endangered wildlife species is booming on the internet for six weeks staff at the international fund for animal welfare sifted through internet sites in germany france britain and russia and came across five thousand eight hundred thirty one advertisements for wild animals. they also included animal products such as ivory with a total value of four million dollars. investigators say many buyers weren't aware their purchases would increase poaching and seriously threaten some species with extinction. citizens got their digital lives back friday in a new law the e.u. recognizes that data is private and personal and belongs to the individual so as of now every e.u. citizen can demand companies like facebook google or amazon tell them what kind of data they hold on them what they do with it and have it corrected or even deleted otherwise companies face stiff fines which could run to over a billion euros per violation. to states or france and gulf by a nationwide civil service strike they were protesting government plans to slash one hundred twenty thousand public service jobs by twenty twenty french econom

stuff at the international fund for animal welfare spend weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs kind if it products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. well educating people helps i asked an author of the report only of the whole wildlife trade all that says if people understand when they're buying ivory they're killing elephants. yes that's hard to understand that still obviously people do not understand that every means at that elephant and possibly some people think ok that's an antique car term what does that where's the link to poaching but we know i for one know

staff of the international fund for animal welfare spent weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia. they found thousands of ads offering live wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like it's not in birds or reptiles or primates buyers may often be unaware that they're contributing to the extinction of an endangered species but the online trade is driving poaching to new heights and if the hunting isn't halted a few years from now there may be no more rhinoceroses or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. and that's all for me it's back to tearing up that's right in just a couple of minutes we're going to talk about the mystery of the missing princess she said her life was anything but a fairy tale and many fear for her safety after her attempted escape and capture that scene is coming up in just a couple let's first italy's rival coalition parties are probably chosen who they want to lead the country in a bid to end more than two month

stuff at the international fund for animal welfare spend week surfing through more than one hundred internetportals targeting users in germany france britain and russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs counterfeit products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. i talked to an author of the report of a bombing numbers or but i asked if the illegal trade in wildlife is not only affecting biodiversity but if it's a threat to our existence to. it is and the unlined trait isn't significant part of the global wildlife trait and this trait fuels the poaching and fuels of the mont for exotic animals such as big snakes parrots are. reptiles and the demand for oil products such as ivory so the

staff of the international fund for animal welfare spent weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia. they found thousands of ads offering live wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like it's not in birds and reptiles for primates the buyers may often be unaware that they're contributing to the extinction of an endangered species but the online trade is driving poaching to new heights and if the hunting isn't halted a few years from now there may be no more rhinoceroses or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. space x. the private aerospace company headed by moscow launched another rocket carrying telecommunications and climate satellites launch as part of its plan to create the world's largest commercial satellite network. right to the satellites launched off from nasa it will be used for measuring indicators of changes in the earth's climate an hour such as sea level and places. and that's all from me back to terry an extraordinary s

stuff at the international fund for animal welfare spend weeks surfing through more than one hundred internet portals targeting users in germany france britain and russia they found thousands of offering life wild animals and animal products worth millions of dollars. it takes just a few clicks to purchase rare animals like exotic birds reptiles and primates the legal wildlife trade is estimated to be worth at least nineteen billion u.s. dollars a year when it comes to criminal activity only drugs kind of it products and human trafficking are more lucrative if the hunting isn't halted in a few years there may be no rhinos or elephants at all left in the wild in africa. let's see if we can prevent that. is an author of the report and joins us from hamburg you've said the illegal trade of wildlife is hard to control what's the hard part. yes indeed that is the big problem that most of the online advertising months have not included any. proving supporting documentation so. to decide if an offer an online offer is actually legal or illegal that is really very challenging. the case is th