Poaching and tourism - where you have to be careful with a souvenir on vacation | WWF Expert | WWF Germany

Poaching and tourism - where you have to be careful with a souvenir on vacation | WWF expert

Poaching and illegal trade in wild animals and their products is dramatic and huge business. Up to 20 billion euros are turned over every year. This makes this threat to biodiversity the fourth biggest crime in the world, after drug trafficking, product piracy and human trafficking.

Poaching and illegal trade in wild animals and their products is dramatic and huge business. Up to 20 billion euros are turned over every year. This makes this threat to biodiversity the fourth biggest crime in the world, after drug trafficking, product piracy and human trafficking.

Hunting is often done with snares, the animals are shot - on the one hand to get trophies as status symbols, for dubious medical purposes or to sell souvenirs to unsuspecting tourists. Our WWF poaching expert Katharina Hennemuth summarizes the problem and shows what you can do to ensure that your holiday and souvenirs don't end up with a nasty surprise at customs.

Because not only the obvious lion skin or the ivory carving are forbidden. Thousands of very different species are not allowed to be traded worldwide. We have also written a guide for you. You can find him here: https://www.wwf.de/aktiv-werden/tipps-fuer-den-alltag/umweltvertraeglich-reisen/wwf-souvenir-ratgeber

For example, you also have to be careful with corals, products made of crocodile and boa snake skin or even with orchids and cacti. Incidentally, poaching and illegal products are not only found in Africa and Asia, but also in Europe and Germany. This is mainly about reptiles that are not allowed to be traded, or native species such as lynx, wolf and bison that fall victim to poaching.

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