In response to record poaching rates, WWF launches a global campaign calling governments to combat illegal wildlife trade and reduce demand for illicit endangered species products. Demand for ivory, rhino horn and tiger parts from consumer markets in Asia is driving wild populations dangerously close to extinction. [Lees meer…]
WWF launches campaign wildlife crime
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“Tens of thousands elephants killed in 2011”
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Although the latest figures have yet to be published, Secretary-General John Scanlon of CITES already reports the illegal killings of elephants in Africa is likely to run into tens of thousands in 2011. At the ongoing rate, according to Scanlon, illegal activities are pushing the species to extinction.
