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The Trade in Wildlife

Wildlife is highly traded for food, entertainment, traditional medicines, exotic pets, and fashion ...

forming a worldwide trade chain of billions of USD per year,

while posing many challenges to animal welfare, species conservation,

ecosystems, public health, and sustainable development.

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Thousands of wild animals are hunted or kept in captivity.

Not only does this cause great suffering to animals,

but it is also driving some species to the brink of extinction.

Asiatic black bear
  • SpeciesUrsus thibetanus
  • Protection ClassClass II Species in China / Appendix I of the CITES
  • ThreatenedIUCN VU
  • ConditionsIUCN estimates that the population of Asiatic black bears in the wild has overall declined by 31% over the past 30 years, with poaching, habitat loss, and consumer demand for bear bile and paw products being the main threats to their survival.
  • Pangolin
  • SpeciesManis pentadactyla
  • Protection ClassClass I Species in China / Appendix I of the CITES
  • Threatened8 pangolin species are listed as CR, EN and VU in IUCN Red List
  • ConditionsPangolin is one of the most highly trafficked mammals. More than a million pangolins are believed to have been killed for the traditional Asian medicine trade between 2000 - 2013. China's pangolin population has declined 90% since the 1970s.
  • African Lion
  • SpeciesPanthera leo
  • Protection ClassAppendix I of the CITES (Asiatic Lion), Appendix II of the CITES (African Lion)
  • ThreatenedIUCN VU (African Lion), IUCN EN (Asiatic Lion)
  • ConditionsThere are fewer than 25,000 African lions living in the wild today, half the number 25 years ago. Asiatic lion populations are even smaller, with only about 600 individuals in India.
  • Tiger
  • SpeciesPanthera tigris
  • Protection ClassClass I Species in China / Appendix I of the CITES
  • ThreatenedIUCN EN
  • ConditionsThere are less than 4,000 tigers left in the wild. A hundred years ago, there were 100,000 tigers in Asia. Frequent hunting and habitat destruction have brought them to the brink of extinction.
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