No 420 Wildlife Trade News: 1st June

The daily dose of bad news … Poaching, Wildlife and Environmental Crimes …

in the spotlight today ……………………

Dreaded tiger poacher Saeed nabbed, linked to Sarju http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Dreaded-tiger-poacher-Saeed-nabbed-linked-to-Sarju/articleshow/47493653.cms

No 420 Wildlife Trade News: 1st June

LAST WEEK: VICTIMS OF THE WILDLIFE TRADE

FOR SALE AT THE NOTORIOUS

PRAMAUKA WILDLIFE MARKET, JAKARTA , INDONESIA.

The investigator reported many of the more ‘exotic’ birds were known to

be kept out of sight at the back of the shops – it’s been tis way for many years and its

well documented and very well known to BKSDA and PHKA who both do nothing

about this vile and mostly illegal trade. Will CITES do anything about INDONESIA and this – THE MOST

NOTORIOUS WILDLIFE MARKET IN THE WORLD…..or will the CITES Secretariat

and its Enforcement Officer take any action? What do you think they will do?

This market is ‘the pits’ – literally. Besides its illegality, the market is a

health and fire disaster waiting to happen ….and when it does, who will we

hold responsible?

Legal ivory trade could keep elephants safehttp://www.globaltimes.cn/content/924590.shtml

Poachers chop sandalwood trees http://www.deccanherald.com/content/480911/poachers-chop-sandalwood-trees.html

Almaty Dolphinarium Launches with Charity Show. Kazakhstan

http://www.astanatimes.com/2015/06/almaty-dolphinarium-launches-with-charity-show/

Smugglers use stolen vehicles. INDIA

vehicles seized from red sanders smugglers lying unclaimed in Tirupati http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-06-01/Smugglers-use-stolen-vehicles-154593

Red sanders smuggling: A well-oiled network behind Andhra’s blood wood that helps win elections sw

This is one example of the abusive way orangutans are treated in Chinese zoos.

The CITES office in the Philippines is suspiciously mute on this subject. WHY? ARE THEY TOO FRIENDLY/HELPFUL TO THE TRADER CONCERNED? Hmmnn.

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