Rhino horn trade continues to be a highly lucrative business across the world.
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Organised crime always looks for new ways to make money. And zoo animals are an easy target.
Keeping non-native reptiles as pets is against the law – with good reason. Alien species traded on the black market can potentially establish themselves in the wild if they are released or escape.
The ivory trade is a very contentious issue and will be debated at CITES. It will revolve around maintaining or lifting the ban on trade. But the human element is likely to be ignored.
The CITES conference on international wildlife trade could determine whether these animals have a viable future.
Many scientific names have changed since China’s ‘protected species list’ was last updated in 1989.
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Australian Research Council Industry Laureate Fellow, University of Adelaide
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Research Fellow in Conservation Marketing, University of Oxford
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Postdoctoral Scholar in Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Stirling
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Chief research officer: Global Risk Governance Programme, Public Law Department, Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town
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Director, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
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PhD Researcher, Conservation Biology, UCL
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Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield
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Professor of Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Principal Lecturer in Ecotourism, Anglia Ruskin University
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Senior Lecturer, Mathematics, The University of Queensland
