illegal gathering and trade of endangered species and protected wildlife, including plants and byproducts or products utilizing a species. [1] Research on wildlife smuggling has increased, however, knowledge of the illicit trade remains limited.
The Prince of Wales has warned of the "troubling reality" the planet faces, as he focused on the need to tackle illegal wildlife trade during a visit to South Africa. In a speech at a United for ...
Anti-poaching is the organised act to counter the poaching of wildlife. [1] However, it is generally used to describe an overall effort against the illegal wildlife trade. [2] [3] The act of anti-poaching is normally carried out by national parks on public land and by private security companies on privately owned land. Anti-poaching takes many ...
Indonesia's booming illegal animal trade is being brought down one step at a time by police. On Wednesday, a group of illegal traffickers were arrested and the animals rescued were brought to safety.
The destruction of ivory is a technique used by governments and conservation groups to deter the poaching of elephants for their tusks and to suppress the illegal ivory trade. As of 2016 [update] , more than 263 tonnes (580,000 lb) of ivory have been destroyed, typically by burning or crushing, in these high-profile events in 21 countries ...
Prince William is hailing an “unprecedented feat” in thwarting a huge illegal transport of endangered and vulnerable wildlife destined for the pet trade and returning them to their original ...
Illegal wildlife trade is widespread and constitutes one of the major illegal economic activities, comparable to the traffic of drugs and weapons. [2] Wildlife trade is a serious conservation problem, has a negative effect on the viability of many wildlife populations and is one of the major threats to the survival of vertebrate species. [3]
A US court on Tuesday sentenced a wildlife trade kingpin to 18 months in prison for conspiring to traffic hundreds of kilos of rhino horns, in a ruling conservation groups said would cause a major ...