And more about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Exposed: The brutal world of Tanzania’s illegal ivory poaching industry http://www.itv.com/news/2015-03-04/exposed-brutal-world-of-tanzanias-illegal-ivory-poaching-industry/
No 350 Wildlife Trade News 7th March 2015
China’s ivory ban branded ‘a flimsy measure that won’t work’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinas-ivory-ban-branded-a-flimsy-measure-that-wont-work-10092137.html
Poaching adversely affecting Wildlife Watching Tourism in Africa: UNWTO http://www.travelbizmonitor.com/Top-Stories/poaching-adversely-affecting-wildlife-watching-tourism-in-africa-unwto-26763
Rs150,000 worth a turtle: Customs seizes 4,342 dried body parts of turtles at Karachi port
Rhino population worldwide is dangerously low: (NA COMMENT: Due in large part to lack of 
enforcement by CITES, VIETNAM, CHINA, LAOS – among others. http://www.cctv-america.com/2015/03/06/technology-to-help-save-dwindling-rhino-population
TAKE A LOOK AT AN ‘INDUSTRY’ CONDONED BY OFFICIALS IN VIETNAM, CHINA AND LAOS. ALL OF WHOM HAVE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO ESCAPE CITES SANCTIONS FOR MANY YEARS – WHICH IS WHY THINGS HAVE GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE – ISN’T IT?
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THIS SLAUGHTER IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE PRO-CHINA CITES CONVENTION IS NOT ENFORCED – ISN’T IT?
Kenya: Will China Ivory Ban Stop Poaching? http://allafrica.com/stories/201503061400.html
Habitat destruction threatens China’s wild elephants. BBC VIDEO REPORT http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-31738867
Launch of MEP group on Wildlife Crime http://www.libdemvoice.org/launch-of-mep-group-on-wildlife-crime-44905.html
Namibian MP calls for extradition agreement with Angola to combat poaching http://en.starafrica.com/news/namibian-mp-calls-for-extradition-agreement-with-angola-to-combat-poaching.html
‘Sudan’ threatens existence of northern white rhino http://www.worldbulletin.net/news/156200/sudan-threatens-existence-of-northern-white-rhino
Kenya: Narok Residents Decry Poaching in the Mara http://allafrica.com/st ories/201503061280.html
S. African communities urged to join fight against rhino poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201503061280.html
Namibia: Law Changes Proposed to Fight Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201503060402.html
Wildlife Reserves Singapore and TRAFFIC launch campaign to battle illegal wildlife trade in South-East Asia http://www.traffic.org/home/2015/3/7/wildlife-reserves-singapore-and-traffic-launch-campaign-to-b.html
Interpol Takes Custody of Evidence From Sea Shepherd http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL1503/S00046/interpol-takes-custody-of-evidence-from-sea-shepherd.htm
S/Africa: Cash injection for rhino protection project http://en.starafrica.com/news/safrica-cash-injection-for-rhino-protection-project.html
China has no truck with ivory smuggling; (NA comment: a fictional letter from Deyu Miaon Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, London http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/mar/06/china-has-no-truck-with-illegal-ivory-smuggling
Rush for ivory registration before deadline expires. THAILAND http://news.thaivisa.com/thailand/rush-for-ivory-registration-before-deadline-expires/36197/
U.S. Constricts Snake Trade, But Boa Wriggles Free http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/06/u-s-constricts-snake-trade-but-boa-wriggles-free/
The end of wild Africa?: lions may need fences to survive http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0306-hance-lions-fences.html
East Kalimantan reaffirms moratorium on new mining, logging concessions http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0306-lbell-kaltim-moratorium.html
Firewood fervor may turn Zimbabwe into an ‘outright desert’ http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0305-gfrn-joshi-firewood-driving-zimbabwe-deforestation.html
Protest letter sent over murder of Indonesian activist Indra http://eia-international.org/protest-letter-sent-over-murder-of-indonesian-activist-indra
Tibetans in Yunnan Give Up Wearing Animal Skins, Burn Valuable Furs
http://www.rfa.org/english/news/tibet/animal-03042015170302.html
Are China’s Zoos Really ‘Acceptable’ Places for Zimbabwe’s Wild Baby Elephants? (NA comment: We have written and asked the CITES MA in both China and Thailand to confirm or deny if their countries are importing these elephants. We have heard from neither. We ddin’t expect to hear from China as the MA there are well known for being economical with the truth. Thailand, however, already with more elephants in captivity than it knows what to do with, we are hoping will reply. This illustrates just how secretive the CITES ‘club’ really is.)
Lead image source: Chantal Lyons/Flickr http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/are-chinas-zoos-really-acceptable-places-for-zimbabwes-wild-baby-elephants/
