Wildlife populations are I widespread decline around the word.

The decline has been so dramatic that it

is estimated that the biomass of human is now an order of magnitude higher than that of all wild
mammals combined. Habitat destruction and poaching to supply the international illegal wildlife trade
(IWT) are two key drivers of this grave problem. The value of illegal trade has been estimated at
between $7 and $23 billion per year, making wildlife crime one of the most lucrative illegal business,
often run by sophisticated, international, and well organized criminal networks seeking to exploit the
high rewards and low risk of the trade. At the local level, poaching is also the result of poverty,
corruption, inadequate enforcement, and political instability.

The conservation of elephants and rhinos has received considerable global attention, but other
mammals are under severe reassure as well, including cats (e.g. lions, tigers, and snow leopards), non-
human primates (e.g. great apes, monkeys), and pangolins-endangered, scaly-skinned mammals highly
sought after for meat and scales that may be the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal.