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Wildlife trade and trafficking

The illegal trade of wildlife, worth roughly $19 billion (17 billion euros) each year, is the world's fourth largest illegal international trade - after narcotics, counterfeiting, and human trafficking.

Trade and traffic in animals is many driving species around the world toward extinction. Efforts are being made to stem the trade. Below is an automated compilation of DW content on wildlife trade and trafficking.

The man who saves the elephants 25.07.2018

Tanzania is being hit hard by poaching. For nearly 50 years, Gerald Bigurube has fought to protect his country's wildlife - despite a lack of resources and financial help. Now he is being recognized for his dedication to the cause.
Limpopo Province Afrikanische Elefanten

De Beers to relocate 200 elephants from South Africa to Mozambique 23.07.2018

The diamond producer has said its reserve in South Africa is overpopulated with the pachyderms. The move could boost the elephant population in Mozambique, which has one of the highest rates of poaching for ivory.
Spitzmaulnashorn Kenia

Black rhinos die after relocation to national park in Kenya 13.07.2018

The Kenyan government said the death of eight black rhinos was "unprecedented" in more than a decade of such transfers. The black rhino is critically endangered, with just over 5,000 remaining worldwide.
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DW Business – Europe & America 10.07.2018

Skirting Tariffs - Ivory Trade
USA Tiger in Gefangenschaft Collins Zoo Rescue

Tigers prowl Texas backyards 28.06.2018

A couple of thousand tigers — many owned as pets — live in Texas. That gives the US state the second-largest population of the endangered species in the world, after India. It's a major challenge for tiger conservation.
Kanada Interpol Operation Thunderstorm

Police seize thousands of animals in wildlife trade crackdown 20.06.2018

A month-long operation in May recovered thousands of animals and tons of timber from smugglers and illegal loggers. The operation involved police, customs and wildlife authorities in 92 countries.
Nneota Egbe

Welcome to the latest edition of eco@africa 15.06.2018

On this week's eco@africa, we shop at a Food Assembly in Germany, see how Lake Victoria's water hyacinths can be used as fertilizer and visit a chimpanzee orphanage in Liberia. Check out the show for this and much more.
Russland Baikalsee

Our beautiful planet: Russia's Lake Baikal 25.05.2018

The world’s oldest and deepest lake curves for miles across Siberia in southern Russia. It’s a haven for rare wildlife and a top tourist destination – but due to poaching and pollution, the lake is now under threat.

Stör Störfisch

Poaching, dams imperil ancient Danube fish 24.05.2018

Can scientists, activists, fishermen and consumers find a way to save the ancient Danube sturgeon? Killing the appetite for wild caviar would help, say conservationists.

Online boom in illegal wildlife trade 23.05.2018

An investigation has found that the online market for endangered wildlife is booming. The International Fund for Animal Welfare spent six weeks combing the Internet for advertisements hawking protected animals.
Tansania Terrapin Schildkröte

Internet provides vast platform for illegal trade of live animals 23.05.2018

A fresh study by the International Fund for Animal Welfare has highlighted the vast quantity of live animals and their body parts that are available for sale online and the threat this poses to their survival.
Kongo Virunga Nationalpark Kongo Jungtier Berggorilla Touristen

Living Planet: The mountain gorilla's human friends and foe 10.05.2018

Civil war, deforestation, disease and poaching nearly drove mountain gorillas at Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park to extinction, and humans remain their biggest threat. But thanks to conservation efforts and ecotourism, numbers of the gentle giants are increasing again.

Tansania Löwen

Lions: An apex predator under threat 20.04.2018

Lions were once found all over Africa, now they prowl the plains and open woodlands of just a few countries. Why are these charismatic animals so threatened?

Indischer Filmschauspieler Salman Khan

Bollywood star Salman Khan handed jail term for poaching 05.04.2018

The Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been given a five-year jail sentence after he was found guilty of poaching two blackbuck antelopes. The case has gripped movie-obsessed India for the past two decades.
Schnüffelratten bekämpfen den transnationalen Wildtierhandel

Miniature sleuths to sniff out transnational wildlife crooks 27.03.2018

Bloodhounds and other sniffer dogs have been helping to track down villains for centuries — but when space is tight, Africa's "sniffer rats" could be perfect for the job.
Letztes männliches Nördliches Breitmaulnashorn der Welt gestorben

Sudan, world's last male northern white rhino, dies 20.03.2018

The world's last male northern white rhino, named Sudan, has died in Kenya. His death means that only two females from the subspecies survive. The rhino, which would have been too old to breed, had to be euthanized.
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