Thursday, July 17, 2008

Black Market

This is a painful video to watch but it's obviously effected me today and motivated me to learn more about wildlife protection and conservation. It describes the black market trade of animal parts around Asia. [WARNING: Graphic images.]

"Globally, the wildlife trade is the third largest illegal trade. A driving force is the ancient belief that animal parts contain "magical" properties. Although science has largely disproved these superstitions, the trade continues."

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