{"id":2186447,"date":"2025-04-18T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T04:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2186447"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:25:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:25:14","slug":"global-wildlife-trafficking-endangered-felines-found-in-paris-apartments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/global-wildlife-trafficking-endangered-felines-found-in-paris-apartments\/","title":{"rendered":"Global wildlife trafficking: Endangered felines found in Paris apartments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal activities in the world, after drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, an international operation uncovered 20,000 live, wild animals, including reptiles, felines, turtles and monkeys.<\/p>\n<p>Some 365 people were arrested in connection with six different illegal networks.<\/p>\n<p>Here in France, French authorities recently found endangered felines in Parisian apartments, far from their natural habitats.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them are now being cared for at an animal shelter in Nogent-le-Phaye, south of Paris.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Global wildlife trafficking: Endangered felines found in Paris apartments \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VZfOVLAvoO4\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>This article by Laurent Berstecher was first published by France24 on 7 April 2025.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<h2>What you can do<\/h2>\n<p>Wildlife continues to face threats, which include hunting, poaching, illegal trade in animal products, habitat loss as well as a rapidly changing climate.<\/p>\n<p>Become a Wildlife Champion by supporting our <a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wildlife-charities-supported-by-focusing-on-wildlife\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">conservation partners<\/a> with a monthly donation as little as $1.<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/install-popup-button.js\" id=\"donorbox-popup-button-installer\"> <\/script><a id=\"preview_inline_popup_button\" class=\"dbox-donation-button\" style=\"background: #0dc5dc; color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; display: flex; gap: 8px; width: fit-content; font-size: 16px; border-radius: 5px; line-height: 24px; padding: 8px 24px;\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/focusing-on-wildlife-needs-your-support?amount=50\" data-reminder-widget-enabled=\"true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 75w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 100w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 150w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 240w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 320w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 500w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 640w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 800w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1024w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1280w, https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/images\/white_logo.svg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">Donate<\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 1px solid white;\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wildlife trafficking is one of the most profitable criminal activities in the world, after drug trafficking, human trafficking and arms smuggling. 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