Fennec Foxes, Serval Cats, and Baby Monkeys – The New Face of the Wildlife Trade

The illegal wildlife trade no longer carries a dusty smuggler image. Ivory, rhino horns, or pangolin scales – for many, this sounds like distant markets somewhere in Africa or Asia. But the trade has changed its face. Today, it sits right in the middle of European living rooms. Fluffy, exotic, and perfectly staged for social networks. A fennec fox with huge ears on TikTok. A serval on a leash in a designer apartment. A little monkey in a children's sweater on Snapchat. Millions of users click "like," share videos, and ...