MPs sound alarm over 'very serious risk' of new pandemic from animal fur trade
In a letter to environment secretary Steve Reed, the cross-party group of 42 MPs and peers call for government backing for a ...
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Ángela Maldonado: Saving monkeys from an illegal Amazon wildlife trade
From narcos to navigating FARC paramilitaries, Angela Maldonado has been spearheading a campaign to protect the Amazon's night monkeys from an illegal wildlife trade ...
ZSI scientists find dog skin involvement in fake wild animal skin trade
Over the years illegal wildlife trade has emerged as a form of organised transnational crime that has threatened the ...
Global wildlife trade an enormous market; US imports billions of animals from 30,000 species
When people think of wildlife trade, they often picture smugglers sneaking in rare and endangered species from far-off countries. Yet most wildlife trade is actually legal, and the United States is ...
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Pet lemur trade in Texas threatens endangered species, endangers pet owners, experts say
His stepfather knew the owner of a pet store in Lubbock, and although exotic animal sellers don't always ... and the pet trade is making it more precarious for their survival.” ...
Baby Orangutan Rescued From Animal Smuggling Ring Has the Most Hopeful Eyes
Look at those big, beautiful eyes! People online are cheering after a baby orangutan and 16 other wild animals were saved from a smuggling ring in Chumphon, Thailand. Things could've been so bad for ...
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CITES secretariat urges suspension of Cambodian long-tailed macaque trade
The trade of endangered long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) from Cambodia should be suspended, according to ...
The tiny animal at the centre of the first major Brexit trade battle between UK and EU
The UK will fight in court for its right to ban fishing vessels from catching sand eels, small silvery fish which are often ...
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The global wildlife trade is an enormous market – the US imports billions of animals from nearly 30,000 species
However over half the individual animals from most groups of species, such as amphibians or mammals, still come from the wild, and there is no data on the impact of the wildlife trade on most wild ...