Cracking Down On Wildlife Trafficking
On the bright side, China has been making amendments to its Wild Animal Protection Law in the past years to crack down on the issue of trafficking. The legislature was initially passed in 1989 and has since undergone various improvements, with the latest one being in 2021.
Coinciding with the start of the year of the ox, China updated its official list of protected animals. This is the first major update to the list since the wildlife law was put in place. Among the animals included are jackals and wolves, which were initially seen as “vermin” because of how they interfered with human activities.
