No 303 Wildlife Trade News 24th December 2014

Even on Christmas Eve do the bad news not stop

BREAKING NEWS ………

…..HAVE YOU BEEN MISINFORMED BY THE CITES SECRETARIAT?

27 Zim elephants to be exported to China The elephants, aged between 3 and 5 years, may be flown out of Victoria Falls by February. http://ewn.co.za/2014/12/24/27-Zim-elephants-to-be-exported-to-China (NA COMMENT: This is the exact opposite of what the CITES secretary general said only last week. How are we to believe anything else he says in defence of China?)

27 baby elephants to be exported to China extract Harare – Vets in Zimbabwe confirmed on Tuesday that rangers have captured 27 baby elephants in the western Hwange National Park ready for export to China. "There are 27 baby elephants there. One has died since capture," said Mel Hood of the independent Veterinarians for Animal Welfare (VAWZ). "They are all destined for China, these 27.”

(NA comment: On December 18, the CITES secretary general said “The CITES Management Authority of China has advised that it has not received any application to import elephants from Zimbabwe.”) http://cites.org/eng/zw_elephants

Did the Chinese CITES MA deceive the CITES secretariat, again? WE DESERVE AN EXPLANATION, DON’T WE?We have said, repeatedly, in the past, the CITES secretariat appears to always want to protect China, so what do you make of this latest development? http://www.news24.com/Green/News/27-baby-elephants-to-be-exported-to-China-20141223

WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD STEAL THIS BABY FROM ITS MOTHER TO STICK IN A ZOO – IN CHINA’S CASE, VERY BAD ZOOS? WHO ARE THESE EVIL PEOPLE?

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From this in Africa to ………………………….this in China and approved by the Chinese CITES Management Authority.

THE GREAT ZIMBABWE LIE EXPOSED:

16th Dec. Kasukuwere said it was normal for wildlife to be captured in the country’s largest game reserve and exported "from time to time". But he denied reports that the animals were destined for Chinese zoos, saying they were headed to the UAE.

WHO ARE THE EVIL PEOPLE WHO PROFIT FROM THIS TRADE?

Is the CITES Secretariat too close to China?

Might this be why news reports critical of China are

STILL absent from the CITES web site?

(L-R) Head of China’s CITES MA greeting senior secretariat official

at the CITES Bangkok conference 2013.

The secretariat have defended China’s import of 145 great apes.

Last week the secretary general told us his Chinese CITES MA had no plans to

import baby elephants from China. (see above news reports)

And China, as we know, is the world’s largest importer of illegal wildlife.

It’s been this way for as long as we can remember.

Despite which, CHINA has not be sanctioned. Hmmnn.

Does this strike you as inexplicable, even suspicious?

INTERPOL go after and punish individual criminals,

while CITES appear to suck up to China, Vietnam, etc.

Whose side do you think CITES are on?

2012

CITES Secretary-General Mr John Scanlon presented the latest
certificates of commendation to Ms Yin Hong, Vice Administrator of State Forestry Administration and chair of the National Inter-
Agency CITES Enforcement Collaboration (NICECG) of China.

DO YOU HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE LEFT IN

THE CITES SECRETARIAT?

WE DON’T.

Are any of the parties to the convention, taking the secretariat

or their enforcement arm seriously? How does it look to you?

When it comes to CITES and its leadership

the biggest mistake you can make is to judge

either by its intentions, not its results.

No 303 Wildlife Trade News 24th December 2014

Jumbos for sale in cash-strapped Zim http://www.iol.co.za/business/international/jumbos-for-sale-in-cash-strapped-zim-1.1798615#.VJldPv8MBA

Baby elephants: ‘Govt hiding export figures’ http://www.theindependent.co.zw/2014/12/24/baby-elephants-govt-hiding-export-figures/

Poor babies! Zimbabwe to send 27 baby elephants to China http://www.biznews.com/briefs/2014/12/23/poor-babies-zimbabwe-send-27-baby-elephants-china/

WILL YOU FIND ANY OF THESE NEWS REPORTS IMPLICATING CHINA, ON THE CITES WEB SITE? http://www.cites.org/

Zimbabwe plan to sell elephants from Hwange defended extract: "Why is Zimbabwe stealing from the future generation’s natural resources? The baby elephants quite likely won’t survive the trip and the only crime they have committed is being born in Zimbabwe," the ZCTF said in said in a statement.

"They are now being sentenced to a life of inhuman treatment. This is very traumatic, not only for the baby elephants but also for their families," it added. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-30587772

5 Cruel Methods Used to Train Animals That Will Make You Skip the Next Animal Show in No Time (NA comment: Those involved in making vast profits from selling baby elephants to China, may want to avoid seeing and reading this.) http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/cruel-methods-used-to-train-animals/

Officials rescue wildlife from illegal trading ring. THAILAND – extract – and look at the numbers. How can the authorities care for so many animals? “Upon the inspection, the officials discovered that the building contains 717 wild turtles, 29 Burmese pythons, and 35 reticulated pythons.” – See more at: http://thainews.prd.go.th/centerweb/newsen/NewsDetail?NT01_NewsID=WNSOC5712240010021#sthash.NTpAmSNZ.dpuf

Getting a handbag for Christmas? This is where it may have started life: The slaughterhouse where hundreds of snakes are killed to fuel the appetite for luxury goods. INDONESIA (NA comment: seeing is believing)
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2885299/Photos-Indonesian-snake-slaughterhouse-shows-hundreds-reptiles-killed-skinned-fuel-appetite-luxury-goods.html#ixzz3MnAh04dq

Zimbabwe runs out of ivory storage space as US import ban bites http://en.starafrica.com/news/zimbabwe-runs-out-of-ivory-storage-space-as-us-import-ban-bites.html

Zimbabwe sitting on 5 tonnes of rhino horns https://www.newsday.co.zw/2014/12/24/zimbabwe-sitting-5-tonnes-rhino-horns/

Businesses join Africa’s politicians to save the world’s surviving elephant http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/weve-made-incredible-progress-but-theres-still-more-to-do-to-make-sure-we-save-the-elephant-9940906.html

Interpol arrests Kenyan businessman linked to ivory trading