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Wildlife trade researcher Astrid Andersson tells Kate Whitehead how her passion for Hong Kong and its flora and fauna fuelled a career in conservation.
Demand is fuelling an illegal trade. But smuggled monkeys carry diseases that can disrupt experiments and lead to unreliable data. Demand is fuelling an illegal trade. But smuggled monkeys carry diseases that can disrupt experiments and lead to unreliable data.
Organised and Serious Crime Ordinance amended in 2021 to cover certain wildlife trafficking-related crimes but has yet to be used for prosecutions, experts say.
About 80 per cent agree blanket ban on some exotics such as yellow-crested cockatoos, green iguanas and alligator snapping turtles needed.
In Hong Kong, a feral population of yellow-crested cockatoos could be the last hope for the critically endangered species. Researcher Astrid Andersson is on a mission to safeguard the species and protect them from ongoing poaching.