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“Birds are the most common contraband; the State Department estimates that two million to five million wild birds, from hummingbirds to parrots to harpy eagles, are traded illegally worldwide every year.”

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/wildlife-trafficking-149079896/

"The U.S. provides even stronger protections for animals like marine mammals, elephants, and wild birds. If a country bans the sale or export of a species, it cannot legally be imported into the U.S."

https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/buyer-beware

"According to reports from wildlife organization Save the Elephants, the price for raw ivory in China was $2,100 per kilogram."

Between 2010 and 2012, up to 33,000 elephants were poached and killed on average each year."

https://www.havocscope.com/tag/wildlife-trafficking/