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A Jaguar (Panthera onca) rescued for animal trafficking is seen at Santa Cruz Foundation in San Antonio, Cundinamarca, Colombia on July 07, 2022. Each day, birds, reptiles, amphibians, felines, and primates are snatched from their natural habitats to be sold on domestic urban markets or to traders halfway across the world. Monkeys are taken from the jungle for experimentation in the interest of science. And a whole host of other creatures are hunted to be pets, consumed for supposed potency, medicines, religious rituals or to feed the vagaries of the fashion trade. Despite being a highly lucrative business that is transnational in scope, wildlife trafficking has been unable to attract sufficient attention from Colombian authorities more concerned with battling drug cartels. (Photo by Juancho Torres/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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