The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
And who is and remains under the spotlight
again? Yes, China …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Wildlife Abducted From Hwange National Park For Chinese Zoos
extract: Earlier in the year a damning report by Born Free USA noted that Zimbabwe has particularly close business ties with China and there have been allegations that ivory has also been flown to China through the Chinese Embassy in Harare.
http://conservationaction.co.za/recent-articles/wildlife-abducted-hwange-national-park-chinese-zoos/
No 283 Wildlife Trade News 2nd December 2014
Corruption and the Wildlife Trade. extract: Despite being the major destination for the legal ivory, around 90% of the ivory currently on sale in China is thought to have been obtained illegally, largely from poaching.
The full force of international law must be brought to bear, and the sanctions available to the likes of CITES used to their maximum extent against countries which consistently fail to uphold their commitments.
If the international community doesn’t get tough on corruption, and soon, then many of the world’s best-known wildlife species face a bleak future. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mark-jones/animal-preservation_b_6247192.html
Traffickers of Mantas and Devil Rays Get Bitten in Busts extract: Ray gill plates (appendages that filter the plankton that rays feed on) fuel an estimated $30 million annual trade to Chinese markets, despite the fact their efficacy as a health remedy is not recognized within mainstream traditional Chinese medicine. http://news.yahoo.com/traffickers-mantas-devil-rays-bitten-busts-150435346.html
Chinese zoos plundering Zimbabwe’s wildlife http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2014/12/chinese-zoos-plundering-zimbabwes-wildlife/
Zim’s baby elephants getting sold to China zoos https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/12/02/zims-baby-elephants-getting-sold-china-zoos/
Strange Chinese Appetites Driving Wildlife Toward Extinction http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbrinkley/2014/12/01/strange-chinese-appetites-driving-wildlife-toward-extinction/
CITES ISN’T WORKING – IS IT?
WHY IS CHINA PERMITTED BY CITES
TO GET AWAY WITH BREAKING THE CITES CONVENTION – EVERY DAY? IT’S BEEN
THIS WAY FOR YEARS – HASN’T IT?
China Leads Illegal Wildlife Trade; Alibaba, Baidu, WeChat Provide Havens
Read more: http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/25269/20141201/chinas-alibaba-baidu-wechat-provide-havens-for-illegal-wildlife-trade-international-fund-for-animal-welfare-alibaba-taobao-baidu-tieba-wechat-qq-group-ifaw-study-report-ivory-rhinoceros.htm#ixzz3KiQefVIQ
Live Lions, Tigers, and Bears for Sale Online. CHINA Report unveils grisly illegal Internet trade in wildlife—dead or alive. http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/12/01/live-lions-tigers-and-bears-sale-online-oh-my
APP boosting timber productivity to support zero deforestation policy http://news.mongabay.com/2014/1126-app-plantation-yields.html#sthash.dy2a4tXh.2C6PBx93.dpbs
Canada Slammed For Trading Endangered Whale Meat https://www.thedodo.com/canada-whale-meat-shipments-851729430.html
Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle http://www.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php/sid/228115609
Malayan tiger beats a retreat http://www.thesundaily.my/node/283782
Four Odisha poachers land in jail for killing wild boar http://odishasuntimes.com/101691/four-odisha-poachers-land-jail-killing-wild-boar/
Conservation Drones Tackling deforestation and protecting orangutans with drones in Indonesia. http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/earthrise/2014/11/conservation-drones-2014113014117588289.html |
