{"id":16825,"date":"2024-12-09T05:37:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T04:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/it-shouldnt-be-that-easy-inside-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-booming-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2024-12-09T05:37:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T04:37:25","slug":"it-shouldnt-be-that-easy-inside-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-booming-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/09\/it-shouldnt-be-that-easy-inside-the-illegal-wildlife-trade-booming-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It shouldn\u2019t be that easy\u2019: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts<\/p>\n

When the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira\u2019s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely a month old, and showed signs of underfeeding.<\/p>\n

The parrots \u2013 along with a pair of young toucans that arrived just under a month later \u2013 were victims of wildlife traffickers. Snatched by poachers, perhaps from their mother\u2019s nest, they were all advertised for sale on social media.<\/p>\n

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\nSocial media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts
\nWhen the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira\u2019s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely a month old, and showed signs of underfeeding.
\nThe parrots \u2013 along with a pair of young toucans that arrived just under a month later \u2013 were victims of wildlife traffickers. Snatched by poachers, perhaps from their mother\u2019s nest, they were all advertised for sale on social media. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts When the baby parrots were delivered to Alice Soares de Oliveira\u2019s desk they had no feathers and could barely open their eyes. Housed in a dirty cardboard box, the pair were barely …<\/p>\n

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