
India’s exotic pet trade
The exotic pet trade in India is booming. In recent years, India has seen a surge in seizures by Indian Customs, indicative of an increasing
The exotic pet trade in India is booming. In recent years, India has seen a surge in seizures by Indian Customs, indicative of an increasing
In most jurisdictions around the world, successful prosecutions of high-level wildlife traffickers are rare. Law enforcement agencies often struggle to collect sufficient (and permissible) evidence
Thousands of tonnes of bushmeat are estimated to be smuggled into Europe each year, both for personal use and commercial trade. Bushmeat trafficking not only
It is February 2020 and the world is in the grip of another infectious disease outbreak. The disease, first reported from Wuhan, China, on 31
Since the early 2000s the world has seen an alarming surge in poaching and trafficking of protected wildlife species. These crimes impact not just biodiversity.
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