TRAFFIC Logo

 

Black Bear in a bear farm in Savannahket, Laos © TRAFFIC

Brought to Bear

Black Bear in a bear farm in Savannahket, Laos © TRAFFIC

i

Published 21 August 2014

  Chinese 

Parts of 2800 bears seized in Asia over a 12-year period

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21st August 2014—A new TRAFFIC analysis of hundreds of seizures sounds the alarm on Asia’s ongoing widespread bear trade and the need for immediate international action.

Brought to Bear: an Analysis of Seizures across Asia

Report author(s):
Elizabeth A. Burgess, Sarah S. Stoner, Kaitlyn-Elizabeth Foley

Publication date:
August 2014

About CITES

CITES, the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is an international agreement between governments that aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten their survival. Find out more here.

About TRAFFIC

TRAFFIC is a leading non-governmental organisation working globally on trade in wild animals and plants in the context of both biodiversity conservation and sustainable development whose mission is to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. More information at www.traffic.org