The European Parliament’s environment committee, meeting on Thursday 13 October, welcomed the European Union action plan to curb illegal wildlife trafficking but wants it to be tougher.
The MEPs on the committee call for nothing less than a full and immediate ban on the ivory and rhinoceros horn trade, and heavy penalties as a deterrent.
This stance was formalised with the unanimous adoption (four abstentions) of the report by Catherine Bearder (ALDE, UK), only a few days after the...