by Tracy K | Dec 29, 2025 | The 4%
At its latest triennial conference, the global wildlife trade body removed the Caribbean monk seal from its lists of species under trade regulation for a grim reason: the species has already been exploited to extinction. The last recorded sighting of a...
by Tracy K | Nov 20, 2025 | The 4%, The 99%
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has decimated the trees, the birds, and once green landscapes, according to farmers. Still, they are successfully cultivating several crops in parcels of land there, even crops reliant on pollination. Amid ecological devastation, the...
by Tracy K | Oct 5, 2025 | The 4%
By the time a sugar glider named Mango entered an animal sanctuary in the Netherlands in 2023, life as a pet had taken a terrible toll. Mango lost both his brothers and his right eye due to health issues, despite being kept by a veterinarian for seven years....
by Tracy K | Sep 17, 2025 | The 4%
Wild beasts are often the stuff of legends, but narratives surrounding wildlife trade contain some tall tales, too. One of the most frequently uttered statements in support of the wildlife trade is that many people depend on it for their livelihoods. But just...
by Tracy K | Aug 3, 2025 | The 4%
Mauritius has supplied long-tailed macaques to the research industry since the 1980s. In recent years, the African island nation has taken a leading role in the lab monkey business as allegations of criminality in supply chains from Southeast Asian...
by Tracy K | Mar 22, 2025 | The 4%, The 99%
On any given day, in shops around the world and online, customers can pay as little as a few dozen dollars to buy living corals for their aquariums. While some of these coveted, brightly colored pieces of coral are sourced from farms, others come directly from...
