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Illegal wildlife trade in NepalCEFR A1
14 Dec 2025
Adapted from Sonia Awale, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Vickey Goh, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
71 words
- Illegal wildlife trade is a large global business.
- People move wild animals across many countries.
- Many trafficked animals come from and pass through Nepal.
- Nepal uses strict laws to protect wild animals.
- Police often arrest poor and indigenous people.
- Higher-level traffickers often escape police action.
- Some people sell animals to earn money for family.
- Some communities eat wild bats as part of tradition.
- Communities worry about disease and health risks.
Difficult words
- illegal — not allowed by law or rules
- wildlife — animals and plants living in nature
- traffic — buy or sell goods secretly or illegallytrafficked
- protect — keep someone or something safe
- indigenous — people native to a local area
- disease — an illness that can make people sick
- tradition — a custom people do for a long time
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Discussion questions
- Do you think wild animals should be protected?
- Have you ever seen wild animals for sale?
- Is eating wild animals part of your community tradition?
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