comparison between Colombia and brazil in the animal traffic

SPECIES:

Brazil :  Large blue and yellow macaws in Amazonia, green parrots, turtles, snakes and pumas: animal trafficking spares no species in Brazil, not even those in extinction.

Colombia: Parrots, macaws and monkeys are the most vulnerable animals in the live trade. Deer, tapir and peccaries, meanwhile, are poached for their meat, while alligators and caimans hides are valuable trade commodities,and iguana and turtle populations are pillaged for their eggs.

                                                                 

quantity:  

Brazil : "According to our estimates, about 38 million wild 
animals -of which 80% are birds-are caught illegally in the 

jungle in Brazil and nearly 90% die during transport," 

explains Rauff Lima, a spokesman for the NGO Renctas.   


Colombia:  About 160 animals are seized illegally trafficked daily in Colombia , adding more than 58,000 a year.



                
earnings for traffickers:

Brazil : But these deaths are "largely offset by the sale of a single copy", traffickers earn about USD 2 000 million per year in Brazil. 


Colombia:  trafficking in wildlife obtains estimated between US $ 15 and US $ 20 billion a year profits,


news about extinction: 


Brazil :  In 2001 that disappeared last 'Ararinha' Wild Blue in the state of Bahia.


The 'Ararinha' is blue macaw recent animated film 'Rio' and only 70 of those are other birds in captivity in the world, a couple at the zoo of Rio de Janeiro.


Colombia:

THE GADWALL EXTINCT COLOMBIA

The Colombian grebe also called Bogota and Colombian diver grebe, is an extinct species of bird that lived in the Andean mountains of Colombia until 1977.

It was last recorded in 1977 and is now extinct as a result of human-induced changes in 1981 intensive searches in which it was impossible to find were made.

ARARINHA:




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