Another dose of bad news about poaching, illegal wildlife trade and environmental crimes
in the spotlight today ……………………
Appalling cruelty as M’sian zoos keep flouting all the rules (NA note: a few days after this photo was taken a tiger killed its keeper at this park – a place we have been critically reporting on for nearly a decade. It once held numerous wild caught orangutans from Indonesia. The zoo/park is strongly favoured by the Malaysian wildlife/CITES authorities.)
https://news.google.com/nwshp?tab=wn
No 431 Wildlife Trade News: 16th June
FOR SALE AT THE Merak Jingga market, Sumatra, INDONESIA. The red and blue lory is from N. Sulawesi, and the other one (rainbow lory) is from eastern Indonesia.
Baby elephants arrive at Paphos Zoo. CYPRUS(NA comment: More CITES approved exploitation?)
http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/06/15/baby-elephants-arrive-at-paphos-zoo-2/
Plans revealed for a $16m state-of-the-art Sumatran Tiger exhibit at Taronga Zoo. (NA comment: We are all for providing the best for animals in zoos, but $16 million bucks for captive tigers at a time when wild ones are in desperate need of help? That’s zoos for you – they know the more obscenely expensive the exhibit the more publicity they will get, the more people will attend and before you know they will make money from this investment.) http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/north-shore/plans-revealed-for-a-16m-state-of-the-art-sumatran-tiger-exhibit-at-taronga-zoo/story-fngr8h9d-1227398574010
Web detectives fight illegal poachers (NA comment: See how CHINA, the CITES Secretariat’s most favoured country, is by far the worst perpetrator of illegal wildlife crime and yet the country is never sanctioned by CITES. Do you wonder why no sanctions?)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/web-detectives-fight-illegal-poachers/
CITES AND CHINA: Why is it news reports critical of China do not appear on the CITES web site? http://www.cites.org/eng/news/cuttings/index.php Do you feel this shows favouritism towards China? Is it a cover up? Is it unfair on other countries who are named and shamed? Does it destroy your confidence in CITES and its Secretariat? In stark contrast, the Chinese media does carry critical news reports…..you’d think it would be the other way round, wouldn’t you?
Suspected rhino poachers appear in court. SOUTH AFRICA http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/suspected-rhino-poachers-appear-in-court-1.1871985#.VX7nZUYXEsc
Progress made in fight against rhino poaching. SOUTH AFRICA http://ewn.co.za/2015/06/15/Progress-made-in-fight-against-rhino-poaching
Tanzania: Kinapa Combats Illegal Felling of Trees, Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201506150408.html
Massive increases in fines and penalties proposed for fisheries breaches. JAMAICA http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20150615/massive-increases-fines-and-penalties-proposed-fisheries-breaches
Philippines deports 9 Chinese poachers. EXTRACT: The Philippines has deported nine Chinese fishermen jailed for one year for poaching endangered sea turtles in the country’s exclusive economic zone, officials said on Monday. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/06/philippines-deports-9-chinese-poachers/
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry encourages social and environmentally responsible business practices http://www.traffic.org/home/2015/6/15/vietnam-chamber-of-commerce-and-industry-encourages-social-a.html
Why court endorsed businessman’s pangolin scales export. EXTRACT: http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/669690-why-court-endorsed-businessman-s-pangolin-scales-export.html
Lion hunting: the legal and illegal http://www.abc.net.au/lateline/content/2015/s4255519.htm
CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES
OF WILD FAUNA AND FLORA. NOTIFICATION TO THE PARTIES
CONCERNING:Registration of operations that breed Appendix – I animal species
in captivity for commercial purposes http://cites.org/sites/default/files/notif/E-Notif-2015-035.pdf
EIA releases footage of indigenous forest threatened by palm oil firm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx-2sz9n1kY
Consumers willing to pay sharp premium for wildlife-friendly palm oil, claims study http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0615-conservation-grade-palm-oil-price-premium.html
Palm oil price change could save tigers, other species http://phys.org/news/2015-06-palm-oil-price-tigers-species.html
Illegal ivory trade: US government to destroy more than 1 tons of ivory in Times Square
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/illegal-ivory-trade-us-government-destroy-more-1-tons-ivory-times-square-1506298
Illegal logs worth B6m seized in Si Sa Ket
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/594069/illegal-logs-worth-b6m-seized-in-si-sa-ket
Here’s how to start breaking down the illegal wildlife trade http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/06/15/heres-how-to-start-breaking-down-the-illegal-wildlife-trade/
After tiger, leopard facing threat. INDIA http://www.deccanherald.com/content/483726/after-tiger-leopard-facing-threat.html
This Caribbean Country’s Clever Plan to Deal With Sea Turtle Poachers http://caribjournal.com/2015/06/15/this-caribbean-countrys-clever-plan-to-deal-with-sea-turtle-poachers/
E-commerce companies in Japan strengthen measures against illegal online ivory trade http://www.traffic.org/home/2015/6/16/e-commerce-companies-in-japan-strengthen-measures-against-il.html
Conservation, Animal Protection Groups Call for Trade Sanctions Against Icelandic Companies Linked to Whaling https://awionline.org/content/conservation-animal-protection-groups-call-trade-sanctions-against-icelandic-companies-linke
35 Javan pangolins returned to nature VietNamNet Bridge – Save Vietnam’s Wildlife (SVW) on Sunday released 35 Javan pangolins (Manis javanica) into the wild at the Cat Tien National Park in southern Dong Nai province. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/133463/35-javan-pangolins-returned-to-nature.html
‘Trying to follow the money’: Opacity rules in Southeast Asia’s land rush, finds study http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0615-cuddy-opacity-SEA-land-rush.html
Forest governance index shows Indonesia has long way to go http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0613-jacobson-indonesia-forest-governance-index.html
90% of Amazon deforestation occurs outside protected areas http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0613-imazon-amazon-protected-areas.html
A pitiful end for the animals of Georgia’s flooded zoo: Bears, tigers and wolves are buried after their great escape comes to a tragic end…but tranquilized hippo is safe and sound
