Endangered Species

WWF Insider: Are We Doing Enough to Protect Wildlife?

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The next 1 minute will tell you if the world is doing enough for our wildlife.

**A snow leopard cub.**
*© David Lawson / WWF-UK*

You probably don’t know this but every day this week, the fates of endangered wildlife will be decided.

Here, our bite-sized pictorial updates about wildlife as we take you through the 70th CITES Standing Committee (1-5 Oct) which also leads up to London Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference (11-12 Oct).

CITES, or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is supported by the United Nations.

Countries are making big decisions on wildlife right now

Prince William is an advocate

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Championed by Prince William himself, the London Conference brings global leaders together for action on illegal wildlife trade.

Wildlife trafficking is driving animals to extinction

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Harrison, a wildlife ranger from the Kenya Wildlife Service, patrols National Nairobi Park to protect wildlife from poachers. “Rhino horns belong to rhinos; elephant tusks belong to elephants,” he said.