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Online wildlife trafficking is a major problem in Europe
Orangutans. Cheetahs. Parrots. These animals are all endangered, but there is something else they have in common, which is this: you can buy them online in Europe. According to a study by the conservationist group International Fund for Animal Welfare,
Microplastics threaten giant whales
Microplastics may seem innocuous enough. They are barely visible plastic beads that are the size of sand grains. What harm could they do? Plenty. Microplastics have spread far and wide in the world’s oceans, entering food chains. Even table salt
Facebook is ‘turning a Blind Eye’ to Wildlife Trafficking
We’ve been here before, repeatedly, and here we are again. Environmentalists have long been warning that Facebook has been a hotbed of wildlife trafficking at an “industrial scale” in such tropical countries with stunning biodiversity as Vietnam and Thailand. Now