AR-News: (UK) Rare animals traded 'like drugs and guns'

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

This 10-day-old tiger cub was one of two seized from a London taxidermy dealer
Endangered animals are being traded in the same way as drugs and weapons, a 
wildlife conference in London heard today.
The London Wildlife Crime Conference was also told that criminal networks are 
taking over the smuggling of endangered species in a trade worth billions of 
pounds every year.
Officials from various enforcement agencies fighting the trade and smuggling 
of endangered species in London have gathered with local government officials 
at City Hall.




full story:
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.437404.0.rare_a
nimals_traded_like_drugs_and_guns.php

"The greatness of a nation and it's moral progress can be judged by the way 
it's animals are treated." ...Mahatma Gandhi
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