by Tracy K | Apr 16, 2024 | The 4%
A UK-based firm that aims to be “the world’s most eco-friendly football boot brand” has ditched kangaroo leather. Sokito made the decision to eliminate the material from its products amid concerns about sustainability of the trade. Some argue that populations...
by Tracy K | Mar 7, 2024 | The 4%
The marine aquarium trade is booming, with research showing 55 million invertebrates and fish are sold globally every year. Corals feature prominently in the sector, thanks to hobbyists’ preferences for mini reef replicas. Combined with their use in jewellery and...
by Tracy K | Mar 7, 2024 | The 4%
According to trade records, people plucked more than 400,000 Central Asian tortoises from the wild to sell internationally between 2012 and 2021, mainly for the pet trade. About half of the animals across that decade were imported into the United States, where the...
by Tracy K | Feb 18, 2024 | The 4%
Migratory species are the Clark Kents of the natural world. They collectively run circles around the globe like Kent did as Superman to ‘turn back time’ in the 1978 movie. Migrating animals don’t traverse the Earth to revive a dead loved one, as the fictional...
by Tracy K | Nov 17, 2023 | The 4%
There are worrying shortcomings in the UK’s oversight of long-tailed macaque imports, a species that is extensively exploited in trade to satisfy the insatiable demand from laboratories for test subjects. Long-tailed macaques are the most heavily exploited...
