Recently, the World Animal Protection (WAP) released a report entitled "Dangerous Trade: A Public Health Crisis in Peru's Wildlife Market", which found that more than 200 species of wild animals from the Amazon rainforest were illegally sold in the markets of Iquitos, Peru. According to the survey, more than 200 species of wild mammals, reptiles and birds are estimated to be involved in the trade, including jaguars, primates, sloths, pufferfish, manatees, turtles, macaws, snakes and capybaras. Some animals are even slaughtered on the spot, and live animals used for trade are often imprisoned in dirty and cramped cages in a miserable situation. The report shows that 9 percent of these traded animals are endangered, and the wild number of 35 percent of traded species is declining. (Text/The Paper, Photo/World Society for the Protection of Animals)
Source: Daily Economic News