article_snippet.sent: Endangered species are protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
article_snippet.sent: (CITES) Countries all over the world have signed up to the agreement imposing special responsibilities on anyone importing any of the hundreds of plant and animal species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species .
article_snippet.sent: It's designed to stop the illegal killing of these species by destroying the market.
article_snippet.sent: There is also other international legislation applying to the trade of endangered species.
article_snippet.sent: Some can impose fines of hundreds of thousands of dollars and carry jail terms .