Boating New Zealand — February 2018

34 Boating New Zealand

New Zealand is a

signatory to CITES

(Convention on

International Trade in

Endangered Species of

Wild Fauna and Flora),

a body set up to ensure

that the international

trade of wild animals

and plants doesn’t

threaten their survival.

A list of New Zealand

transgressions

reflects a weighting

to geckos and skinks,

and in many cases

the traffickers elected

to hide them in their

underpants. A gecko’s

life is not a happy one!

WILDLIFE

SMUGGLING

BELOW In the Caribbean

smugglers often use

fast boats to out-run US

Coastguard.