About Wildlife Trade
Wildlife trade refers to the commerce of products that are derived from non-domesticated animals or plants usually extracted from their natural environment or raised under controlled conditions. It can involve the trade of living or dead individuals, tissues such as skins, bones or meat, or other products.
Tiger population growing in Himalayan kingdom Bhutan
... This is due to issues such as a loss of habitat due to human habitation and climate change, as well as illegal Wildlife Trade...
Chester Zoo okapi birth will help reveal secrets of species, keeper says
... They said okapis were also hunted for meat, which is consumed locally, and their skins, which have a high value in the illegal Wildlife Trade...
Sharks and songbirds get new trade protections
... The meeting takes place against the backdrop of an Other animals given additional protections in the international Wildlife Trade treaty, known as CITES, include dozens of freshwater turtles and frogs...
Ivory seized decades ago still turning up in raids
... In 2004 scientists from Wildlife Trade experts, Traffic International, examined the stores which comprised almost 84 tonnes, made up of 15,000 tusks...
Prince William warns of organised crime threat to wildlife
... Those involved in the illegal Wildlife Trade should " face an international response as powerful and co-ordinated as any other serious and organised crime" he told 300 delegates, including from conservation groups and law enforcement agencies...
Elephant tusk ivory sold on eBay a decade after self-imposed ban
... Scrolling for wildlifeEBay is not the only online platform that Wildlife Traders have exploited...
Chester Zoo welcomes birth of 'tiny' rare monkey
... " The 10cm-tall creatures have a distinctive look with heads striped with white fur and are often found in the illegal Wildlife Trade...
Parrots for sale: The internet's role in illicit trade
... On the surface, the illicit Wildlife Trade is as it always has been - secret shipment routes, forged customs documents, and covert warehouses...
Chester Zoo welcomes birth of 'tiny' rare monkey
An extremely rare cotton-top tamarin monkey has been born at Chester Zoo .
The miniature species, weighing just 40g, is among The World 's most endangered primates, with only about 2,000 left in The Wild .
Zoo Keeper Siobhan Ward said: " It's a little too tiny and a bit early on to determine its gender at The Moment . "
The 10cm-tall creatures have a distinctive look with heads striped with white fur and are often found in The Illegal Wildlife Trade .
The Zoo said the species is predicted to decline by 80% over The Next 20 years.
Nick Davis , The Zoo 's deputy curator of mammals, said their striking appearance " tends to draw poachers" and their wild habitats have been destroyed by commercial logging.
He continued: " Their crest of hair raises up when then they get excited, or feel that they need to warn off danger, making them look bigger and more intimidating.
" It wasn't that long ago that these miniature primates were seen as quite a common species.
" So their dramatic demise over The Last few years shows just how a species thought to be safe can change so rapidly. "
The Zoo said The Animals were highly intelligent and can live for about 25 years but should never be kept as pets.
Source of news: bbc.com
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