Eels are losing the battle

Hey Everybody,

I just want start off by saying, yes I know my blog is really Conservation biology oriented but Im trying to stress the point of the wildlife policy. I find it easiest to understand wildlife policy when I read articles about rare or endangered species. In the UK, populations of juvenile european eels have been drastically reduced. They are having trouble deciding how much can be exported when their numbers are so low. TRAFFIC is a wildlife monitoring network and they have been pushing for more rigorous studies to determine sustainable amounts that can be taken. In 2007, the European Eel was listed under CITES after the push by the EU. I want to ask you all how we as conservationist and policy makers, can get people to care about a species that not cute and cuddly?

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