WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.400 I think most people are aware that things like 00:00:02.425 --> 00:00:05.304 tigers, elephants, rhinos are endangered, 00:00:05.687 --> 00:00:09.597 but less people are aware that one of the reasons for that 00:00:09.643 --> 00:00:11.838 is that they're used in trade illegally. 00:00:12.007 --> 00:00:14.890 And even fewer people will be aware that 00:00:14.890 --> 00:00:17.018 that trade happens in this country. 00:00:26.662 --> 00:00:30.004 We should care about this issue because some of these species 00:00:30.204 --> 00:00:32.512 may be made extinct. 00:00:32.625 --> 00:00:33.969 But we should also care because 00:00:33.985 --> 00:00:36.103 this is something we play a part in. 00:00:36.126 --> 00:00:40.032 If we didn't buy these products here, there wouldn't be a problem. 00:00:40.062 --> 00:00:42.118 So, it's something we can do something about. 00:00:42.138 --> 00:00:44.938 That's why we should get involved in it. 00:00:44.962 --> 00:00:47.985 You would expect it to be dodgy, 00:00:48.016 --> 00:00:49.157 it isn't necessarily. 00:00:49.181 --> 00:00:51.981 Some of these came from reputable shops. 00:00:52.013 --> 00:00:54.943 This is the one he claimed he didn't know what it was made of. 00:00:54.967 --> 00:00:57.767 He said he didn't know what species it was. 00:00:58.037 --> 00:00:59.857 The other ones he knew... 00:01:00.584 --> 00:01:04.168 ...but not this orange one with brown stripes. 00:01:04.216 --> 00:01:07.716 In this country it's illegal to use an endangered species 00:01:07.822 --> 00:01:09.642 for commercial purposes. 00:01:09.665 --> 00:01:14.651 That means buying it, selling it, keeping it for sale, hiring it out. 00:01:14.831 --> 00:01:17.835 The best way to avoid this trade carrying on 00:01:17.874 --> 00:01:19.974 is by making people aware of it 00:01:20.008 --> 00:01:22.280 and stopping them from buying the products. 00:01:22.313 --> 00:01:27.784 Some of the things that we've seized include small ivory carvings, 00:01:27.823 --> 00:01:31.135 even whole elephant tusks, 00:01:31.161 --> 00:01:35.226 hundreds of packets of medicines that contain endangered species. 00:01:35.242 --> 00:01:37.326 We could seize anything. 00:01:37.349 --> 00:01:40.393 It could be a fur coat, it could be a shawl... 00:01:40.449 --> 00:01:43.949 ...there's all sorts of things that are made from endangered species. 00:01:44.029 --> 00:01:47.103 The saddest, or most shocking thing we've seized, 00:01:47.126 --> 00:01:49.958 are these two tiger cubs. 00:01:50.495 --> 00:01:52.633 They were being sold in a shop in London. 00:01:52.696 --> 00:01:54.803 It is just the skin that they use, 00:01:54.820 --> 00:01:58.555 so they would have killed it, skinned it, and then make that mould. 00:01:58.845 --> 00:02:00.965 They stretch the skin over the mould. 00:02:00.981 --> 00:02:03.820 So, it's only the skin that's real. 00:02:03.898 --> 00:02:05.718 Even the eyes are fake. 00:02:05.924 --> 00:02:10.301 They said that the eyes wouldn't have opened, 00:02:10.325 --> 00:02:11.778 because they were so young, 00:02:11.793 --> 00:02:16.479 they would have had to prise the eyes open and stick glass eyes on. 00:02:16.516 --> 00:02:17.916 It's horrible. 00:02:18.088 --> 00:02:22.591 Generally, the poachers are not poor local villagers 00:02:22.607 --> 00:02:24.028 trying to support their families. 00:02:24.060 --> 00:02:26.291 These are highly organised criminals. 00:02:26.585 --> 00:02:29.700 They're using automatic weapons to kill these animals. 00:02:29.755 --> 00:02:32.083 So, they're profiting a lot. 00:02:32.107 --> 00:02:34.276 They're making a huge amount of money out of this 00:02:34.316 --> 00:02:36.806 that doesn't go back into the local community. 00:02:36.823 --> 00:02:39.828 People in countries where these animals live, 00:02:39.876 --> 00:02:42.408 who work to prevent the poaching, 00:02:42.466 --> 00:02:44.730 they work very hard and do a good job, 00:02:44.753 --> 00:02:46.716 but they're never going to stop it completely 00:02:46.756 --> 00:02:49.581 as long as the poachers can make money out of this trade. 00:02:49.660 --> 00:02:52.259 So, we have to tackle it from this end as well. 00:02:52.298 --> 00:02:54.982 If we can reduce the demand for the products, 00:02:55.022 --> 00:02:57.336 then eventually stop people buying them altogether, 00:02:57.359 --> 00:02:59.515 there will be no reason for the poaching to continue. 00:02:59.538 --> 00:03:04.113 It can be difficult to identify an endangered species product. 00:03:04.129 --> 00:03:08.294 Sometimes it can be something that isn't obviously an endangered species. 00:03:08.318 --> 00:03:09.897 It might be a medicine. 00:03:09.937 --> 00:03:13.437 You might go to a shop, buy a medicine for a condition, 00:03:13.477 --> 00:03:16.268 you wouldn't necessarily think there would be an endangered species in it. 00:03:16.284 --> 00:03:19.135 You wouldn't even think there would be an animal part in it, 00:03:19.269 --> 00:03:23.512 but we don't expect the public to experts on that. 00:03:24.316 --> 00:03:27.861 All we ask is that you ask a lot of questions of the seller. 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:30.360 Sometimes it is more obvious, 00:03:30.406 --> 00:03:32.858 it might be a tusk, it might be a stuffed animal. 00:03:32.889 --> 00:03:37.431 The most important thing you can do is not buy endangered species products. 00:03:37.686 --> 00:03:40.146 Tell other people not to buy it. 00:03:40.168 --> 00:03:42.911 If you see them on sale, report them to the police.