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  "id": 17269716,
  "title": "Global wildlife trade is twice previous species estimates, but major data gaps suggest true scale is even larger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/global-wildlife-trade-is-twice-previous-species-estimates-but-major",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-30T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-global-wildlife-previous-species-major.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 107,000 species are used and traded worldwide, more than double previous estimates, according to new research that suggests the true scale may be far greater due to major gaps in trade and wildlife collection data.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}