Global trade in wild animals is soaring – South Africa’s laws aren’t doing enough to prevent harm

By Neil D’Cruze, Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
Angie Elwin, Wildlife Research Manager at World Animal Protection and Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
Stephanie-Emmy Klarmann, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg

South Africa urgently needs to adopt a streamlined and interconnected approach to wildlife trade law at the provincial, national and international levels.

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