Most Wildlife Trade Is Legal

Most wildlife trade is legal.It includes trade in both plants and animals; thus, exotic flowers, pets, wood used for furniture, and "wild" ingredients used in food and medicines are all included.Conservationists consider wildlife trade a problem when it is illegal and involves endangered species.This is most likely because endangered species

A) are more aggressive and more likely to kill poachers.
B) can be easily slipped past CITES officials at trade centers.
C) have low breeding populations, and illegal trade speeds up their extinction.
D) are more threatened by disease and invasive species once they are sold.
E) have a very low economic value, compared with species that are not endangered.