With baby gorillas fetching up to $550,000, the illicit trade is booming as demand for African great apes rises in China, the Middle East, and Pakistan.
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From baby gorillas being sold for over $500,000 in the illegal pet trade to the cruelty behind Europe’s love of frog legs, here is the latest news from Nat Geo's Wildlife Watch investigations team.
The USDA’s enforcement of animal welfare regulations is “woefully lax,” experts say.
A new unit of the federal agency will investigate the illegal trade in animals and work to thwart international criminal networks.
The country has sent thousands of lion skeletons to Asia—legally. Experts say this has encouraged an illegal trade, potentially endangering South Africa’s remaining wild lions.
Millions of wild frogs are killed and exported to the EU each year, but experts say there is little transparency around the trade, leading to inhumane practices and population declines of overexploited species.
Wildlife Watch is dedicated to shining light on commercial-scale exploitation of wildlife and other valued resources, identifying weaknesses in national and international efforts to protect wildlife, and empowering institutions and individuals working for a better world.
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