The Species
Survival Network (SSN) is an international coalition of organizations
committed to the promotion, enhancement and strict enforcement of the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and Flora (CITES). Through scientific and legal research, education and
advocacy, the SSN is working to prevent over-exploitation of animals
and plants due to international trade. The Network strongly believes
that such trade can occur only when evidence positively demonstrates
that survival of the species, subspecies or populations and their role
in the ecosystems in which they occur will not be detrimentally
affected by trade and when trade in live animals minimizes the risk of
injury, damage to health or cruel treatment. The species must always
receive the benefit of the doubt if available evidence is uncertain.
SSN's
Criteria
for Assessing the Sustainability of
Trade in Wild Fauna and Flora


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