Wildlife trade crisis talks

Feb 12, 2014, 02:17 AM

Experts from around the world are gathering in London to discuss "the global crisis" in the wildlife trade.

Conservationists say animal trafficking is reaching unprecedented levels and species such as rhinos, elephants and tigers are under threat of extinction.

The aim of the meeting, hosted by the Zoological Society of London, is to find new ways to protect animals and reduce demand for wildlife products.

An action plan will be fed into another meeting hosted by the UK government.

They will be joined by Prince Charles and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge who have jointly released a video campaign urging people to "unite for wildlife".

The BBC's Rebecca Morelle was at London Zoo - she speaks to Debbie Banks, a senior campaigner at the Environmental Investigation Agency in the UK and Professor Jonathan Baillie, conservation programmes director at the Zoological Society of London