CITES Gives Strongest Protections Ever to Endangered Animals

in Animal News on October 05, 2016

At the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Johannesburg, South Africa, two African governments were barred from selling their stockpiles of ivory and another from trading away stockpiles of rhino horn. “This meeting represents a clear win for conservation overall—but much work remains,” explains Adam M. Roberts, CEO of Born Free USA.

Link: The Washington Post

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