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Summary of the Cites: "Many species have been classified"

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), meeting in Geneva, voted definitively to regulate the trade in giraffe and mako shark, and strengthened the protection of other animals such as otters and elephants. It has virtually banned the international trade of African wild elephants to captive them in places like zoos. The results of this meeting with Yann Wehrling, delegate ambassador for the environment.

" The giraffe, which was not recognized as a species in danger and is objectively, is finally classified. So we will not be able to freely trade products from the giraffe. All of this will be regulated now. "

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