According to a UN report, there is evidence that captive breeding is being used in some instances as a guise for the illegal trafficking of wildlife and their body parts.
Some wildlife trafficking flows feed mainly illicit retail markets, while others feed into the licit trade. But legal industries can be contaminated by the introduction of illegal supply, and this vulnerability must be assessed to understand the criminal market.
Each case study presented in this report lends special insights into the way that wildlife trafficking is perpetrated, and suggests the drivers and dynamics…
Source: Farmers Weekly
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