Another dose of bad news about poaching and other wildlife crimes
in the spotlight today ……………………
Stressed elephants at Bukit Gambang Safari Park. MALAYSIA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YGJjslCaOI&feature=youtu.be (NA COMMENT: Despicable cruelty condoned by the same completely useless wildlife authority that represent CITES in Malaysia. This safari park was opened after a new law came into effect in 2010. This one example is a small part of a more comprehensive report on this park and also part of in a series of reports on Malaysian zoos.
On paper the law is clear and good. In practice the wildlife authorities don’t enforce it. We mention this because you need to know this is also the same wildlife authority – Perhilitan/NRE – that refuses to allow an independent audit of its ivory in storage ….most probably because someone has given away or sold some of it: Will CITES now punish Malaysia or, as has happened in each of the last 20 years, will CITES continue to turn a blind eye? What do you think?
It would be impossible to exaggerate how ineffective and complicit the Malaysian wildlife authorities are in animal cruelty and the wildlife trade. The minister responsible is useless.)
No 429 Wildlife Trade News: 13th June
Animal Party insists on protest against elephants’ arrival. CYPRUS / Bangladesh http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/06/12/animal-party-insists-on-protest-against-elephants-arrival/
If You Think Riding Elephants Is Fun, Then You Need To Watch This – See more at: http://tranquilmonkey.com/if-you-think-riding-elephants-is-fun-then-you-need-to-watch-this/#sthash.b5TLMjDb.dpuf
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC Why Are Most of Tanzania’s Elephants Disappearing? http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150612-tanzania-environmental-investigation-agency-mary-rice-elephants-poaching-cites-corruption/
Look at the above headline and then look here to see how CITES fails elephants and protects the exploiters …..
“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
Working Under the Law: How Legal Wildlife Trade Enables Illegal Trafficking http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/how-legal-wildlife-trade-enables-illegal-trafficking/
Indonesia’s Govt pushes back on transparency, invites corruption http://eia-international.org/indonesias-govt-pushes-back-on-transparency-invites-corruption
Oil palm company accused of violating RSPO, IPOP standards in Indonesia. extract: Wilmar said that following an earlier Greenomics report on SSS, it had suspended its dealings with the company pending the latter’s completion of a high-carbon stock (HCS) assessment, after which Wilmar had "reinstated buying, albeit in small quantities." (The term "HCS" generally refers to any forest more robust than shrubland and marks the IPOP companies’ cut-off point for "deforestation.") The spokesman did not address Greenomics’ finding that the supplier had continued to clear HCS forest through at least May 13, the date of the most recent satellite imagery provided in the report. Read more: http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0611-jacobson-sss-allegations.html#ixzz3cpzrAaMf
Palm oil giant announces deforestation freeze amid NGO campaign
Protesters donned elephant costumes last month for a demonstration outside the Mandarin Oriental’s London branch after the launch of the She’s Not a Fan campaign targeting the luxury hotel chain’s sister company Astra Agro Lestari, one of Indonesia’s biggest plantation developers. Photo courtesy of Forest Heroes
Read more: http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0612-jacobson-mandarin-campaign-deforestation-moratorium-announcement.html#ixzz3cqBb97xF
After drone footage of forest destruction goes viral, another palm oil firm promises to go deforestation-free
Palm oil companies exploit Indonesia’s people – and its corrupt political machine http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/jun/11/palm-oil-industry-indonesia-corruption-communities-forests?awesm=a.ran.org_r2G
Rising seas, sinking peat to swamp Malaysian and Indonesian palm oil http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0613-meijaard-sinking-peat-commentary-rps.html
Forest moratorium fails to meet target. INDONESIA http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/13/forest-moratorium-fails-meet-target.html
The ivory trade and the war on wildlife (rangers) [commentary] http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0613-commentary-bercovitch-elephant-ivory-rps.html
To end elephant slaughter, the US should eliminate its own ivory market http://qz.com/423515/united-states-must-finish-the-homework-about-elephant-ivory-trafficking-too/
The U.S. Is Still Complicit in the Worldwide Slaughter of Elephants. Loopholes in ivory and rhino horn trade laws are contributing to the killing of 96 elephants a day and more than 1,200 rhinos a year. http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/06/12/trafficking-elephant-body-parts
Look at the above headline and then look here to see how CITES fails elephants and protects the exploiters …..
“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
Deputy ranger killed by forest mafia in CG, forest minister orders inquiry. INDIA http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/raipur/Deputy-ranger-killed-by-forest-mafia-in-CG-forest-minister-orders-inquiry/articleshow/47641368.cms
Business must help fight rhino poaching. SOUTH AFRICA http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/business-must-help-fight-rhino-poaching-1.1871116#.VXrpXUYXEsc
Legislator warns of potential rift between Botswana, Namibia over killing of poachers http://en.starafrica.com/news/legislator-warns-of-potential-rift-between-botswana-namibia-over-killing-of-poachers.html
Three suspected rhino poachers arrested in Mpumalanga http://m.jacarandafm.com/post/three-suspected-rhino-poachers-arrested-mpumalanga/
