Australian attitudes to illegal wildlife trafficking

Polling revealed Australians are highly concerned about wildlife trafficking, but there are major knowledge gaps around the scale and seriousness of the crime.

The YouGov poll, conducted for IFAW and the Wildlife Crime Research Hub at Adelaide University revealed 86% of Australians are concerned about illegal wildlife trafficking but 64% claim they know little about this serious crime. The survey found 22% of respondents had not heard anything about this crime at all.