3 Ways to Help End the Illegal Wildlife Trade
As a consumer and an Internet user, you can contribute a great deal to stopping the trade in animals and animal products on the Internet. Just by adhering to a couple of simple rules, everyone - even you - can save the lives of many endangered animals.
Keep your eyes open when surfing the Internet!
If you come across online offers on the Internet dealing in wildlife products or live protected animal species, then you should report these activities to your national authorities and to the web sites themselves to demand that they remove illegal wildlife offers. Write to the Office of Law Enforcement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, MS-LE-3000, Arlinton, Virginia, USA 22203, or report illegal wildlife online at: http://www.fws.gov/le/
2.)
Educate yourself and others about the origins of products that
involve the death of wild animals.
Learn more about the trade
in live animals and the cruelty and suffering that is associated with it.
Form a group to campaign against the wildlife trade. Share your knowledge
with friends and family and make them aware of this important issue.
3.)
Don’t buy or sell wild animals or wildlife products
online.
Wildlife should not be considered as commodities to be
traded, and animals should not pay with their lives so that people can own
luxury goods. Do not participate in the wildlife trade. Regardless
of whether an item was a souvenir, a gift or an heirloom, do not resell
it. And make a conscious decision not to buy wildlife goods. If we
don’t buy, they don’t die!
Species for sale: a selection of the types of wildlife products for sale online.
