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Wildlife smugglers target Indian animals

Date: October 7, 2002
Author: Scott Baldauf
QUOTE: But environmentalist groups say that India's location - midway between the Middle East and China - make it a more convenient shopping spot for those looking for wildlife products. Indeed, India is a victim of its own success.

ABSTRACT: Illegal wildlife trafficking has recently grown into a multibillion-dollar business. India has become a central location for wildlife trade to occur, partly because endangered wildlife has regained much of its population through the country’s protection acts. Yet poachers continue to hunt and trade, and despite the best efforts of environmentalists and law enforcement officials,
many exotic animals are being pushed to the brink of extinction.

--- C. Heimbuch-Skaley

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