Apes Seizure Database Reveals True Extent of Illegal Trade
September 29, 2016
September 29, 2016
NAIROBI, Kenya, Sept. 29 -- The United Nations Environment Programme issued the following news release:
Over 1,800 great apes were seized from an illicit live traffic that went undetected for over a decade but is now confirmed through the Apes Seizure Database that was launched at the 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Conference of Parties in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seizure records in the database date back to 2005, and include . . .
Over 1,800 great apes were seized from an illicit live traffic that went undetected for over a decade but is now confirmed through the Apes Seizure Database that was launched at the 17th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Conference of Parties in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Seizure records in the database date back to 2005, and include . . .