The daily dose of bad news from around the world about poaching, wildlife and
environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Rogue enforcement officers, illegal loggers plundering Sarawak’s resources http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1236020
Rampant deforestation happening ‘right under our noses’, says livid Sarawak CM – See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/rampant-deforestation-happening-right-under-our-noses-says-livid-sarawak-cm#sthash.PXTB8BtL.dpuf
Adenan: No let-up in enforcement http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/25/Adenan-No-letup-in-enforcement-Lack-of-manpower-no-excuse-for-letting-criminal-activities-continue-w/
It’s good to see the new Chief Minister of Sarawak come out so strongly about illegal logging.
We wonder if, next door in Sabah, the authorities there have the guts and desire to make similar
announcements backed up with real action? It’s unlikely, but we can always live in hope the Sabah government will one day stamp out illegal logging, corruption and the illegal wildlife trade.
Until now they have shown little interest. And, yes, they see these newsletters.
No 276 Wildlife Trade News 25th November 2014
Palm oil sustainability body to expel non-compliant companies (NA comment: While CITES won’t expel non-compliant countries.) http://phys.org/news/2014-11-palm-oil-sustainability-body-expel.html
CHINA BUSINESS BUYING & SELLING ANIMALS: DEAD OR ALIVE
“Guangzhou Rui hung Guangzhou Import and Export Trade Co., Ltd. is located in the economic zone , China, is a company specializing in the import and export trade, legal and agent all kinds of animals , import and export business of animal specimens and animal products and technologies , ( state regulations specializes in the import and export of goods and countries prohibit the import and export of goods excluding special ) ; conduct counter trade and entrepot trade, Main: Acting imported animals , stuffed animals and animal products and other services.
In recent years , our company based on local resources , extension of the market , within the grasp management and development base , adhere to an industry-based ( import ) , a diversified , expanded scale , improve product quality , the company operates the world import business product reputation in the domestic market . Our products cover the entire country , the main agent of domestic import business and the self- imported animals zoo animals and animal products , such as specimen , has been a good long-term business trade in Southeast Asia, Europe and Africa and other countries , domestic and foreign customers trust .. … more ….”
http://www.guangzhouruihong.com/ (NA comment: Be sure to scroll down and see the photos of the animals on offer.)
Chinese zoo sparks fury after keeper is filmed ‘beating’ curious panda cub while teaching colleague how to train animals
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2847338/Chinese-zoo-sparks-fury-keeper-filmed-beating-curious-panda-cub-teaching-colleague-train-animals.html#ixzz3K0CFSNgx ………just try to imagine what the Chinese trainers do to chimpanzees (135 of them) to get them to perform like this on a stage. Think electric shocks, beatings and probably much worse, every day. Making matters worse – this commercial use of chimpanzees breaks the CITES convention but the Secretariat and Standing Committee are seemingly too afraid to criticise much less punish China. To see who sits on the Standing Committee just click http://www.cites.org/eng/com/sc/member.php and wonder at what it will take to get them to use sanctions as a proper form of punishment of those who break the CITES international treaty.)
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A new book documents China’s exploitation of Tibet’s natural resources: extractFrom damming powerful rivers to tearing up savanna for mining to expelling Tibetan nomads from their ancestral lands, China is exploiting the natural resources of Tibet on an epic scale, a new book argues. http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-24/new-book-documents-china-s-exploitation-tibet-s-natural-resources
Philippines convicts Chinese poachers despite Beijing’s warnings: (NA comment: Well done The Philippines. It is good to see someone standing up to China. Maybe you could gives the CITES Secretariat and Standing Committee some advice and lessons?)
The red coral poaching problem: JAPAN Strong demand among wealthy Chinese for jewelry and ornaments made out of red coral has caused the price to rise sharply in China. A type of red coral known as “ox blood” is being sold for 10,000 yuan (or roughly ¥190,000) per gram in specialty stores in Shanghai. The red coral that the poachers take from Japan’s EEZ is sold to traders in China for an estimated 500,000 yuan (roughly ¥9.5 million) per kilogram. (NA comment: Day after day, week after week, month aafter month, year after year, we read of Chinese poachers etc stealing the world’s wildlife. Well, they will won’t they, for as long as CITES remains too scared to enforce sanctions. No punishment = more crime, doesn’t it?) http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/11/24/editorials/red-coral-poaching-problem/#.VHNPgcm6j4c
‘Naming and shaming is what we do’: Speaking truth to power is an Asian value http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/389579/opinion/naming-and-shaming-is-what-we-do-speaking-truth-to-power-is-an-asian-value
Experts: Most Malaysians know the panda, not orang utan http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/11/25/Experts-Most-Malaysians-know-the-panda-not-orang-utan/
Coral poachers pounce on Phi Phi, south of Phuket
photo: Andrew Hewett http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Coral-poachers-pounce-Phi-Phi-south-Phuket/39567#ad-image-0
Combatting Poachers From the Sky: A Look Into the Work of Kenya’s Mobile Veterinarians http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/combatting-poachers-from-the-sky-a-look-into-the-work-of-kenyas-mobile-veterinarians/
Charges Pending Against Elephant Camp North of Phuket Over Live Crocodile and Dead Gibbon http://phuketwan.com/tourism/charges-pending-against-elephant-camp-north-phuket-live-crocodile-dead-gibbon-21431/
Malaysian palm oil firms amongst world best, and worst
Read more: http://www.therakyatpost.com/business/2014/11/24/malaysian-palm-oil-firms-amongst-world-best-worst/#ixzz3K04C8jec
Tanzanians on Interpol ‘Most Wanted’ list for environmental crimes http://www.coastweek.com/3747-Tanzanians-on-Interpol-Most-Wanted-list-for-environmental-crimes.htm
7 suspected Vietnamese poachers arrested off Palawan http://www.interaksyon.com/article/99833/7-suspected-vietnamese-poachers-arrested-off-palawan
Pink Horned Rhino http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2014/11/pink-horned-rhino-20141123115517924513.html
Nine tonnes of salmon caviar seized by police: SIBERIA http://siberiantimes.com/other/others/news/n0028-nine-tonnes-of-salmon-caviar-seized-by-police/
Orang Utan may be extinct by 2020: MALAYSIAhttp://www.thesundaily.my/news/1236158
Brazil: Amazon Deforestation Increases for First Time in Ten Years [PHOTO REPORT] http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/brazil-amazon-deforestation-increases-first-time-ten-years-photo-report-1476352
Disappearing oasis: northeastern India losing forests as people move in – See more at: http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1118-gfrn-sekar-assam-losing-forests.html#sthash.i4FhumXh.5iNpE83F.dpuf
JPIK Calls the Government Of Indonesia to Improve the Timber Legality Assurance System (SVLK) http://eia-international.org/jpik-calls-the-government-of-indonesia-to-improve-the-timber-legality-assurance-system-svlk
Migratory birds die silently in northern habitat. IRAN
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Unregulated bird hunting in northern habitat of Fereidounkenar, Mazandaran province, in northern Iran has decimated the bird population in their winter resort. http://en.mehrnews.com/detail/News/104789
Pangolin man fined RM10k: SABAH/MALAYSIA (NA comment: About £1900 or US$ 3000. A welcome, if rare prosecution in Sabah)
http://www.nst.com.my/node/56239
Poachers going after wildlife. Philippines http://www.visayandailystar.com/2014/November/25/topstory4.htm
Tanzania: Maasai group in danger of losing land looks like to keep it after president’s Tweet http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/story/2cc3d4f578ac47058fe68139bee336f0/AF–Tanzania-Maasai/
Two Bangalore techies arrested for keeping venomous snakes as pets
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2848094/Two-Bangalore-techies-arrested-keeping-venomous-snakes-pets.html#ixzz3K3dDBjvF
20 staff posts vacant, 2 vets for 471 animals at Byculla Zoo. INDIA http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-20-staff-posts-vacant-2-vets-for-471-animals-at-byculla-zoo-2038188
POLL: Phuket’s great animal debate PHUKET: Have your say in our latest poll about animals in captivity/exploited for the island’s tourism/entertainment industries (to vote, scroll down to end of this article and click the poll hyperlink). – See more at: http://www.thephuketnews.com/poll-phukets-great-animal-debate-49793.php#sthash.0G6LBR61.dpuf
Tigers, Farms, and Confusion: What You Don’t Know About the Tiger Trade Is Killing Them [FEATURE]
Read more: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/10609/20141124/tigers-farms-confusion-what-dont-know-tiger-trade-killing-feature.htm#ixzz3K3ekwQ00
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: INTERPOL Asks Public to Help Nab Environmental Crime Fugitives http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/11/141124-interpol-timber-trafficking-ivory-rhino-horn/
Conservationists ask minister to take action. CAMBODIA http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/conservationists-ask-minister-take-action
Chameleon crisis: extinction threatens 36% of world’s chameleons http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1124-hance-chameleon-crisis.html#sthash.2hb94VUT.dpbs
200 logs seized, no arrests made. SARAWAK http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/25/200-logs-seized-no-arrests-made/
Crosshairs on illegal logging. SARAWAK http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/25/crosshairs-on-illegal-logging/
Najafgarh birds fall prey to ‘organised’ poaching network. INDIA
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/indiahome/indianews/article-2847972/Najafgarh-birds-fall-prey-organised-poaching-network.html#ixzz3K3h5vzZl
7 Vietnamese poachers nabbed in Palawan
Alleged Vietnamese nationals who were caught poaching off Quezon, Palawan by the Philippine Coast Guard. Photo by John Zabanal, ABS-CBN News Palawan. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/11/25/14/7-vietnamese-poachers-nabbed-palawan
Indian National Park Setting Up Radar Network To Protect Tigers — And Humans http://www.popsci.com/radar-network-indian-national-park-helps-protect-tigers-and-humans
Poachers kill nilgai, flee. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/Poachers-kill-nilgai-flee/articleshow/45263066.cms
Illegal fishermen endanger world’s most isolated tribe extract: The last completely isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal is at risk from illegal fishing, with Burmese boats entering their waters and fishermen landing on their island home. But they had better watch out – two intruders were shot dead with arrows in 2006. http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2643818/illegal_fishermen_endanger_worlds_most_isolated_tribe.html
Finding the best path toward sustainable palm oil http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/25/finding-best-path-toward-sustainable-palm-oil.html
Hundreds Of Illegal Animals, Furs, Skins Seized At Border; MEXICO/USA
Urgent action needed to save Sarawak’s last intact forests; SARAWAK http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1411/S00276/urgent-action-needed-to-save-sarawaks-last-intact-forests.htm
Palanivel must spill the beans on mastermind. MALAYSIA http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2014/11/25/palanivel-must-spill-the-beans-on-mastermind/
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service director on Gabon’s New Marine Protected Areas http://en.gabonews.com/en/environment/items/director-of-the-us-fish-and-wildlife-service-dan-ashe-on-gabons-new-marine-protected-areas.html
