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News from CITES CoP19: WCS Investigations of Online Trade in Jaguar Parts Show Threat is Widespread

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News from CITES CoP19: WCS Investigations of Online Trade in Jaguar Parts Show Threat is Widespread
(November 10, 2022) Study across 31 openly accessible online platforms in seven languages detected 230 posts with possible jaguar parts for sale 71 posts were accompanied by images that were positively identified as jaguar 15 different types of jaguar parts were identified, including teeth, skins and claws 98.6 percent of all posts accompanied by verified jaguar parts were in Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese 64 posts were assessed to be linked to a location, and of at least nine countries, the most prolific c...

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