No 303 Wildlife Trade News 26th December 2014

No reprieve for wildlife even over the holidays … another daily dose of bad news …

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in the spotlight today ……………………

Zimbabwe exports elephants in population curb. (NA comment: This has nothing to do with overpopulation of elephants and conservation, and everything to do with greed and corruption.) http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Zimbabwe-exports-elephants-in-population-curb-20141225

SHAME ON ZIMBABWE, UAE, FRANCE AND CHINA

FOR SEPARATING BABY ELEPHANTS FROM THEIR MOTHERS AND THEN INCARCERATING THEM IN ZOOS THOUSANDS OF MILES AWAY.

No 303 Wildlife Trade News 26th December 2014

Wildlife belongs in the wild, not cages. MALAYSIA: EXTRACT: Malaysian Friends of the Animals is writing to ask that Perhilitan and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Datuk Seri G. Palanviel block the importation of wild animals from South Africa. – See more at:

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/sideviews/article/wildlife-belongs-in-the-wild-not-cages-jason-tan

Nipping graft in the bud. MALAYSIA (NA comment. Believe this if and when you ever see it happening. ) http://www.nst.com.my/node/65927

Two tigers escape from Taiping Zoo: MALAYSIA
Read more at: http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/two-tigers-escape-taiping-zoo-50122?cp

Escaped tiger from Taiping Zoo caught. MALAYSIA http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/12/25/Tiger-escape-Taiping-zoo-caught/

Asian companies are given millions of acres of virgin forest to export logs but a Guyanese manufacturer cannot lease 10 acres http://www.stabroeknews.com/2014/opinion/letters/12/25/asian-companies-given-millions-acres-virgin-forest-export-logs-guyanese-manufacturer-cannot-lease-10-acres/

The Killing Fields of Indonesian Forests http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/killing-fields-of-indonesian-forests/

Thieves raid ZAWA… K1m worth of ivory tusks stolen http://www.times.co.zm/?p=46733

More cops summoned to court for evidence tampering. KENYA

http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2014/12/more-cops-summoned-to-court-for-evidence-tampering/?SThisFB

Businessman Feisal Ali Mohammed to appear in Mombasa Court http://www.coastweek.com/3751-Businessman-Feisal-Ali-Mohammed-to-appear-before-Mombasa-Court.htm

New report examines $2 billion bear trade

Photo credit: TRAFFIC – M. Silverberg, Bear bile farm in Hannoi http://wildlifenews.co.uk/2014/12/new-report-examines-2-billion-bear-trade/

Uganda President Museveni supports second rhino sanctuary http://www.eturbonews.com/53955/uganda-president-museveni-supports-second-rhino-sanctuary

CEO suspended over rhinos The board of directors at the Mpumalanga tourism and parks agency has suspended the agency’s CEO Jacques Modipane following his alleged involvement in the disappearance of rhino horns worth millions. http://www.thenewage.co.za/147181-1008-53-CEO_suspended_over_rhinos

Wildlife activist seeks inquiry from ministry over sloth bear killing in Chhattisgarh http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Wildlife-activist-seeks-inquiry-from-ministry-over-sloth-bear-killing-in-Chhattisgarh/articleshow/45630912.cms

RM50,000 in pangolin scales, parts destroyed. SARAWAK

http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/12/24/rm50000-in-pangolin-scales-parts-destroyed/

Sixty Seven Elephants in Need of Immediate Rescue in India http://www.huffingtonpost.com/wildlife-sos/sixty-seven-elephants-in-need-of-immediate-rescue-in-india_b_6377826.html

Deforestation in Pakistan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/letters/25-Dec-2014/deforestation-in-pakistan

Wildlife activist writes to Centre over sloth bear killing. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Wildlife-activist-writes-to-Centre-over-sloth-bear-killing/articleshow/45635124.cms

Military Police Seize Illegal Wood, Let Soldiers Go. CAMBODIA https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/military-police-seize-illegal-wood-let-soldiers-go-74836/

Greenpeace

Juvenile Poachers on Prowl in Chilika http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Juvenile-Poachers-on-Prowl-in-Chilika/2014/12/26/article2589108.ece

Monkey scam brewing in Delhi: Maneka Gandhi http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/newdelhi/monkey-scam-brewing-in-delhi-maneka-gandhi/article1-1300446.aspx

Vietnam province to buy private elephants for tourist services, forest protection http://tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/24970/vietnam-province-buys-private-elephants-for-tourist-services-forest-protection

EU helps timber exporters. PHILIPPINES http://manilastandardtoday.com/2014/12/25/eu-helps-timber-exporters/

Palm Oil Expansion in Phillipines of Serious Concern http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1162040-palm-oil-expansion-in-phillipines-of-serious-concern/

Skin of three leopards seized. INDIA http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/skin-of-three-leopards-seized-114122500812_1.html

Media Release: Sea Shepherd Locates and Commences Recovery of Illegal Gillnet Abandoned by Thunder http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=14072

Loggers at large to eat forests. INDIA http://nation.com.pk/islamabad/26-Dec-2014/loggers-at-large-to-eat-forests

Forest department ayed teak felling on PWD land. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Forest-department-ayed-teak-felling-on-PWD-land/articleshow/45644844.cms

Team embarks on probing anti-poaching operation in northern and central regions. TANZANIA http://www.ippmedia.com/frontend/index.php?l=75596

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