Abstract
Analysing seizure data is an important part of understanding the scale of the global wildlife trade and is essential when attempting to detect trends in organised crime activities, success of enforcement efforts and species conservation status. Confusion over the Imperial and metric systems with regards to the units of measurement ton and tonne due to careless reporting or an impression that difference between the two is an issue of American vs British spelling has led to considerable mis-reporting and underestimating of the volumes of pangolins involved in the illegal international wildlife trade. Here we highlight this issue and call upon conservationists, media communications officers and journalists to be more careful and accurate when reporting on tons or tonnes of wildlife in trade.
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