The latest set of corals to be ravaged by poaching for jewellery, are the Red Corals of the Mediterranean Sea. Southern Italy has emerged as a hub for illegal trade in corals, not only to threaten the red coral colonies but also traditional artisans, as published in a DW report.
The comic appeared in my column with The Hindu in 2019, and is a part of my book Green Humour for a Greying Planet. (PS- The book the little girl in the comic is reading, is Pratham Book's 'Dive', by the brilliant Rajiv Eipe).