illegal Species Trafficking 
Critter News
AUGUST 14, 2009
The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangered species came into effect. Tags: wildlife crime UK wildlife trafficking Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers endangered species.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2009
One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law? Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking endangered species.
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Critter News
AUGUST 25, 2009
Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Tags: wildlife crime wildlife trafficking africa primates endangered species cameroon. This is totally fraudulent, however, because CITES bans international trade and does not issues such permits.
Critter News
DECEMBER 30, 2008
Wonder if something is made from illegal ivory? Espinoza and Mary-Jacque Mann, published in cooperation with the CITES Secretariat, and was developed to give information about a nondestructive and visual means of tentatively distinguishing clearly legal ivory from suspected illegal ivory at ports of entry. From the web page.
Critter News
AUGUST 19, 2008
The three-year-olds' debut is a joint effort between police and the World Wildlife Fund to help stop the illegal but lucrative trade in rare species — which the organization estimates is a $293 billion annual business. Incredible that illegal smuggling is estimated at $293 billion. That's huge.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 7, 2020
The simple answer is monetary gain, there is a global black market for these items, regardless of the species’ vulnerability for extinction. He interviews breeders about rumors of raptor trafficking and egg smuggling, activities that have supposedly been stopped. He describes how white Gyrfalcons are prized for their beauty and power.
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