This document features information on 19 different endangered animal species that are threatened by global wildlife trade, including lions, pangolins, rhinoceros, African grey parrots, chimpanzees, elephants, hawksbill sea turtles, sharks, and tigers. For each species, it provides a brief description of their habitat, behavior, and conservation status as well as the threats they face from poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking, such as hunting for bush meat, body parts for traditional medicine, and the pet trade. The goal is to raise awareness about these threatened species and empower the viewer to get involved in conservation efforts.

1. FEATURED
ARTISTS
CARISSA ABATABILO
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CHLOE BULPIN
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PEDRO BUSANA
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WEN HSU CHEN
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INSIL CHOI
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TALIA CONNELLY
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NATALIE DARMOHRAJ
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HAZEL ELSBACH
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SHOUJIE ENG
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CODI FANT
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LEE FEARNSIDE
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ANDREW FREIBAND
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drew-Freiband
JULIE GHRIST
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ANGELA GRAM
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ANGELA HSIEH
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NICK JAINSCHIGG
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LUCI JOCKEL
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DEREK MIRANDA
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SABRINA MORTENSEN
PAUL OLSON
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EMILY POOLE
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CELINE SCHMIDT
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EMILY SCHNALL
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TRAER SCOTT
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ROSE SCULLY
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+scully
KYLE SIMMERS
kylesimmers.com
DREA SULLIVAN
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MARA TRACHTENBERG
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NATALIE TYLER
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YIXUAN WANG
“Wildlife: Trading and Conservation”
features work by 32 visual artists
studying the impact of global trade on
endangered species. During the cre-
ative process, the artists interviewed
a variety of animal experts, including
biologists, ecologists, veterinarians,
park rangers, zookeepers, sanctuary
managers, and policy-makers. The re-
sult is a selection of highly personal
artwork that is both informed by the
facts and emotionally charged. The
goal of this exhibition is to consider
the role of global wildlife trade in driv-
ing dozens of species to extinction,
while harming human lives and liveli-
hoods; and to empower the viewing
public to take part in conservation.
JULY 14 - AUGUST 6
12PM - 5PM
RISD ISB GALLERY
TRADING&CONSERVATION
This exhibition is co-sponsored by Rhode Island
School of Design, Creature Conserve, and the
International Fund for Animal Welfare.
It features works by artists studying the impact of
global trade on endangered species.

2. most social; related females in a pride will often nurse
each other’s cubs. Lions are in trouble because of tro-
phy hunting for their pelts, claws, and teeth, as well as
for the bush meat (hunting of wildlife for food) trade.
There are eight species of
PANGOLINS, four in Asia (Manis spe-
cies, EN-CR) and four in Africa (two Pha-
taginus species and two Smutsia spe-
cies (VU). They are similar to anteaters
with a very long tongue and no teeth;
they are also similar to birds with a thick
stomach wall that helps to grind up their
diet of ants and termites. They are the
most trafficked mammal in the world,
for their meat in ceremonial dishes and
their scales in traditional medicine and for jewelry.
RED AND GREEN MACAWS, or
green-winged macaws, Ara chlo-
ropterus (LC,) are found in tropical
forests and woodlands of southern
Central America and northern to
mid South America. Their diet in the
wild includes clay, which they eat to
counteract the toxins found in many
of their preferred foods, including
cashews and palm fruit. Though their
population numbers are high enough to keep them off
the endangered species list, they are increasingly in
trouble from the pet trade.
There are five species of
RHINOCEROS. Each has
distinctive features that reflect
their habitat. In sub-Saharan
Africa, Black Rhinos, Diceros
bicornis (CR), have a prehensile
upper lip for browsing leaves
and branches. White Rhinos, Ceratotherium simum
(NT,), have wide, flat lips for grazing. Both species have
hard footpads, like horse hooves, for running on hard
ground. The rhinos of tropical Asia include the greater
one-horned or Asian Rhino, Rhinoceros unicornis (VU),
the Javan Rhino, Rhinoceros sondaicus, (CR), and the
Sumatran Rhino, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (CR). Rhi-
nos are killed for their horn, which is used in traditional
Chinese medicine and fordecorative carvings.
AFRICAN GREY PARROTS, Psittacus
erithacus (VU), are found in the rainfor-
ests of west and central Africa. They often
forage on the ground for palm nuts, seeds,
fruits, leaves, and sometimes snails. Thou-
sands are taken out of the wild each year
for their feathers and, because of their
intelligence and ability to mimic human
speech, as pets.
CHIMPANZEES, Pan troglodytes (EN),
are found in the forests and woodlands of
equatorial Africa. In addition to tool use,
they are capable of planning a hunt or or-
ganizing an attack against their rivals. They
are at risk because of the pet trade as well
as the bush meat (hunting of wildlife for
food) trade.
ELEPHANTS are found in India and
Southeast Asia (Elephas maximus
(EN), and sub-Saharan Africa.
(Loxodonta africana (VU).w The
largest land mammal, they commu-
nicate by making sounds that range
from low-frequency rumbles we
are unable to hear, to high-pitched,
high-volume trumpet calls. Dozens of elephants die each
day in Africa—over 100/day during the first half of 2016—
for their ivory.
HAWKSBILL SEA TURTLES, Eretmo-
chelys imbricata (CR) are found worldwide.
They spend most of their time in the open
ocean before returning to the beach where
they were hatched to lay their own eggs.
Like many egg-laying reptiles, warmer sand
temperatures in the next produce female
hatchlings, cooler ones produce males.
Like all seven species of sea turtle, the Hawksbill is in trou-
ble because of harvesting their eggs and meat for food
and their shells for carvings and jewelry, and
because of by-catch.
LIONS, Panthera leo (VU) are found in
sub-Saharan Africa. While most cats are
solitary lions are the exception, and are the
SHARKS are found worldwide and
include nearly four hundred spe-
cies. All have an excellent sense of
taste and can detect tiny amounts
of chemicals in water– as little as
one drop of blood; they can also
can pick up electrical signals as tiny
as those created by the muscles of their prey. Dozens of
species of shark are being driven to extinction because
of “finning,” the harvesting of just their fins for soup,
including Great Hammerhead Sharks, Sphyrna mokarran
(EN), Thresher Sharks, Alopias species (VU), and Whale
Sharks, Rhincodon typus (VU). These species have not
yet been assessed by IUCN.
There are six sub-species of TIGER,
Panthera tigris (EN), throughout Asia.
They socialize through scent-markings
and scratch marks; one male’s territo-
ry may overlap that of many females.
Tigers are endangered because of
trophy hunting for pelts, teeth, claws,
and,for tiger parts including bones
used to make ceremonial wind and
traditional medicine, despite lack of evidence that they
produce health benefits.
IUCN STATUS CODES:
LC, Least Concern;
NT, Near Threatened;
VU, Vulnerable;
EN,Endangered;
CR, Critically Endangered
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To learn from the scientists who study endangered plants and
animals, visit the website of the IUCN, International Union for
the Conservation of Nature.
http://www.iucn.org/theme/species/about/ssc-special-
ist-groups-and-red-list-authorities-directory