Hot Off The Press Eight Prohibited Wild Animals On..

🚨 HOT OFF THE PRESS: EIGHT PROHIBITED WILD ANIMALS ON SALE (ONLINE) A DAY IN #SINGAPORE! 🚨

Have you ever reported prohibited wildlife sale ads online, only to be met with a frustrating “No violations found” response 😤 ? We hear you.

Despite education and enforcement efforts, it is clear that the online platforms and encrypted app chats have become a growing challenge to tackle, in combatting the #IllegalWildlifeTrade.

ACRES has been receiving valuable tip-offs from you- the public, reporting prohibited wildlife sales. Day in, day out, we flag ads or file with NParks for enforcement action. NParks has nabbed some sellers on Telegram, however our investigation surveys in 2021 and 2023 have revealed a disturbing 196% increase in prohibited wild animals offered and a 586% rise in individual sellers.

In just 122 days, 993 prohibited wild animals were being advertised for sale on three Telegram chats – that’s 8 prohibited wild animals a day in just 3 Telegram chats! 🦂🐢🐍🦎

And this figure doesn’t even account for the illegal online sale of legally allowed companion animals like dogs, hamsters, birds, cats & more by unlicensed individuals, potentially numbering in the hundreds or more daily.

Read on, to see our recommendations pushing for policies 📔to hold online platforms and digital service providers (legally) accountable, to ensure that these listings are swiftly removed 🛑 and measures are put in place to shut down such groups. Singapore’s Online Criminal Harms Act is a positive step in the right direction, preventing harmful (to humans) content being shared on these platforms. Similar reforms are happening globally, but are harms to biodiversity and animals not harms to our society too ⚖️?

Full report: https://bit.ly/ACRESTelegram2023

Source: https://www.facebook.com/625160822979205/posts/7522945869324..

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ACRES (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society) is a pioneering Singapore-based charity and Institution of Public Character, founded by Singaporeans in 2001 with the aim of promoting animal welfare.

ACRES has six focus areas: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Wildlife Crime Investigation, Zoo Animal Welfare, Humane Education, Community Outreach and Promoting Cruelty-Free Living.

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