Hidupan liar yang dilindungi kini diperingkat kritikal, aktiviti manusia membunuh dan mengambil hidupan liar secara tidak sah untuk tujuan keuntungan semakin meningkat saban tahun. Perdagangan haram hidupan liar kini hampir mencecah US 32 bilion setahun iaitu hampir menyamai nilai pemerdagangan manusia.
Permintaan untuk produk hidupan liar dan haiwan eksotik seperti makanan, perubatan tradisional, pakaian dan barang perhiasan yang diperbuat daripada gading, sirip, kulit, tanduk dan organ-organ dalaman haiwan semakin meningkat di seluruh dunia dimana permintaan tertinggi datangnya dari Amerika Syarikat, Republik Rakyat China dan Kesatuan Eropah. Berikut senarai anggaran harga pasaran gelap bagi haiwan eksotik:-
- Illegal Wildlife Trade Value: $19 Billion
- African Elephants Poached per Day : Nearly 100 per day
- Number of Rhinos Killed in 2013 : 1,004
- Price of Elephant Ivory : $850 per kilo in Asia
- EXOTIC ANIMALS PRICE in U.S. DOLLARS
- Abalone:$52 per kilogram
- African Grey Parrot:$2,000
- Arowana Fish:$20,000
- Australian Lizard:$7,500
- Baby Elephant in Thailand:$7,000
- Bear - Complete :$4,500 in Taiwan
- Bear Bile:$200,000 per pound
- Bear Paws:$50 for set of 4
- Black Cockatoo:$31,000 in Australia
- Butterfly (Queen Alexandra):$8,195
- Chimpanzee (Live):$50
- Clouded Leopard:$5,700 in China
- Dog Meat:$29 in Vietnam
- Elephant:$28,200
- Elephant Tusk:$1,800 in Vietnam
- Frog Legs:$11 for a dozen pairs in France
- Geckos from New Zealand:$1,300 in Europe
- Geckos in the Philippines:$2,300
- Gila Monster:$1,500
- Gorillas:$400,000
- Iguanas:$10,600
- Ivory:$850 per kilo in Asia
- Ivory with Carvings:$3,000 per kilo
- Komodo Dragon:$30,000
- Leopard:$5,000
- Leopard Tortoise:$403
- Monkey in Europe:$123
- Monkey in Thailand:$55
- Orangutan:$45,000
- Owl:$250 in India
- Pangolin:$1,000
- Pangolin - Meat:$300 per kilogram
- Pangolin - Scales:$3,000 per kilogram
- Panther:$5,000
- Ploughshare Tortoise:$4,000
- Polar Bear Skin:$7,760 to $9,930
- Puppies trafficked from Ireland:$255 to $1,275 in the UK.
- Rhino Horn Dagger:$14,000
- Rhino Horns:$97,000 per kilogram
- Rhino Horns (Crushed for medicine powder):$10 in Vietnam
- Shark Fins:$100 per kilogram
- Sloths:$30 in Colombia
- Snake Venom:$215,175 per liter
- Snakes (Banded kraits):$2,190 in India
- Snow Leopard Pelt:$1,000 in Afghanistan
- Spotted Salamander:$103 on the Internet
- Tiger (Dead):$5,000
- Tiger (Live):$50,000
- Tiger - Baby:$3,200
- Tiger Bone:$2,000
- Tiger Bone Wine:$88
- Tiger Penis:$1,300
- Tiger Remains:$70,000 in China
- Tiger Skin:$35,000
- Tortoises:$10,000 in Madagascar
- Totoaba Fish - Bladder:$200,000 in China
- Turtle - Chinese Golden Coin:$20,000
- Turtle Eggs:$1 in Costa Rica
Source:havocscope.com
