Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Asian wildlife traders harness social media: conservationists

Over a 50-hour period last year, Traffic monitored 14 Facebook wildlife-trading groups catering to customers in Malaysia, counting more than 67,500 active members of the groupsSocial media sites such as Facebook and Instagram are increasingly being used in Asia as platforms for the illegal trade in a range of threatened species such as orangutan and sun bears, conservation groups said Thursday.


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