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India emerges as top destination for trafficked primates, driven by exotic pet trade

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India is emerging as a significant destination for trafficked primates, particularly orangutans, driven by wealthy collectors seeking exotic status symbols. Despite laws aimed at protecting native species, loopholes in controls on imported animals facilitate this illicit trade. Experts note that the high profit margins in the global illegal wildlife trade, estimated at $34 billion annually, incentivize traffickers, with seizures representing only a fraction of the actual volume. The expanding tourism sector and increased direct flights to India from Southeast Asian hubs like Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur provide new trafficking routes. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · The Associated Press, Aniruddha Ghosal, Victoria Milko ·

    A billionaire’s private zoo may hold the world’s rarest great ape as India becomes a top destination for trafficked primates

    The global illegal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth $34 billion annually, and India is emerging as an important market.

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