Poachers in Malaysia have been using commercial fishing fleets to smuggle body parts of critically ... and kill in-demand animals. Tigers are widely prized for their bones, which are believed ...

The mortality rates of smuggled animals are excessive ... exotic birds, and reptiles. Animals and their parts are increasingly used as a cover for drug trafficking since penalties for the former are ...

Smugglers traffic animals for monetary gain through the sale of the animal, their fur, their horns, or other body parts ... when four men were caught smuggling high-risk exotic birds out of ...

A South Carolina man has admitted to operating an international wildlife trafficking operation involving endangered sperm ...

and trading in their parts is strictly limited by both domestic and international rules. Despite that, a black market still exists, especially among buyers who see value in the animals’ teeth ...