| Is CITES Turning a Blind Eye to China’s Illicit Wildlife Imports?
National Geographic | 19 March, 2014 | Karl Ammann
Hear no evil, see no evil, and speak no evil. This appears to be the policy of the CITES Secretariat, the Changsha Zoo and Chinese CITES authorities when it comes to basic accountability and transparency about the missing gorillas. China’s illegal imports of some 150 chimpanzees from… Full Story ? |
| Mozambique Could Face Wildlife Sanctions
News 24 | 23 March, 2014 | African Eye
Mozambique could face a ban on the trade in wildlife products after failing to meet a year-long deadline to submit a report to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites), urgently outlining measures to curb the escalating rhino… Full Story ? |
| Our elephants are next – SANParks
Independent Online | 24 March, 2014 | Sheree Bega
Johannesburg – When the poachers come for Kruger’s elephants – and they will – David Mabunda promises he and his elite team of park rangers turned soldiers will be ready. “It’s inevitable, but they will find us ready,” said Mabunda, who heads SANParks…. Full Story ? |
| Vietnam Takes Steps to Minimize Transnational Wildlife Crime
Wildlife Conservation Society | 24 March, 2014 | Press Release
The Vietnam CITES Management Authority of the Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development today hosted a roundtable meeting that marks the nation’s first step toward synergy to minimize the transnational wildlife crime affecting this nation; and further, a Vietnam official indicated they are considering destroying stockpiles… Full Story ? |
| Haul of shame: the biggest stockpile of illegal ivory on earth
Mail Online | 22 March, 2014 | Martin Fletcher
Behind them, rows of tall metal shelves recede into the gloom. They are stacked solid with tusks, each pair the sole remnant of a once-magnificent elephant. More tusks lie in sacks on the concrete floor. It is an appalling, sickening sight. This is the… Full Story ? |
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