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No 406 Wildlife Trade News: 12th May
Marked Increase in Arrests and Convictions for Rhino Poaching, According to Police Commissioner http://zebra.bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/05/11/marked-increase-in-arrests-and-convictions-for-rhino-poaching-according-to-police-commissioner/
13 held for smuggling scales of endangered Pangolin. EXTRACT: With the arrest of 13 people, the state forest department today claimed to bust an inter-state gang allegedly involved in smuggling the scales of endangered animal, Indian Pangolin, to China. http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/13-held-for-smuggling-scales-of-endangered-pangolin-115051101013_1.html
Twitter campaign prompts Indonesians to free captive cockatoos in droves
NA COMMENT: Despite what you see and read about the bird trade in Indonesia, the authorities in Jakarta continue to turn a blind eye to the despicable wildlife trade right on their doorstep. CITES STILL ISN’T WORKING, IS IT? http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0511-jacobson-cockatoos-response.html
Thought for the day: Change is automatic. Progress is not. Progress is the result of conscious thought, decision, and action.
INDONESIA: A TINY SAMPLE OF THE WILDLIFE TRADE IN JAKARTA, INDONESIA. Much of it illegal. All of it unsustainable and approved by the government. Top officials have received and ignored countless reports. WHAT’S CITES GOING TO DO ABOUT THIS – IF ANYTHING?
and from the Pramuka market – where traders are aggressive towards anyone asking too many questions or wanting to take photos. This market is so bad as to be beyond any description we can think of.
Besides its illegality, this ‘dump’ of a market is an infectious disease and fire hazard.
The Indonesian CITES wildlife authorities appear not to care.
When you look at the headline and photos above and the quote below, what are you
thinking – about CITES and all its officials worldwide?
“The objective of CITES is to ensure that wild fauna and flora is not unsustainably exploited through international trade.”says John Scanlon, CITES http://cites.org/eng/cites_sg_wto20
Erik Meijaard: What People Should Learn From Ants. RECOMMENDED READING IN FULL. Unlike ants, the conservation movement is not shaped by success and failure in achieving conservation goals. EXTRACT: And our inability to work like ants is one reason why the conservation movement is so incredibly ineffective.
When conservation people or organizations see a big prize, like the promise of large pots of money for saving a species like the rhino or orangutan, they all flock to it. We push and pull each other and everyone is trying — and generally succeeding — to get a piece of the pie. But once we have our piece, we don’t collaborate like the ants to all move into a commonly agreed direction. No, we all do our own thing, complain a lot about how we are not achieving our target (like saving the rhino or orangutan), but rarely join forces.
Of course, one major difference between conservation organizations and ants is that the former do not need success to survive. If ants didn’t work together effectively their colony would go extinct as there wouldn’t be enough food. After that, larger populations would disappear, and ultimately their species would cease to exist.
Conservation organizations or government authorities responsible for conservation have none of these worries about survival. How many of such institutions have been closed down because they failed to prevent the decline or extinction of a species? None is the answer, I think. http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/erik-meijaard-people-learn-ants/
Wilmar, Musim Mas supplier caught clearing elephant habitat for palm oil in Aceh. SUMATRA/INDONESIA http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0512-jacobson-ipop-supplier-leuser.html
Tracking a tiger trading ring that produces bone glue in Vietnam. (NA comment: Vietnam again. Read and be shocked before wondering, once again, why Vietnam is not sanctioned by CITES. It’s wrong, isn’t it? How many more protected species will be slaughtered before CITES officials take action, if ever, against Vietnam?)
The body of a tiger in the freezer in the house of B. in Nghe An Province. Tuoi Tre http://tuoitrenews.vn/features/27908/tracking-a-tiger-trading-ring-that-produces-bone-glue-in-vietnam
Chinese National Arrested in AP Red Sanders Smuggling Case ( NA COMMENT: If it’s not the Vietnamese, it’s the Chinese, isn’t it? Where is the deterrent? Where is the CITES enforcement – whatever that is or once was?) http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Chinese-National-Arrested-in-AP-Red-Sanders-Smuggling-Case/2015/05/08/article2804337.ece
60 rhino poached in Namibia this year http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/60-rhino-poached-in-Namibia-this-year-20150511
Govt increases reward on rhino poaching NAMIBIA http://www.namibian.com.na/indexx.php?id=26541&page_type=story_detail&category_id=1
DENR halts illegal sawmill construction in Surigao Sur – See more at: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1721431331032/denr-halts-illegal-sawmill-construction-in-surigao-sur#sthash.knUt0QyL.dpuf
Romania set to approve bird hunting during spring migration http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/Romania-hunting-015.html#cr
Tanzania to Beef Up Park Personnel (NA comment: Better late than never.) http://allafrica.com/stories/201505112439.html
Arabs killing our houbara bustards every winter. Muhammad Akbar Notezai reveals how influential Arabs are hunting the endangered houbara bustard in Balochistan despite provincial court’s ban
http://nation.com.pk/blogs/11-May-2015/arabs-killing-our-houbara-bustards-every-winter
When you look at the headline above and the quote below, what are you
thinking – about CITES and all its officials worldwide?
“The objective of CITES is to ensure that wild fauna and flora is not unsustainably exploited through international trade.”says John Scanlon, CITES http://cites.org/eng/cites_sg_wto20
Romanian President Calls for Investigation Into Illegal Logging
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150511/1021991923.html#ixzz3Zq5ueWN7
Ivory items, carcasses seized. THAILAND http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Ivory-items-carcasses-seized-30259723.html
Zimbabwe to sell wild animals https://www.newsday.co.zw/2015/05/12/zimbabwe-to-sell-wild-animals/
Victory! Hawaii’s Governor Pledges to End Wild Animal Acts http://www.care2.com/causes/hawaiis-governor-pledges-to-end-wild-animal-acts.html
Panel urges major revamp of zoological & botanical gardens HONG KONG http://www.ejinsight.com/20150512-panel-urges-major-revamp-of-zoological-and-botanical-gardens/
Sea enforcers put the bite on toothfish poachers http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/05/12/Sea-enforcers-put-the-bite-on-toothfish-poachers/
Nearly 100 rescued pangolins set free in Indonesia http://www.examiner.com/article/nearly-100-rescued-pangolins-set-free-indonesia
Kenyan police nab one with 2 pieces of ivory http://www.spyghana.com/kenyan-police-nab-one-with-2-pieces-of-ivory/
Smuggling of wild animals on rise again, say officials http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/smuggling-wild-animals-kolkata-airport-cisf/1/437492.html
Two Abused Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins to Be Trained and Released into the Sea http://koreabizwire.com/two-abused-indo-pacific-bottlenose-dolphins-to-be-trained-and-released-into-the-sea/34924
National scene: Inpres drafted to extend logging moratorium. INDONESIA – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/12/national-scene-inpres-drafted-extend-logging-moratorium.html#sthash.LoZ3dahA.dpuf
Indonesian forestry giant calls for stronger forest moratorium http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0511-greenbury-app-stronger-moratorium-call-indonesia.html
EMERGENCY APPEAL – CERCOPAN’s gates are closing. NIGERIA http://cercopan.wildlifedirect.org/2015/04/30/emergency-appeal-cercopans-gates-are-closing/
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?
