Friday, October 14, 2016

Ranking the Wishes

The recently-concluded 17th Conference of the Parties (CoP 17) of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), held in Johannesburg, South Africa has finally ranked the pangolin as the “most illegally traded mammal of the world”.

An adult female white bellied pangolin and her baby. Photo credit: Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.

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