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    Wildlife crime threatens many endangered species and is second only to habitat destruction as an overall threat. The illegal wildlife trade generates around $19 billion annually and is the fourth most profitable illicit trade. It has grown rapidly due to high demand for exotic pets, lack of enforcement, expansion of internet markets, and accessible transportation, though it causes animals to suffer and invasive species to harm ecosystems. Conservation groups aim to reduce trafficking through education, enforcement, and alternative livelihoods for poachers.

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    Wildlife crime threatens many endangered species and is second only to habitat destruction as an overall threat. The illegal wildlife trade generates around $19 billion annually and is the fourth most profitable illicit trade. It has grown rapidly due to high demand for exotic pets, lack of enforcement, expansion of internet markets, and accessible transportation, though it causes animals to suffer and invasive species to harm ecosystems. Conservation groups aim to reduce trafficking through education, enforcement, and alternative livelihoods for poachers.

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    Illegal

    Pet Trade

    Wildlife crime is the largest


    direct threat to many
    endangered species and is
    second only to habitat
    destruc7on in overall threats.

    Illegal wildlife trade generates


    revenues of around US $19 billion
    per year.

    Illegal wildlife trade is the worlds fourth


    most protable illicit trade (aDer arms,
    human tracking, and drug smuggling).

    Who is involved?

    Illegal Couriers (Transporters)

    Consumers
    Wildlife Poachers &
    Criminal Networks
    Vendors

    Chatuchak Market

    Slow lorises conscated in a 2010 Thai police raid of a Chatuchak


    Market pet shop.

    Why has the illegal pet


    trade grown so rapidly?

    High demand in
    consumer countries
    for exo7c pets

    Lack of enforcement at local, na7onal,


    and interna7onal levels

    Expansion of Internet as a global


    marketplace

    Easily accessible transporta7on


    op7ons

    Tourism

    Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Chonburi, Thailand

    Impacts

    Loss of Biodiversity in Aected Ecosystems

    Animals suer from malnutri7on, loneliness,


    injuries, and stress of connement

    Invasive species introduced into


    ecosystems

    Pet Burmese pythons let loose in Florida Everglades have decimated popula7ons
    of na7ve wildlife.

    Source of revenue for extremist and


    terrorist groups

    Solu7ons

    Conserva7on Organiza7ons

    Public Educa7on and Awareness

    Increase in Law
    Enforcement Eorts

    Stricter interna7onal
    legisla7on

    Support of alterna7ve
    livelihoods for poachers

    What can you do?


    Share your knowledge of the illegal pet trade with
    your friends and family
    Support campaigns and join clubs to reduce
    wildlife tracking in Thailand
    Next 7me you see an exo7c animal in a market in
    Thailand, ask yourself these ques7ons
    (Ac7onAsia):
    How many animals died for the shop or stall to obtain the one on
    display?
    What kind of suering did the animal endure en route?
    Who gets rich out of this trade, and who pays the price?
    What is the full and true price of buying this wild animal?

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