Illegal trade in wildlife vertebrate species in the West Bank, Palestine

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A total of 79 species of local vertebrates (birds, mammals, and reptiles) are found to be in illegal trade intheWest Bank, Palestine, during 2013e2020. Data were collected from visits to the animal markets in themain cities of the West Bank (Bethlehem, Hebron, Jenin, Jericho, Nablus, Ramallah, and Salfit) and fromadvertisements in social media. Birds were the most traded animals represented in 59 species (74.7%),followed by 12 species of reptiles (15.2%) and eight species of mammals (10.1%). Nineteen species arelisted under CITES appendices (17 birds and 2 mammals under appendixes II and III, respectively). As forthe conservation status according to the IUCN Red List, two bird species (Streptopelia turtur and Serinussyriacus) and one reptile (Testudo graeca) are listed as VU, while two mammals (Hyaena hyaena andGazella gazella) are listed as NT and EN, respectively. Based on the local status, three species of bird areconsidered critically endangered (Coturnix coturnix, Asio flammeus, and Aquila chrysaetos), one bird isendangered (Falco subbuteo), and two mammals (Hyaena hyaena and Gazella gazella) are consideredendangered and vulnerable respectively. This study reveals the urgent need to control animal trade in thePalestinian Territories.

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