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Wildlife Crime

Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images

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Illegally kept Slow Lorises climb around a cage on the outskirts of Kandang, South Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Trade in endangered species is illegal in Indonesia, but prosecutions are rare. As forests are increasingly cut down for palm oil plantations, trafficking in wildlife is growing, according to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images