Wildlife Trafficking Thrives Online

On a recent Wednesday at a pet crematory on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South African authorities destroyed nearly a metric ton of lion bones.

The destruction of the confiscated remains was part of South Africa’s effort to end the captive breeding of lions and the trafficking of their bones to be used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

South Africa effectively banned the export of lion bones this year by setting the export quota for them at zero. South Africa has an...