According to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the loss of species we are seeing today is estimated to be between 1,000 to 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. Simply put, these species would exist today if humans weren't around. What's worse is the estimated 0.01% to 0.1% rate of extinction that has been calculated means between 200 and 10,000 are going extinct every year.
And who is responsible?
We are. Animal trafficking is one of the biggest reasons. Illegal hunting of endangered species for medicines, jewellery and decorative items is pushing them to the brink and putting the delicate balance of nature in jeapordy. Unfortunately, trafficking is still rampant across the world. Here's proof.
1. In the past two months authorities have prevented nearly 700 tortoise from being smuggled out of India. How many weren't caught is anybody's guess.
2. A seized head of a Royal Bengal tiger outside a hotel in Nagpur. The two men arrested at the airport were also carrying the skin of the tiger.
3. A worker from the Mumbai zoo carries a cage of rare birds confiscated by wildlife officials from a family that dealt in smuggled animals and birds in Mumbai. Keeping wild animals as pets is illegal in India.
4. A green turtle (Chelonia mydas) unloaded from a truck in Denpasar, capital city of the province of Bali, Indonesia. An attempt to smuggle 71 green turtles for food was foiled. The turtles, caught in the waters off Sulawesi Island, have an average weight of 100 kilograms.
5. A newborn baby Pangolin climbs the walls of a cage. The Thai custom office showed 175 Pangolins they found hidden in a truck heading into Bangkok. Pangolins, or Manis Javanica, listed as endangered species in CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species), are found in Southeast Asia. Some people believe that its meat and blood can enhance sexual virility.
6. A couple of Spider Monkeys, that had been found on a bus inside a bag with three dead monkeys, rest in a hammock at the Federal Wildlife Conservation Center on the outskirts of Mexico City. According to Mexico's Federal Wildlife Conservation Department, at least 2,500 different animals are rescued annually in the country, 70 percent from illegal animal trafficking within and outside the country and 30 percent from domestic captivity.
7. A Mexican Coyote, that had been rescued with other animals while being trafficked illegally in Mexico.
8. A Coati, which had been rescued from a home along with two others of its kind, sits inside its enclosure at the Federal Wildlife Conservation Center on the outskirts of Mexico City.
9. Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau personnel inspect preserved Green Turtles and Hawksbill Turtles, locally known as "Pawikan," after a turn-over ceremony at the Bureau of Customs in Manila, Philippines. According to customs officials, they confiscated protected species amounting to 35 million pesos including 161 preserved Hawksbill and Green Turtles.
10. A Thai custom officer shows a False Gavial during a news conference at Thailand's customs department in Bangkok. Thai customs have found 451 turtles worth 1 million baht ($33,000) stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport. False gavials are a type of freshwater crocodile worth 10,000 baht each.
11. Long-tailed Macaque babies are seen inside a basket as police seized a truck smuggling them from Vietnam to China, in Changsha, Hunan province. Police arrested 11 people on Thursday trying to smuggle at least 100 long-tailed macaques, which is a second grade protected species in China.
12. A slow loris is carried in a cage by a wildlife department official in Kuala Lumpur. It was among other animals estimated to be worth $20,000, seized by the wildlife department during an operation against illegal wildlife traders. The illegal global wildlife trade is estimated to be $8 billion a year worldwide, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network.
13. A wildlife department official holds a Malayan Sun Bear in Kuala Lumpur. The Sun Bears are found only in the tropical jungles of South East Asia.
14. A plastic bag containing thousands of confiscated Elvers (young eels) at a cargo terminal in Ninoy Aquino International airport in Manila. According to Philippine law, fingerlings are not to be exported unless for scientific or education purposes.
15. A man in handcuffs crouches next to slaughtered pangolins after they were seized by the authorities, at an underground garage in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China. Pangolins are listed as a second grade protected species in China.
16. A policeman holds a water bottle with a yellow-crested cockatoo put inside for illegal trade, at the customs office of Tanjung Perak port in Surabaya, East Java province, Indonesia. Police arrested one man traveling by ship from Makassar, Sulawesi, with 22 of the endangered cockatoos held inside water bottles.
17. Customs officers check wolf skins at the Customs Inspection Center in Beijing Capital International Airport. A trading firm in Beijing smuggled a total of 645 pieces of wolf skins from Greece.
18. African grey parrots rescued from an illegal trader by Ugandan officials at the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border crossing are seen at the Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in Entebbe, southwest of the capital Kampala. Illegal trade in the parrots, which are valued between $300 and $700, has increased in recent years, according a spokeswoman for centre.
19. Tarantulas confiscated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. A German national who shipped the tarantulas into the United States through the mail pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge.
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