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Investigating live animals and wildlife products on the internet Ukraine

Investigating live animals and wildlife products on the internet Ukraine. Illegal wildlife trade is gaining growth on the internet, as evidenced by the number of websites with ads. The purpose of this survey is to measure the scale of the trade. Methodology.

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Investigating live animals and wildlife products on the internet Ukraine

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  1. Investigating live animals and wildlife products on the internetUkraine

  2. Illegal wildlife trade is gaining growth on the internet, as evidenced by the number of websites with ads. • The purpose of this survey is to measure the scale of the trade.

  3. Methodology • This methodology has been developed based on the learning’s of past IFAW investigations. • This survey will focus on Appendix I priority species and elephants. • The survey itself will take place over a period of six weeks with snap shots taking place weekly.

  4. Lots of animals to order

  5. Websites • http://www.ua.all.biz/ • http://zoo-sad.inforico.com.ua/ • http://zoorinok.com.ua/ • http://zoozoo.com.ua • http://slando.ua • http://www.ukrboard.com.ua • www.ukrzoo.com.ua • http://www.freeads.in.ua • http://aukro.ua. • http://board.com.ua • http://www.uainfo.com • http://www.torg.ua • http://zoo-bazar.com • http://www.admir.ua

  6. Number of advertisements for endangered or threatened species for sale on the internet - 976

  7. Number of ads – 976 • Total items for sale - 1042 • Overall costs – 14285941 hrn. (952346 Euro) • Sellers – 428 (359 – single, 69 – multiple) • Number of ads claim to legality – 456 • Total number of ads with supporting documents - 32

  8. Huge amount of live animals • Lots of cats and primates (like orangutan) • Some animals extreme rare (eg., bridled nail-tail wallaby)

  9. A lot of ivory

  10. + Increasing of information about existence of documents (incl. CITES) • + Relative stable species diversity • ? Increasing of proportion of ads from companies

  11. Trends • - Increasing of number of ivory derivates • - Increasing of number of different bird species (namely – pheasants, penguins, cranes etc.) • - Increasing of species number from App. 1

  12. Thank you for attention!

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