Organized Crime Wiping Out Wildlife

Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

A paper by noted WCS conservationist Elizabeth Bennett says that an immense, increasingly sophisticated illegal trade in wildlife parts conducted by organized crime, coupled with antiquated enforcement methods, are decimating the world's most beloved species including rhinos, tigers, and elephants on a scale never before seen.

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