Wildlife trafficking has been a major problem in every country nowadays; helpless animals were taken from their habitats, which was being bought and sold. Unfortunately, Latin America is now being another epicenter of exotic animals’ illegal trade.
According to Huffington Post, wildlife trafficking transit chains in Latin America are complex, secret and as diverse like just any common issues that targets animal species. The poachers will illegally bring the poor creatures to a secret place before selling them to local consumers or even for international trading.
The illegal sellers involved in a globe fair are often doing their transactions in unsecured borders. They transmit their smuggled contrabands into neighboring countries that has no strong “trafficking laws” about animals or animals’ parts.
From there, it can be shipped to other …show more content…
In fact, the accelerating destruction of the fauna is being pervasive just like in Africa.
It is being driven by Chinese money, Chinese extractive industries and the unsatisfied Chinese market that uses wild animals for “traditional medicines” or “exotic food.” Also, the corruption has its toll on these wrongdoings like the Latin American officials’ “weak, loophole-rife laws and indifferent enforcement.”
As a matter of fact, the wildlife trafficking is as lucrative as selling drug cartels, narcotics, weapons and human slavery. Meanwhile, here are the top five animals that have been threatened by the illegal trade as noted by Mongabay.
Live birds are the most frequently trafficked live animals like Songbirds, such as finches, Green-winged Saltators and Double-collared Seedeaters and larger birds like parrots and macaws.
Reptiles are also being sought after, Latin America is known for its unusual and uniquely colored morphs like the rare and endemic species of iguanas and arboreal alligator
According to Huffington Post, wildlife trafficking transit chains in Latin America are complex, secret and as diverse like just any common issues that targets animal species. The poachers will illegally bring the poor creatures to a secret place before selling them to local consumers or even for international trading.
The illegal sellers involved in a globe fair are often doing their transactions in unsecured borders. They transmit their smuggled contrabands into neighboring countries that has no strong “trafficking laws” about animals or animals’ parts.
From there, it can be shipped to other …show more content…
In fact, the accelerating destruction of the fauna is being pervasive just like in Africa.
It is being driven by Chinese money, Chinese extractive industries and the unsatisfied Chinese market that uses wild animals for “traditional medicines” or “exotic food.” Also, the corruption has its toll on these wrongdoings like the Latin American officials’ “weak, loophole-rife laws and indifferent enforcement.”
As a matter of fact, the wildlife trafficking is as lucrative as selling drug cartels, narcotics, weapons and human slavery. Meanwhile, here are the top five animals that have been threatened by the illegal trade as noted by Mongabay.
Live birds are the most frequently trafficked live animals like Songbirds, such as finches, Green-winged Saltators and Double-collared Seedeaters and larger birds like parrots and macaws.
Reptiles are also being sought after, Latin America is known for its unusual and uniquely colored morphs like the rare and endemic species of iguanas and arboreal alligator