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Chimp Smuggling

David Shukman exposes the illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, captured in Africa and exported as pets or to private zoos.

The 大象传媒 exposes the illegal trade in baby chimpanzees, captured in Africa and exported to the Gulf or Asia as pets or for private zoos. Capturing a baby chimp means killing the parents and often other adult chimpanzees. The trade is starting to threaten chimp populations in the wild. Reporter David Shukman infiltrates a smuggling ring based in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast, and discovers the scale of this illegal trade which crosses several continents.

Photo: A captured baby chimpanzee is freed during the police raid of an illegal wildlife smuggling ring, Credit: 大象传媒

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