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What was seized this month?

247 cases so far in 2026-09, most often parrots & songbirds, turtles & tortoises, elephant (ivory).

247 cases in 2026-09

Parrots & songbirds45
Turtles & tortoises43
Elephant (ivory)22
Pangolin20

Who answers

Public reports (WildTrace) 194 official, 315 corroborated, 1,391 single report

What the number cannot tell you

The latest weeks fill in as reports arrive; the daily run adds them.

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Rebuilt daily from the WildTrace data. Cite: Verma, T. K. (2026). WildTrace: the open atlas of illegal wildlife trade. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.22902819