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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nada Farhoud

Illegal pet sales still running wild on Facebook with endangered species 'openly traded'

This is Lucy – a langur monkey. Alongside listings for second-hand furniture, clothing and old toys, she is for sale on Facebook.

Many other species can also be found, including pygmy marmosets, the world’s tiniest monkey, pictured in chains. You can buy lion and cheetah cubs or even rhino horn.

This thriving marketplace for the illegal wildlife trade encourages the trafficking of endangered species – found “in a matter of clicks” from the search bar, research from campaign group Avaaz found.

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