7 things you can do to help prevent the Illegal Wildlife Trade
The illegal timber trade is worth billions of pounds a year. Illegal and highly destructive deforestation drives biodiversity decline and enables wildlife poaching and trafficking. Try to ensure products that contain palm oil do so from sustainable RSPO certified sources and only buy fish from sustainable sources whose supply chain can be ...
What is Poaching? The Illegal Wildlife Trade Explained
Stopping the illegal wildlife trade—including poaching and animal trafficking—involves conservation organizations, local communities and international governments.
Illegal wildlife trade has become one of the ‘world’s ... - INTERPOL
Nov 6, 2023 · Poaching and the trade in illegal wildlife is not just damaging the environment and killing at-risk species, but is costing the life of wildlife enforcement officers, with up to 100 rangers killed by poachers annually while protecting wildlife in their natural habitats.
Illegal Wildlife Trade and Its Innocent Victims - Save the Orangutan
Illegal wildlife trade often results in pet orangutans living under unnatural and extreme conditions. Some orangutans are sold to breeding centres in Egypt and Thailand, and others are sold to private and public zoos for entertaining exhibitions for tourists.
Combating Wildlife Trafficking | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Wildlife trafficking is an international crisis that involves the poaching, smuggling, and illegal trade of protected species. It is both a critical conservation concern and a threat to global security with significant effects on the national interests of the United States and our partners around the world.
Exotic pet trade, explained - National Geographic
Feb 20, 2019 · Some of this trade is legal, but many times animals are captured from the wild illegally to supply demand for exotic pets. The illicit sales of live animals comprises a major part of the...
Wildlife crime: a $23 billion trade that’s destroying our planet
Sep 28, 2016 · With a value of between $7 billion and $23 billion each year, illegal wildlife trafficking is the fourth most lucrative global crime after drugs, humans and arms. Trophy hunting is estimated to create around $200 million in annual revenue. Only 3% of the fees paid for the hunts reach local communities.
Stopping the Wildlife Trade - The Humane Society of the United States
Wild animals are targets for poaching, captive hunting, the fur trade, the exotic pet trade and more. Unless countries worldwide ban the wildlife trade, experts say, it is only a matter of time before another pandemic as bad or even worse than COVID-19 hits us.
FIGHTING WILDLIFE CRIME - PASA
PASA members rescue over 200 a year animals from the bushmeat trade, illegal wildlife poaching, and other dangerous conditions. Limbe Wildlife Centre, in Cameroon, launched a national rescue, rehabilitation and release program for …
Catalyzing Support for Global Species Threatened by Wildlife ...
Dec 13, 2024 · The SCCF cheetah initiative tackles the illegal capture of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) cubs for the live pet trade. In 2022, the Service awarded four grants to address the poaching of cheetahcubs from range countries in the Horn of Africa, including Somalia and Ethiopia, and the drivers for demand in the Arabian Peninsula.