The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes
in the spotlight today ……………………because the CITES secretariat blocks such news about China from its web site.
From tiger paws to bear testicles, the bizarre animal parts on sale in China’s ‘medicine markets’ where the more endangered a species is, the more healing qualities it is believed to have ……
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3021541/From-crocodile-jaws-bear-testicles-bizarre-animal-parts-sale-China-s-medicine-markets-endangered-species-healing-qualities-believed-have.html#ixzz3W7zwxpcw DO CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS
This is an extract from a 1994 EIA report. 20 years of this illegal trade and not one of these countries has been sanctioned by CITES. It’s no surprise the illegal wildlife dealers have become more bold and empowered, is it?
DO YOU BLAME CITES OFFICIALS
WORLDWIDE
FOR THE ONGOING SLAUGHTER OF THE WORLD’S WILDLIFE?
No 374 Wildlife Trade News: 3rd April
Guinea-Bissau 5 year logging moratorium. EXTRACT: Guinea-Bissau announced a five-year moratorium on logging on Thursday to try to clamp down on an illegal timber trade fuelled largely by Chinese demand and aided by complicit politicians and senior army officials. (NA COMMENT: Have you ever heard in your entire life of any illegal logs being confiscated in China? And boatloads OF ILLEGAL LOGS are being landed there every day.) http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Guinea-Bissau-5-year-logging-moratorium-20150402
Traffic Southeast Asia Illicit drugs, gambling machines, protected wildlife – you name it, this little village in Batam, Indonesia was dealing in it. Authorities seized several cockatoos, mynas and eagles in a major operation on Wednesday. The wildlife traffickers face up to five years in jail if convicted for illegal possession of the protected birds.
