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Indian Star Tortoises Are Slowly and Steadily Losing the Race for Survival

Subhashree Sahoo and Sandeep Kumar Gupta 04/04/2021

India is home to the Indian star tortoise's largest...

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Are Wildlife Trade Bans Doing the Opposite of What They Intend?

Natasha Gilbert, Knowable 21/11/2020

Trafficking in wild animal and plant products is driving...

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COVID-19: India Must Act Quickly to Open the Eyes of Its Laws to Exotic Species

Abhishek Chakravarty 12/06/2020

The terms 'exotic species' or 'exotic pets' are not...

Part of a shipment of 33 rhino horns seized by Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department is displayed during a news conference in Hong Kong

Why Is the Illicit Rhino Horn Trade Escalating?

Jacques Rigoulet 25/04/2017

Rhino horn trade continues to be a highly lucrative...

A keeper gives peanut to an orangutan inside a cage shortly after it arrived from Thailand at Halim Perdanakusuma airport in Jakarta

Trading in Extinction: Is Pet Trade Killing off Animal Species?

Alice Catherine Hughes 10/02/2017

Entire populations of 'pets' are being collected using academic...

Commercial Trade in all Eight Pangolin Species Has Just Been Banned

Mike Gaworecki 30/09/2016

Pangolins, which can be found in Asia and Africa,...

Madagascar’s Largest Tortoise Could Become Extinct In 2 Years

Shreya Dasgupta 30/09/2016

Fewer than 100 ploughshare tortoises remain in the wild,...