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UAE. CHECK OUT THIS LINK TO OBTAIN A FEEL FOR THE ENORMOUS AND EXPANDING UAE WILDLIFE TRADE. Chimps, orangutans, etc etc . This is the second such example in two days. Do you think the UAE authorities will investigate? How about CITES enforcement – will they investigate? Hmmnn – what do you think?
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CITES ISN’T WORKING – IS IT?
No 400 Wildlife Trade News: 5th May
This first news report comes one day after Nature Alert appealed, again, directly to the Indonesian authorities to close down the two VERY notorious wildlife markets in Jakarta. CITES has known of these markets, which are also used as a cover for the illegal wildlife trade, for a very long time…..but, as always, nothing gets done about the trade or the markets, does it? Until the demand is shut off, the trade will continue, won’t it? Please check out this first report in full and you will get a feel for why we are so worried about the markets.
Bottled birds: How callous smugglers cram cockatoos into plastic bottles to get them through customs
- More than 24 endangered Yellow-crested cockatoos were rescued by police
- Smugglers stuffed them in bottles to get through customs in Indonesia
- Critically endangered cockatoos can be sold for as much as £650 each
- Around 40 per cent of birds die during the illegal smuggling process
Vietnamese elephant injured by poacher’s snare recovers after treatment
Khajohnpat Boonprasert, an elephant veterinarian from Thailand’s National Elephant Institute, treats the wounds on the male elephant at the Dak Lak Elephant Conservation Center in April. Photo: Ngoc Quyen http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/vietnamese-elephant-injured-by-poachers-snare-recovers-after-treatment-42872.html
Don’t Be Fooled Into Animal Abuse! Elephant Attractions to Avoidhttp://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/dont-be-fooled-into-animal-abuse-elephant-attractions-to-avoid/
Identifying species imperiled by the wildlife trade may require a trip to the market. INDONESIA http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S43/04/87M39/index.xml?section=topstories
Anti-Taib book seizure could be awkward for Sarawak CM at talks with forest NGOs http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/anti-taib-book-seizure-could-be-awkward-for-sarawak-cm-at-talks-with-forest
Riau forum asks Jokowi to help business save forests http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0504-jacobson-riau-forum.html
Peru on the frontline of battle to save forests http://www.peruthisweek.com/news-peru-on-the-frontline-of-battle-to-save-forests-106077
Kruger poachers remanded in custody http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/Kruger-poachers-remanded-in-custody-20150504
1,000 orphaned, endangered rhinos could come to South Texas http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/1-000-orphaned-endangered-rhinos-could-come-to-6236510.php
Leopard cats not pets, conservationists say. CAMBODIA
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/leopard-cats-not-pets-conservationists-say
3 nabbed in connection with recovery of traps in Dudhwa Tiger http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/3-nabbed-in-connection-with-recovery-of-traps-in-dudhwa-tiger-115050400815_1.html
India wildlife clause sparks uproar. Activists argue many cultural practices were symbolic in nature but got distorted into unscientific rituals and blind faith http://gulfnews.com/news/asia/india/india-wildlife-clause-sparks-uproar-1.1504670
Chinese national arrested for abalone. SOUTH AFRICA http://ewn.co.za/2015/05/04/Chinese-national-arrested-for-abalone-deals
Animal Rights, Animal Wrongs https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2015-04-28/animal-rights-animal-wrongs
Row Over Jumbo Parade. INDIA
SDM to Review Plea to Ban Elephant Race. INDIA http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/SDM-to-Review-Plea-to-Ban-Elephant-Race/2015/05/05/article2797590.ece N
Orangutan rescued amid sea of palm oil http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0504-orangutan-rescue-mrn-gfrn-leuser.html
Borneo’s rainforest may get high-tech 3D scan to boost conservation http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0504-cao3-forest-monitoring-platform-launch.html
30 illegal orangutan pets seized in West Kalimantan http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0505-jacobson-orangutan-pets-rehab.html
Island Sanctuary for ‘Unreleasable’ Orangutans
http://magz.tempo.co/konten/2015/05/05/LIN/30039/Island-Sanctuary-for-Unreleasable-Orangutans/37/15
Indonesia’s Press Freedom Deteriorates http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/indonesia-press-freedom-deteriorates/
3rd zero poaching yr of rhinos observed. NEPAL http://www.ekantipur.com/2015/05/05/national/3rd-zero-poaching-yr-of-rhinos-observed/404859.html
Fujian student detained for trying to raise nine pythons at home
The photos that show bears can enjoy new lives after bile farms https://www.animalsasia.org/uk/media/news/news-archive/the-photos-that-show-bears-can-enjoy-new-lives-after-bile-farms.html
Tusks were court evidence, say Thai officials. extract: A Thai customs officer inspects elephant tusks in Bangkok on Monday. An inter-agency team has been formed to investigate whether part of the ivory seized in Thailand a few days ago was evidence stolen from Kenyan courts and reshipped to Bangkok. PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL | AFP
CURRENTLY IN PURGATORY AND WAITING
TO BE SENT TO HELL. APPROVED BY
The CITES Management Authority of China
IT’S SO VERY, VERY, WRONG – ISN’T IT?
…CONSIGNING THEM TO A LIFE OF CRUELTY AND ABUSE IN CHINA.
CITES OFFICIALS CAN EASILY STOP THIS TRADE. IF THEY HAD AN OUNCE OF CONCERN FOR ELEPHANTS, THEY WOULD BLOCK THE SHIPMENT, WOULDN’T THEY?
YES – CITES OFFICIALS – ONCE AGAIN AT THE FOREFRONT OF EXPANDING THE
CRUEL WILDLIFE TRADE.
CITES OFFICIALS?
