It was among the topics raised at the London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade in February last year, an event hosted by the Prime Minister, David Cameron and the Prince Wales and Duke of Cambridge, to which 50 heads of state were invited. With concern growing about a number of species eventually being wiped out by poaching, and talk of its profits now being ploughed into terrorism along with other criminal enterprise, the conference reflected a growing determination by politicians around the world to end the trade.