Wildlife trade is illegaly among the largest trades in the world,rivalling the illegal drugs and arms trades.
The figures suggest the trade is worth about US $ 10 billion per year.
It is frightening figure indeed.
Famous cases of illegal trade include the black Rhinoceros and Pangolins.
Horns of Rhinoceros are used for daggers handles as a symbol of masculinity in Yeman and meat of Pangolins are used as an Aphrodisiac in China.
China’s reputation is among the worst when it comes to the illegal trade in wildlife.
Traditional Chinese medicines include Rhino horns,Tiger bones and Tiger penises and Bear’s bile.
All are unproven Aphrodisiacs and are extremely costly to buyers.
In the past, Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has frequently seized a large number of Monitor Lizards and wildlife customs officials seized Pangolins, believed to be destined for Veitnam via Thai and Laos.
Wildlife smugglers are able to obtain the Pangolins and Monitor Lizards in the forest area in Malaysia where the hunters are collecting the most wanted Pangolins meat of which is naturally the best food for the rich Chinese.
They commonly believed the meat of Monitor Lizard and Pangolin were Aphrodisiacs and worth more than gold on the black market.
Apparently, more than 200 Monitor Lizards were confiscated by police force in the northeast earlier October, ‘08 and Wildlife customs officials seized the 288 Pangolin kept in the wood boxes at Don Muong Airport.
They are hunted for the bush meat trade .
