No 397 Wildlife Trade News: 1st May

The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …

in the spotlight today ……………………

Loving Birds to Death

The bird market in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. (Photo: Megan Ahrens/Getty Images) http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/04/30/pet-owners-birds-extinction-indonesia

No 397 Wildlife Trade News: 1st May

Saving the Sumatran rhino – too little too late? SABAH/MALAYSIA EXTRACT:. Dr Shepherd says that loss of the Sumatran rhino should be a “wake-up call” to everyone in charge of protecting wildlife and urges for more action to be taken to save other endangered species. (NA comment: This happened because, just like CITES, those with the responsibility to enforce the law – chose not to. What do you think of such people?)

http://www.cannedlion.org/blog/new-management-plan-for-sa-lions

Thought for today: : "And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor political, nor popular but he must take it because his conscience tells him that it is right."