“On the Trail“ n°24, the defaunation bulletin [1]
(pdf, 94 pages – 8.6 Mo)
Seahorses, corals, abalones,giant clams, queen conches, sea cucumbers and fishes, pages 6 to 15
Information and analysis report on animal poaching and smuggling
from the 1st February
to the 31 of March 2019
590 poaching, smuggling and rescue cases
11 dead persons: 4 rangers, 1 civilian and 6 poachers
Some quotations :
– 1 kg of fresh abalone: 132 US$ in South Africa
– 1 kg of dried sea cucumbers: 167 US$ in China
– Genital parts of a spotted seal: 1,500-4,466 US$ in China
– 1 kg of sea turtle meat: 18-45 US$ in Mayotte
– 1 sand boa: 1,400 US$ in India
– 1 Komodo monitor: 1,000-1,400 US$ in Indonesia
– 1 green peafowl: 350-715 US$ in Indonesia
– 1 young orangutan: 3,000 US$ in Indonesia
– 1 tiger skin: 7,015 US$ in India
– 1 leopard skin: 14,000-56,000 US$ in India and 10,000 US$ in Uganda
– 1 tiger’s claw: 1,440 US$ in India
– 1 kg of rhino horn: 27,500 US$ in China
– 1 kg of raw ivory: 40-2,000 US$ in Africa, 1,052-2,109 US$ in Asia
[2]p. 5
p. 52
p. 16 © Conservation Justice
p. 24 © Zoll
p. 29 © Zoll
p. 79 © Zoll
p. 49 © Chinese Customs
p. 63 © Tsarik Ruslan
p. 80 © Guardia di Finanza Genova
February 19, 2019, Genoa International Airport, Italy. Seizure in an acoustic speaker of 13 baby elephant tusks and 4 worked ivories in the luggage of an Indonesian passenger returning from Africa…