Transcript Проблеми охорони лісових кажанів видів

Investigating live animals and
wildlife products on the internet
Ukraine
Dr. Andriy-Taras Bashta, Association “Fauna”, Ukraine
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Illegal wildlife trade is gaining growth on the internet,
as evidenced by the number of websites with ads.
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The purpose of this survey is to measure the scale of
the trade.
Methodology
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This methodology has been developed
based on the learning’s of past IFAW
investigations.
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This survey will focus on Appendix I priority
species and elephants.
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The survey itself will take place over a period
of six weeks with snap shots taking place
weekly.
Lots of animals to order
Websites
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http://www.ua.all.biz/
http://zoo-sad.inforico.com.ua/
http://zoorinok.com.ua/
http://zoozoo.com.ua
http://slando.ua
http://www.ukrboard.com.ua
www.ukrzoo.com.ua
http://www.freeads.in.ua
http://aukro.ua.
http://board.com.ua
http://www.uainfo.com
http://www.torg.ua
http://zoo-bazar.com
http://www.admir.ua
Number of advertisements for endangered or threatened species
for sale on the internet - 976
Website
http://www.ua.all.biz/
7
http://zoo-sad.inforico.com.ua/
40
http://zoorinok.com.ua/
133
http://zoozoo.com.ua
122
http://Slando.ua
352
http://www.ukrboard.com.ua
28
www.ukrzoo.com.ua
57
http://www.freeads.in.ua
21
http://aukro.ua.
52
http://board.com.ua
42
http://www.uainfo.com
34
http://www.torg.ua
50
http://zoo-bazar.com
24
http://www.admir.ua
14
zooadmir.ua sad.inforico.com.u
zoo-bazar.com
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torg.ua
ua.all.biz
uainfo.com
zoorinok.com.ua
board.com.ua
aukro.ua.
freeads.in.ua
zoozoo.com.ua
ukrzoo.com.ua
ukrboard.com.ua
slando.ua
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Number of ads – 976
Total items for sale - 1042
Overall costs – 14285941 hrn. (952346 Euro)
Sellers – 428 (359 – single, 69 – multiple)
Number of ads claim to legality – 456
Total number of ads with supporting documents - 32
Category
Live animals
Products
Totals
Total
766
210
976
Birds of prey
15
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15
Pheasant
128
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128
Crane
23
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23
Parrots
295
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295
Other birds
11
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11
Elephant
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190
190
Otter
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13
13
Whale
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2
2
Bear
2
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2
Cat
49
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49
Primate
217
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217
Reptiles
25
4
29
Reptiles
3%
Primates
22%
Cats
5%
Bear
0%
Whale
Otter
0%
1%Elephant
20%
Birds of prey
2%
Pheasants
13%
Cranes
2%
Parrots
31%
Other birds
1%
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Huge amount of live animals
Lots of cats and primates (like orangutan)
Some animals extreme rare (eg., bridled nailtail wallaby)
• A lot of ivory
+ Increasing of information about existence
of documents (incl. CITES)
- + Relative stable species diversity
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- ? Increasing of proportion of ads from
companies
Trends
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- Increasing of number of ivory derivates
- Increasing of number of different bird
species (namely – pheasants, penguins,
cranes etc.)
- Increasing of species number from App. 1
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you for attention!