Environmental Crimes: Effect of COVID-19 on Non-human Victims

The article aims at finding out the impact of COVID-19 on forest and wildlife crimes, as novel coronavirus or stalled our daily activities in most unexpected manner. Studies have shown that origin any influenza virus is typically from animals. 2 Thus, a direct nexus can be established between trade (primarily which illegal) spread coronavirus. United Nations Environmental Programme 2016 identified issues upcoming zoonotic diseases while discussing their emergence re-emergence its link with ecosystem. In this article, an attempt made to understand framework stance International Criminal Court regard environmental crimes. Further mentions role play if office prosecutor were try prosecute cases Further, Sustainable Development Goals 13, 14 15 3 important secondary study. Since these goals presented us opportunity interlink one another thus discuss need protecting conserving non-human victims harms along human victims. Study reports international national organizations, law journals, case laws, news reports, books, commentaries, etc., are used finally conclusive remark based interpretation primary data. This solely proposes analyse identify challenges faced by mainly during course pandemic outbreak.