World Wildlife Day
Photos: Bird trapped in a net found along the Egyptian coast © Holger Schulz; shot Addax © John Newby, SCF; burning ivory; thousands of dolphins are killed illegally every year © WDC; a lion chews at a snare caught around its neck © Courtesy of Panthera.org Today is World Wildlife Day, chosen as it marks the anniversary of the signing of CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) one of the two international treaties dedicated to the conservation of wildlife