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71-424: The most basic level of anti-poaching are the on-site rangers. They are thought of as the first line of defence against the illegal wildlife trade . Rangers typically form squads, usually four men, filling complementary roles. These roles vary depending on the sophistication of the squads. In most situations, rangers are equipped with the bare necessities; a firearm, and a simple uniform. However, in recent times due to

142-714: A given area rangers patrol the boundaries of the areas. Technology is important to most anti-poaching groups as they are used as a force multiplier to protect large areas with only a small employ. A broad array of technological solutions have been trialed particularly in private game reserves and the Kruger National Park . Camera traps are commonly used throughout the world by rangers as a way to monitor wildlife and detect poacher presence. These provide critical post-hoc data to understanding poaching routes and intensity however increasingly in recent times they are deployed as connected units to provide real-time updates from

213-501: A greater amount of meat than small species. The volume of the bushmeat trade in West and Central Africa was estimated at 1–5 million tonnes (980,000–4,920,000 long tons; 1,100,000–5,500,000 short tons) per year at the turn of the 21st century. In 2002, it was estimated that species weighing more than 10 kg (22 lb) contribute 177.7 ± 358.4 kg/km (1,015 ± 2,046 lb/sq mi) of meat per year to

284-582: A lack of cross-border cooperation between India, Nepal and the People's Republic of China to coordinate enforcement operations and lack of political will to treat wildlife crime effectively. The poaching of elephants is a significant problem in Southern India and in the North-Eastern states of Nagaland and Mizoram . In 2015-17, Operation Shikkar led to the arrest of 72 individuals and

355-437: A management program. The use of legal trade and quotas have allowed management of a species as well as economic incentive for sustaining habitat with greater ecological benefits. Legalising the trade of products derived from endangered species is highly controversial. Many researchers have proposed that a well regulated legal market could benefit some endangered species by either flooding the market with products that drive down

426-747: A possible indirect means of transmission from the natural host to animal populations. The suspected index case for the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa in 2014 was a two-year-old boy in Meliandou in south-eastern Guinea, who played in a hollow tree harbouring a colony of Angolan free-tailed bats ( Mops condylurus ). Results of a study conducted during the Ebola crisis in Liberia showed that socio-economic conditions affected bushmeat consumption. During

497-423: A result of large population numbers or pests, there is potential for the use of legal trade to reduce illegal trade threatening many species. Legalizing the trade of species can allow for more regulated harvesting of animals and prevent illegal over-harvesting. Many environmentalists, scientists, and zoologists around the world are against legalizing pet trade of invasive or introduced species, as their release into

568-673: A rural area in southwestern Madagascar revealed that bushmeat hunters target bushpig ( Potamochoerus larvatus ), ring-tailed lemur ( Lemur catta ), Verreaux's sifaka ( Propithecus verreauxi ), Hubbard's sportive lemur ( Lepilemur hubbardorum ), fat-tailed dwarf lemur ( Cheirogaleus medius ), common tenrec ( Tenrec ecaudatus ), grey mouse lemur ( Microcebus murinus ), reddish-gray mouse lemur ( M. griseorufus ), Madagascan fruit bat ( Eidolon dupreanum ) and Madagascan flying fox ( Pteropus rufus ). Logging concessions operated by companies in African forests have been closely linked to

639-428: Is meat from wildlife species that are hunted for human consumption. Bushmeat represents a primary source of animal protein and a cash-earning commodity in poor and rural communities of humid tropical forest regions of the world. The numbers of animals killed and traded as bushmeat in the 1990s in West and Central Africa were thought to be unsustainable. By 2005, commercial harvesting and trading of bushmeat

710-747: Is captive-bred saltwater crocodiles, with some wild populations listed in Appendix I and others in Appendix II. Many animals are kept for months in markets waiting to be sold. The welfare of animals in trade is almost universally poor, with the vast majority of animals failing to receive even the most basic freedom from pain, hunger, distress, discomfort, and few opportunities to express normal behaviour. Reptiles specifically endure tight living spaces, torn claws and dehydration during capturing and transportation. Sometimes, they are also crushed from being stacked on top of each other. Bushmeat Bushmeat

781-627: Is higher when butchering a carcass than when transporting, cooking and eating it. Many hunters and traders are not aware of zoonosis and the risks of disease transmissions. An interview survey in rural communities in Nigeria revealed that 55% of the respondents knew of zoonoses , but their education and cultural traditions are important drivers for hunting and eating bushmeat despite the risks involved. Results of research on wild chimpanzees in Cameroon indicate that they are naturally infected with

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852-412: Is immense and continues to rise. According to an analysis to the 2012 Harmonized System customs statistics, global import of wildlife products amounted to US$ 187 billion, of which fisheries commodities accounted for $ 113 billion; plants and forestry products for $ 71 billion; non-fishery animal for $ 3 billion including live animals, parts and derivatives. However, the global trade of wildlife commodities

923-674: Is ineffectively monitored and accounted for due to the constraint of the HS Code System used by the customs worldwide. The majority of international imports of wildlife are only recorded in extremely basic and general categories, such as 'plant' or 'animal products', with no further taxonomic detail. It is estimated that near 50% of the global import of plant and 70% of animal products are imported as general categories, with an exception for fisheries (ca. 5%), thanks to various multilateral fishery management agreements that requires taxon-specific fish catch reporting. Many jurisdictions rely on

994-554: Is originally an African term for wildlife species that are hunted for human consumption, and usually refers specifically to the meat of African wildlife. In October 2000, the IUCN World Conservation Congress passed a resolution on the unsustainable commercial trade in wild meat . Affected countries were urged to recognize the increasing ramifications of the bushmeat trade, to strengthen and enforce legislation, and to develop action programmes to mitigate

1065-615: Is present in the markets as photo props, sold for decoration, used in medicinal practices, sold as pets and used to decorate shops. Large numbers of reptiles are sold in the markets, especially spur-thighed tortoises. Although leopards have most likely been extirpated from Morocco, their skins can regularly be seen sold openly as medicinal products or decoration in the markets. Although the volume of animals traded may be greater in Southeast Asia, animal trading in Latin America

1136-488: Is prohibited. This rule applies to all species threatened with extinction, except in exceptional circumstances. Commercial trade of endangered species listed under Appendix II and III is not prohibited, although Parties must provide non-detriment finding to show that the species in the wild is not being unsustainably harvested for the purpose of trade. Specimens of Appendix I species that were bred in captivity for commercial purposes are treated as Appendix II. An example of this

1207-484: Is rampant. Capturing the baby tamarins , marmosets , spider monkeys , saki monkeys , in order to sell them, often requires shooting the mother primate out of a treetop with her clinging child; the youngster may or may not survive the fall. With the human population increasing, such practices have a serious impact on the future prospects for many threatened species. The United States is a popular destination for Amazonian rainforest animals. They are smuggled across borders

1278-494: Is widespread and constitutes one of the major illegal economic activities, comparable to the traffic of drugs and weapons . Wildlife trade is a serious conservation problem, has a negative effect on the viability of many wildlife populations and is one of the major threats to the survival of vertebrate species. The illegal wildlife trade has been linked to the emergence and spread of new infectious diseases in humans, including emergent viruses . Global initiative like

1349-517: Is widespread as well. In open air Amazon markets in Iquitos and Manaus , a variety of rainforest animals are sold openly as meat, such as agoutis , peccaries , turtles, turtle eggs, walking catfish, etc. In addition, many species are sold as pets. The keeping of parrots and monkeys as pets by villagers along the Amazon is commonplace. But the sale of these "companion" animals in open markets

1420-652: The Chinko area between 2012 and 2017 is attributed to their poaching activities. They use livestock to transport bushmeat to markets. Animal sources may have been the cause for infectious diseases such as tuberculosis , leprosy , cholera , smallpox , measles , influenza , and syphilis acquired by early agrarians. The emergence of HIV-1 , AIDS , Ebola virus disease , and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease are attributed to animal sources today. Thomas's rope squirrel ( Funisciurus anerythrus ) and red-legged sun squirrel ( Heliosciurus rufobrachium ) were found to carry MPXV in

1491-760: The Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1980s. Outbreaks of the Ebola virus in the Congo Basin and in Gabon in the 1990s have been associated with the butchering and consumption of chimpanzees and bonobos . Bushmeat hunters in Central Africa infected with the human T-lymphotropic virus were closely exposed to wild primates. Anthrax can be transmitted when butchering and eating ungulates. The risk of bloodborne diseases to be transmitted

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1562-748: The Democratic Republic of the Congo . The 301 mammal species threatened by hunting for bushmeat comprise 126 primates, 65 even-toed ungulates, 27 bats, 26 diprotodont marsupials, 21 rodents, 12 carnivores and all pangolin species. Primate species offered fresh and smoked in 2009 at a wildlife market by Liberia's Cavally River included chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ), Diana monkey ( Cercopithecus diana ), putty-nosed monkey ( C. nictitans ), lesser spot-nosed monkey ( C. petaurista ), Campbell's mona monkey ( C. campbelli ), sooty mangabey ( Cercocebus atys ), king colobus ( Colobus polykomos ), olive colobus ( Procolobus verus ), western red colobus ( P. badius ). Duiker species constituted more than half of

1633-449: The Gabon populations of western gorilla ( Gorilla gorilla ) and common chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes ) were estimated to have declined by 56%. This decline was primarily caused by the commercial hunting, which was facilitated by the extended infrastructure for logging purposes. Marsh mongoose ( Atilax paludinosus ) and long-nosed mongoose ( Herpestes naso ) are the most numerous small carnivores offered in rural bushmeat markets in

1704-669: The Tres Fronteras region found that those who consumed bushmeat were at a lower risk of anemia and chronic health conditions, as their diets included more iron , zinc , and vitamin C than those who did not eat bushmeat. In Ghana , international illegal over-exploitation of African fishing grounds has increased demand for bushmeat. Both European Union -subsidized fleets and local commercial fleets have depleted fish stocks, leaving local people to supplement their diets with animals hunted from nature reserves. Over 30 years of data link sharp declines in both mammal populations and

1775-591: The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the World Conservation Union (IUCN), told Reuters in an interview "The situation regarding the illegal trade in wildlife parts in India is very grim. It is a vast, a varied trade ranging from smuggling of rare medicinal plants to butterflies to peafowl to tigers and it is difficult to predict how big it is, but the threats and dimensions suggest that

1846-427: The simian foamy virus and constitute a reservoir of HIV-1, a precursor of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in humans . There are several distinct strains of HIV, indicating that this cross-species transfer has occurred several times. Simian immunodeficiency virus present in chimpanzees is reportedly derived from older strains of the virus present in the collared mangabey ( Cercocebus torquatus ) and

1917-770: The Australian government. Kangaroos are currently legally harvested for commercial trade and export in Australia. There are a number of species included in the trade including: Harvesting of kangaroos for legal trade does not occur in National Parks and is determined by quotas set by state government departments. Active kangaroo management has gained a commercial value in the trade of kangaroo meat , hides and other products. Alligators have been traded commercially in Florida and other American states as part of

1988-530: The Democratic Republic of the Congo are infected by Armillifer grandis , which represent a threat to public health. Suggestions for reducing or halting bushmeat harvest and trade include: As an alternative to bushmeat, captive breeding of species traditionally harvested from the wild is sometimes feasible. Captive breeding efforts must be closely monitored, as there is risk they can be used to launder and legitimize individuals captured from

2059-597: The Middle East, North America and Africa. The Chatuchak weekend market in Bangkok is a known center of illicit wildlife trade, and the sale of lizards, primates, and other endangered species has been widely documented. Trade routes connecting in Southeast Asia link Madagascar to the United States (for the sale of turtles, lemurs, and other primates), Cambodia to Japan (for the sale of slow lorises as pets), and

2130-531: The U.S. Agency for International Development and external funders, is one response to the region's illegal wildlife trade networks. There is no clear relationship between the legality of wildlife trade and its sustainability; a species can be legally traded to extinction but it is also possible for illegal trade to be sustainable Notable trade hubs of the wildlife trade include Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok , which offers smugglers direct jet service to Europe,

2201-469: The UN convention on biological diversity stated: "We have seen many diseases emerge over the years, such as Zika, Aids, Sars and Ebola, and they all originated from animal populations under conditions of severe environmental pressures." Outbreaks of zoonotic diseases including COVID-19 , H5N1 avian flu , severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and monkeypox have been traced to live wildlife markets where

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2272-680: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 15 have a target to end the illegal supply of wildlife. Wildlife use is a general term for all uses of wildlife products, including ritual or religious uses, consumption of bushmeat and different forms of trade. Wildlife use is usually linked to hunting or poaching . Wildlife trade can be differentiated in legal and illegal trade, and both can have domestic (local or national) or international markets, but they might be often related with each other. The volume of international trade in wildlife commodities

2343-461: The amount of activity is still negligible compared to the amount on the open or surface web. As stated in an examination of search engine key words relating to wildlife trade in an article published by Conservation Biology , "This negligible level of activity related to the illegal trade of wildlife on the dark web relative to the open and increasing trade on the surface web may indicate a lack of successful enforcement against illegal wildlife trade on

2414-534: The biomass of 41 wildlife species with a decreased supply of fish. Consumption of fish and of bushmeat is correlated: the decline of one resource drives up the demand and price for the other. Transhumant pastoralists from the border area between Sudan and the Central African Republic are accompanied by armed merchants who also engage in poaching large herbivores . The decline of giant eland , Cape buffalo, hartebeest and waterbuck in

2485-436: The brunt of anti-tiger poaching measures, despite the main reason for the tiger population crash in the 20th century being due to hunting by European colonists and Indian elites. In fact, contrary to popular belief, there is strong evidence to show that they effectively regulate and manage animal populations. Interpol has estimated the extent of the illegal wildlife trade between $ 10 billion and $ 20 billion per year. While

2556-470: The bushmeat extracted in the Congo Basin , based on 24 individuals. Species weighing less than 10 kg (22 lb) were estimated to contribute 35.4 ± 72.2 kg/km (202 ± 412 lb/sq mi), also based on 24 individuals. Bushmeat extraction in the Amazon rainforest was estimated to be much lower, at 3.69 ± 3.9 kg/km (21.1 ± 22.3 lb/sq mi) in

2627-816: The bushmeat trade. Because they provide roads, trucks and other access to remote forests, they are the primary means for the transportation of hunters and meat between forests and urban centres. Some, including the Congolaise Industrielle du Bois (CIB) in the Republic of Congo , partnered with governments and international conservation organizations to regulate the bushmeat trade within the concessions where they operate. Numerous solutions are needed; because each country has different circumstances, traditions and laws, no one solution will work in every location. Bushmeat can be an important source of micronutrients and macronutrients . A study of South Americans in

2698-627: The case of species weighing more than 10 kg and 0.6 ± 0.9 kg/km (3.4 ± 5.1 lb/sq mi) in the case of species weighing less than 10 kg, based on 3 individuals. Based on these estimates, a total of 2,200,000 t (2,200,000 long tons; 2,400,000 short tons) bushmeat is extracted in the Congo Basin per year, ranging from 12,938 t (12,734 long tons; 14,262 short tons) in Equatorial Guinea to 1,665,972 t (1,639,661 long tons; 1,836,420 short tons) in

2769-433: The consequences of the trade. Donor organisations were requested to provide funding for the implementation of such programmes. Wildlife hunting for food is important for the livelihood security of and supply of dietary protein for poor people. It can be sustainable when carried out by traditional hunter-gatherers in large landscapes for their own consumption. Due to the extent of bushmeat hunting for trade in markets,

2840-683: The country. In the late 1990s, fresh and smoked bonobo ( Pan paniscus ) carcasses were observed in Basankusu in the Province of Équateur in the Congo Basin. The main species killed by bushmeat hunters in Tanzania's Katavi - Rukwa Region include impala ( Aepyceros melampus ), common duiker ( Sylvicapra grimmia ), warthog ( Phacocherus africanus ), Cape buffalo ( Syncerus caffer ), harnessed bushbuck, red river hog ( Potamochoerus porcus ) and plains zebra ( Equus quagga ). A survey in

2911-450: The crisis, there was a decrease in bushmeat consumption and daily meal frequency. In addition, preferences for bushmeat species stayed the same. In Cameroon, 15 primate species were examined for gastrointestinal parasites . Bushmeat primates were infected with Trichuris , Entamoeba , Ascaris , Capillaria , pinworms , Bertiella and Endolimax nana . A large proportion of Bitis vipers sold at rural bushmeat markets in

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2982-504: The declared HS Code of the consignments for detection and prosecution of illegal wildlife import. The lack of specificity of HS Code precludes effective monitoring and traceability of global wildlife trade. There is an increasing call for a reform of the HS Code to strengthen monitoring and enforcement of global wildlife trade. Different forms of wildlife trade or use (utilization, hunting, trapping, collection or over-exploitation) are

3053-630: The exotic pet trade, captive wildlife are held in sanctuaries which have been involved in illegal wildlife trade. In Thailand the Tiger Temple was closed in 2016 due to being accused of clandestine exchange of tigers. Illegal wildlife trade in India has increased. According to a report published by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) in 2004, India is the chief target for the traders of wildlife skin. Between 1994 and 2003, there have been 784 cases where

3124-417: The illegal nature; vendors rather not risk that the chameleons were to be discovered and so do not ship them in plain view. Due to the very low survival rate, it also means that far higher amounts of organisms (in this case chameleons) are taken away from the ecosystem, to make up for the losses. In many instances, tribal people have become the victims of the fallout from poaching . With increased demand in

3195-440: The illegal wildlife trade, tribal people are often direct victims of the measures implemented to protect wildlife. Often reliant upon hunting for food, they are prevented from doing so, and are frequently illegally evicted from their lands following the creation of nature reserves aimed to protect animals. Tribal people are often falsely accused of contributing to the decline of species – in the case of India, for example, they bear

3266-573: The ladder ensure that the species below them do not become too abundant (hence controlling the population of those below them). Animals lower on the ladder are often non-carnivorous (but instead herbivorous ) and control the abundance of plant species in a region. Due to the very large amounts of species that are removed from the ecosystem, it is not inconceivable that environmental problems will result, similar to e.g. overfishing , which causes an overabundance of jellyfish blooms. Furthermore, research suggests that invasive species are over represented in

3337-657: The mandate to conserve and manage wildlife in Kenya, and to enforce related laws and regulations. It manages the biodiversity of the country, protecting and conserving the flora and fauna. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is a non-profit, marine conservation organization based in the United States however operating globally throughout International waters to prevent illegal fishing and whaling . The tactics of Sea Shepherd have been opposed, even by some who denounce whaling, such as Greenpeace . Wildlife trade#Illegal wildlife trade Wildlife trade refers to

3408-455: The number of found elephant carcasses increased approximately six times in the years 2014–2018 and the country legalized elephant hunting in May 2019. At the same time, the elephants began to die from a mysterious disease that possibly presents a danger to humans. Morocco has been identified as a transit country for wildlife moving from Africa to Europe due to its porous borders with Spain. Wildlife

3479-633: The popularity wildlife protection many organisations have been able to obtain the funding to equip their rangers. Rangers perform varied tasks in their daily duties. Patrols make up the majority of a rangers time. Different organisations adopt different strategies to patrols, which is typically based on the animals under their protection. Rangers only protecting a few animals may be tasked with protecting one per squad. This only occurs for large mammals as generally other animals are difficult to track each new day, to make this task easier tracking devices are employed. For smaller animals, or to protect all animals in

3550-574: The potential for zoonotic transmission is greatly increased. Wildlife markets in China have been implicated in the 2002 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic . It is thought that the market environment provided optimal conditions for the coronaviruses of zoonotic origin that caused both outbreaks to mutate and subsequently spread to humans. Nonetheless, the COVID-19 pandemic declaration – and

3621-632: The price of illegal products, decreasing the incentive to illegally harvest, or by providing revenue that could fund the species's conservation. However, laundering and corruption pose a major obstacle to implementing such policies, as illegal harvesters attempt to disguise illegal product as legal when trade is legalized. Under the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ), species listed under Appendix I are threatened with extinction, and commercial trade in wild-caught specimens, or products derived from them,

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3692-639: The 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. Legal wildlife trade is regulated by the United Nations ' Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which currently has 184 member countries called Parties . Illegal wildlife trade

3763-494: The protected areas to ranger units. The British Army launched Operation Corded in 2018 to provide support to rangers and anti-poaching programs in Southern Africa. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) is a Kenyan state corporation that was established in 1989 to conserve and manage Kenya's wildlife. It is established under an Act of Parliament Cap 376 (The Wildlife Conservation and Management (Amendment 1989) Act) with

3834-535: The putty-nosed monkey. It is likely that HIV was initially transferred to humans after having come into contact with infected bushmeat. The natural reservoirs of ebolaviruses are unknown. Possible reservoirs include non-human primates , megabats , rodents, shrews, carnivores, and ungulates. Between October 2001 and December 2003, five Ebola virus outbreaks occurred in the border area between Gabon and Republic of Congo. Autopsies of wildlife carcasses showed that chimpanzees, gorillas and bay duikers were infected with

3905-885: The sale of many species to China. Despite international and local laws designed to crack down on the trade, live animals and animal parts – often those of endangered or threatened species – are sold in open-air markets throughout Asia. The animals involved in the trade end up as trophies, or in specialty restaurants. Some are used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Despite the name, elements of TCM are widely adopted throughout East and Southeast Asia, among both Chinese and non-Chinese communities. The trade also includes demand for exotic pets especially birds, and consumption of wildlife for meat. Large volumes of fresh water tortoises and turtles, snakes, pangolins and monitor lizards are consumed as meat in Asia, including in specialty restaurants that feature wildlife as gourmet dining. Related to

3976-426: The same way illegal drugs are – in the trunks of cars, in suitcases, in crates disguised as something else. In Venezuela more than 400 animal species are involved in subsistence hunting, domestic and international (illegal) trade. These activities are widespread and might overlap in many regions, although they are driven by different markets and target different species. In Brazil, the wildlife trade has grown over

4047-422: The second major threat to endangered mammals and it also ranks among the first ten threats to birds , amphibians and cycads . Wildlife trade threatens the local ecosystem , and puts all species under additional pressure at a time when they are facing threats such as over-fishing , pollution , dredging , deforestation and other forms of habitat destruction . In the food chain , species higher up on

4118-528: The seizure of 464 kg of ivory. The majority of tiger poaching happen in Madhya Pradesh , Uttar Pradesh, Orissa , West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh . There was a famous leopard poaching case at Mankulam in Kerala in 2021. Following is a comparison of reported cases of tiger and leopard poaching from 1998 to 2003: Samir Sinha, head of TRAFFIC India , the wildlife trade monitoring arm of

4189-459: The skins of tiger, leopard or otter have been seized. Leopards , rhinoceros , reptiles , birds, insects, rare species of plants are being smuggled into the countries in Southeast Asia and the People's Republic of China. Between 1994 and 2003, poaching and seizure of 698 otters have been documented in India. Kathmandu is a key staging point for illegal skins smuggled from India bound for Tibet and PRC. The report by EIA noted there has been

4260-416: The subsequent quarantines – increased online trade in wildlife. The isolation of quarantine itself immediately became the selling point, with pets as companions and distractions. In some instances; such as the sale of chameleons from Madagascar , organisms are transported by boat or via the air to consumers. The survival rate of these is extremely poor (only 1% survival rate). This is undoubtedly caused by

4331-672: The surface web." A study conducted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (Ifaw) in 2018 revealed online sales of endangered wildlife (on the list of the global Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species ) was pervasive across Europe. Ivory accounted for almost 20 percent of the items offered. Legal trade of wildlife has occurred for many species for a number of reasons, including commercial trade, pet trade as well as conservation attempts. Whilst most examples of legal trade of wildlife are as

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4402-481: The survival of those species that are large-bodied and reproduce slowly is threatened. The term bushmeat crisis was coined in 2007 and refers to this dual threat of depleting food resources and wildlife extinctions , both entailed by the bushmeat trade. Globally, more than 1,000 animal species are estimated to be affected by hunting for bushmeat. Bushmeat hunters use mostly leg-hold snare traps to catch any wildlife, but prefer to kill large species, as these provide

4473-1059: The total 723 animals offered. In 2012, the bushmeat trade was surveyed in three villages in the Sassandra Department , Ivory Coast . During six months, nine restaurants received 376 mammals and eight reptiles, including dwarf crocodile ( Osteolaemus tetraspis ), harnessed bushbuck ( Tragelaphus scriptus ), Maxwell's duiker ( Philantomba maxwellii ), bay duiker ( Cephalophus dorsalis ), Campbell's mona monkey, lesser spot-nosed monkey, potto ( Perodicticus potto ), tree pangolin ( Phataginus tricuspis ), long-tailed pangolin ( P. tetradactyla ), African brush-tailed porcupine ( Atherurus africanus ), giant pouched rat ( Cricetomys gambianus ), greater cane rat ( Thryonomys swinderianus ), striped ground squirrel ( Xerus erythropus ) and western tree hyrax ( Dendrohyrax dorsalis ). About 128,400 straw-coloured fruit bats ( Eidolon helvum ) were estimated in 2011 to be traded as bushmeat every year in four cities in southern Ghana. In 2006, it

4544-571: The trade is a global one, with routes extending to every continent, conservationists say the problem is most acute in Southeast Asia . There, trade linkages to key markets in China, the United States, and the European Union; lax law enforcement; weak border controls; and the perception of high profit and low risk contribute to large-scale commercial wildlife trafficking. The ASEAN Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN), supported by

4615-403: The trade is increasing". Many African species are traded both within the country of origin and internationally. Charismatic mega-fauna are among commonly traded species native to the African continent including African elephants , pangolin , rhinoceros , leopards , and lions . Other animals such as vultures play a role in trade, both domestically and internationally. In northern Botswana

4686-516: The virus. The Ebola virus has been linked to bushmeat, with some researchers hypothesizing that megabats are a primary host of at least some variants of Ebola virus. Between the first recorded outbreak in 1976 and the largest in 2014, the virus has transferred from animals to humans only 30 times, despite large numbers of bats being killed and sold each year. Bats drop partially eaten fruits and pulp, then terrestrial mammals such as gorillas and duikers feed on these fruits. This chain of events forms

4757-600: The wild, be it intentional or not, could compete with indigenous species, and lead to their endangerment. Trade of crocodiles in Australia has been largely successful. Saltwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus porosus ) and freshwater crocodiles ( Crocodylus johnstoni ) are listed under CITES Appendix II. Commercial harvesting of these crocodiles occurs in Northern Territory , Queensland and Western Australia , including harvesting from wild populations as well as approved captive breeding programs based on quotas set by

4828-502: The wildlife trade, and are over 7 times more frequently traded than other species in the global pool. This may be due to a specific preference for invasive species in the trade. According to the United Nations , World Health Organization and World Wildlife Foundation , the Coronavirus disease 2019 is linked to the destruction of nature, especially to deforestation, habitat loss in general and wildlife trade. The head of

4899-622: The years, as it one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Mammals and amphibians are among the highest traded animals. In recent studies, non-native species of amphibians and mammals were identified in Brazil, with frogs and rodents, respectively, posing the greatest invasion risks. The online trade of amphibians as exotic pets has risen almost six times since 2015. Through both deep web (password protected, encrypted) and dark web (special portal browsers) markets, participants can trade and transact illegal substances, including wildlife. However

4970-476: Was considered a threat to biodiversity . As of 2016, 301 terrestrial mammals were threatened with extinction due to hunting for bushmeat including non-human primates , even-toed ungulates , bats , diprotodont marsupials , rodents and carnivores occurring in developing countries . Bushmeat provides increased opportunity for transmission of several zoonotic viruses from animal hosts to humans, such as Ebolavirus and HIV . The term 'bushmeat'

5041-817: Was estimated that about 1,437,458 animals are killed every year in the Nigerian and Cameroon parts of the Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests , including about 43,880 Emin's pouched rats ( Cricetomys emini ), 41,800 tree pangolins, 39,700 putty-nosed monkeys, 22,500 Mona monkeys ( Cercopithecus mona ), 3,500 red-eared guenons ( C. erythrotis ), 20,300 drills ( Mandrillus leucophaeus ), 15,300 African civets ( Civettictis civetta ), 11,900 common kusimanses ( Crossarchus obscurus ), more than 7,600 African palm civets ( Nandinia binotata ), 26,760 Nile monitors ( Varanus niloticus ) and 410 African forest elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis ). Between 1983 and 2002,

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