The Internet can be used as an amazing resource. From gathering all sorts of information to trading and buying goods and have them delivered to your doorstep. But then there is also the bad uses which involve buying, selling and trade of illegal substances and products. One of these consists of wild life trade and China has recognized that this goes on on their largest Internet auction site and are planning to find the people who are doing this and put an end to it. Lets home something can be done because the amount of trading that goes on online for Wildlife is ridiculous. Some stats given in the press release are located below.

“According to a recently published report by IFAW, Killing with Keystrokes: An Investigation of the Illegal Wildlife Trade on the World Wide Web, Internet trade in wildlife poses a significant and immediate threat to the survival of many endangered species.

The report, which followed a six-week investigation that tracked more than 7,000 wildlife product listings on 183 Web sites in 11 countries, found that elephant ivory dominated the trade, comprising 73% of all product listings tracked.

Exotic birds were second, accounting for nearly 20% of the listings tracked. Primates, big cats and other animals are also falling victim to the e-trade in live animals and wildlife products, according to the report.”

via PRN