Stolen Apes

Great ape illegal trafficking “tariffs” US Dollars

Frommiddleman, Cairo

37 000

50

From the poacher, Guinea

From the poacher, Brazzaville

2 300

Frommiddleman in source region, Kano Yaounde

350 1 700

20 000

Exported with CITES documents, Cairo

For a pair with health certificate,Cairo 300 000

CHIMPANZEE

GORILLA

13

From the poacher, Borneo

100

194

Frommiddleman in source region, Boma

450

Frommiddleman in source region, Kalimantan towns

Frommiddleman outside source area

454

Jakarta

1 000

Java

For a pair, outside source area, Conakry

30 000

ORANGUTAN

BONOBO

Note: Prices for live great apes vary greatly according to where they are sold, initial cost to the seller, risk factors and bribes in shipping, the estimated economic status of the buyer and demand factors. The price data is incomplete.

Sources: Caldecott and Miles, 2005; Bharadwaj, 2006; Maxmen, 2012; LAGA/WCP, 2012; Nijman, 2005a&b; CITES/GRASP, 2006; Redmond, 1989 and personal communication 2013; Tanna, 2012; Ammann, 2011, 2012 and personal communication, 2013.

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