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Are You Buying Ethical Gifts?

ARE YOU BUYING ETHICAL GIFTS? THE WORLD IS DEALING WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED SPIKE IN ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE, THREATENING TO OVERTURN DECADES OF CONSERVATION GAINS. ENDANGERED SPECIES 3000% INCREASE IN RHINO POACHING 2007 2011 IVORY FROM 2,500 ELEPHANTS WAS SEIZED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST £210,000 SEIZURES OE ILLEGAL RHINO HORNS IVORY IN 2011 THE ANNUAL SNAKE SKIN ARE NOW WORTH MARKET IS ESTIMATED TO MORE THAN BE WORTH £625 MILLION POACHING THREATENS THE LAST OF OUR WILD GOLD THE EUROPEAN FASHION TIGERS THAT NUMBER AS INDUSTRY BUYS 96% OF FEW AS 3,200 ALL PYTHON SKIN SOLD ENDANGERING WILDLIFE RAMIN & TEAK ARE HARDWOODS USED TO MAKE GIFTS LIKE PICTURE FRAMES. FORESTS SUPPORT ENDANGERED ORANGUTAN THERE ARE CORK 2.7 MILLION FORESTS SUPPORT HECTARES OF CORK 1.5 ACRES OF RAIN FOREST ARE LOST EVERY MINUTE ENDANGERED FORESTS WILDLIFE IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, ITALY, TUNISIA, AND FRANCE. 2007 2013 ENDANGERING SEA LIFE SEA TURTLES ARE KILLED TO MAKE GIFTS AND FASHION ITEMS LIKE GLASSES AND JEWELLERY 90% 32% OF CORAL REEFS ARE AT RISK OF OF SOME TURTLE BEING LOST WITHIN THE NEXT 32 YEARS SPECIES HAVE BEEN LOST THINK BEFORE YOU BUY A GIFT. DELIVERED TO YOU BY: wwW.LATELATEGIFTS.CO.UK Sources: www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov www.wwf.org.uk www.wildlife.org www.conserveturtles.org www.greenpeace.org wwf.panda.org

Are You Buying Ethical Gifts?

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An unprecedented rise in the illegal wildlife trade threatens years of conservation gains and at risk endangered species.

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