A star tortoise at the Zoological Gardens in Yangon, Myanmar. All international trade in the Indian star tortoise – an animal valued in the pet trade – has been banned by the convention on international trade in endangered species (Cites). Shark and otter species were given new protections too but moves to protect glass frogs and the woolly mammoth were defeated at the summit of the 183 nations. (Photo by U Aung/Xinhua News Agency/Alamy Stock Photo)
