Listed below are key statistics and facts about the illegal wildlife trade worldwide. The information about the illegal trade has been collected from various public documents such as government agencies, wildlife conservation programs, and news articles.
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Illegal Wildlife Trade Facts
- Animal and Wildlife Trafficked Per Year 350 Million Specimens
- Bolivia Animal Trade Over 60,000 animals in 5 years
- Bunny Trafficker Profit in LA $300 to $400 per day
- Cheetahs Killed for Trafficking 104 killed in 2012
- Cockfight – Winner’s Prize $15,000
- Colombia – Wildlife Seizures 64,507 animals seized in 2012
- Colombia – Wildlife Trafficked 60,000
- Cow Smuggling 2 Million cows smuggled from India to Bangladesh
- Dog Smuggling 30,000 dogs from Thailand to Vietnam
- East Asia and Pacific Illegal Wildlife Trade $2.5 Billion per year
- Elephant Poaching in Zimbabwe 100 elephants died from cyanide
- Elephants Killed in DR Congo 1,000 between 2010-2013
- Elephants Killed in Mozambique Over 2,500 between 2009-2012
- Elephants Poached in 2012 50,000
- Elephants Poached in 2013 At least 20,000
- Forest Ranger Corruption 20% cut of ivory sale
- Forest Rangers Deaths 75% due to traffickers
- Illegal Wildlife Trade Value $19 Billion per year
- Ivory Price in China – 2010 $750 per kilo
- Ivory Price in China – 2014 $2,100 per kilo
- Ivory Trafficking Seizures in Togo 4.1 Tonnes in one week
- Leopard Poaching and Sales in India 4 per week
- Manta Rays Killed for Gills 3,500 to 5,000 per year
- Most Trafficked Animal in Cambodia The Pangolin
- Online Animals Sales in Dubai 796 ads online in one month
- Pangolin Scales Shipped Through China Postal System 1 tonne
- Pangolins – Vietnam 40,000 to 60,000 taken from wild
- Pangolins Killed in 2013 Between 40,625 to 81,250
- Poaching Traps Found in Malaysia 2,377 between 208-2012
- Puppies Smuggled into Sweden 2,000 per year
- Python Skins Illegal Imported to Europe $1 Billion
- Rhino Horn for sale $65,000 per kilogram
- Rhino Horn Price – USA $5,000 per pound
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2009 122
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2010 333
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2011 341
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2012 668
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2013 1,004
- Rhinos Killed in South Africa – 2014 1,215
- Shark Fishing in Malaysia 231,212 tonnes of sharks
- Sharks Killed Per Year 100 Million per year as of 2013
- Siberian Tigers Killed by Poachers – 2012-2013 19
- Thailand – Animal Rescues 46,000 rescued from traffickers
- Thailand – Ivory Seizures at Bangkok Airport 7 tons between 2009-2012
- Thailand – Tortoises Smuggler $300 per trip
- Tigers Killed in India – 2013 48
- Turtles Illegal Caught in Mexico 65,000 between 2000-2014
- Turtles Killed and Smuggled in Australia and Indonesia 100,000 per year
- Wildlife Poaching in California Abalone, bear paws and sturgeon most poached
- Wildlife Seizures in the UK 675 in 1 year
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Rhino Poaching.
Elephant Poaching.