Another dose of bad news about
poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Poachers kill 93 African elephants a day as slaughter figures reach record high. The bad news comes only one year after 46 countries signed the London declaration on illegal wildlife trade. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/poachers-kill-93-african-elephants-a-day-as-slaughter-figures-reach-record-high-10339836.html (NA comment: Despite countless conferences (talking shops) the massacre of elephants continues. And, despite everyone not living on the moon knowing full well China, the USA, Vietnam especially, are some of the worst offenders and have been for a decade or more, CITES is so weak as to be little more than a piece of worthless paper because so many CITES officials do not have the guts to punish these countries, do they? The Secretariat doesn’t even permit negative reports of China’s complicity in the illegal wildlife trade. WHY? Does the Secretariat have the legal right to favour CHINA by censoring such articles while publishing articles critical of other CITES member countries?
Officials on big salaries and expense accounts travelling the world in business class, staying in 5* hotels, achieving nothing. If they worked for a company they would have been fired long ago, wouldn’t they? Sickening, isn’t it?)
No 439 Wildlife Trade News: 24th June
INDONESIA’S WILDLIFE: WATCH IT DISAPPEAR BEFORE YOUR OWN EYES.
SUMATRA: A wildlife seller at Jalan Metrologi Ujung, Medan. Usually he sells White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) but recently it is more and more difficult to find this bird in Medan and its surrounding area. Currently he tries to catch other bird species such as Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea), Ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca), and another bird species looks like Water rail (Rallus aquaticus). Price IDR 20,000 (US$1.50).
All these species are disappearing fast from the Medan area. As usual, we have already reported all this to the Indonesian authorities and at the highest levels.
photos credit: Indonesian NGO Scorpion
This beautiful though terrified bird will have been cooked within hours.
This looks like Water rail (Rallus aquaticus)
_White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
Heading for slaughter and the cooking pot.
Immature Water Cock (Gallicrex_cinerea)
Ruddy-breasted crake (Porzana fusca)
all the above birds will have been killed and eaten by the time you read this.
How does this make you feel, especially when you know such killing
is ignored by forestry officials?
Package with 13 live snakes arrives at Melbourne international mail facility (IMPORTED FROM INDONESIA)
African vultures are nearing extinction due to elephant ivory poachers http://qz.com/434020/african-vultures-are-nearing-extinction-due-to-to-elephant-ivory-poachers/
Central Africa: Wildlife Future Hangs in the Balance
http://www.voanews.com/content/central-africa-wildlife/2833920.html
ZIMBABWE: CIO agents stop anti-poaching op. Central Intelligence Organisation operatives allegedly involved in wildlife poaching recently stopped a police operation to flush out poachers and seize firearms used to kill animals in game reserves, according to inside sources. http://www.thezimbabwean.co/politics/76209/cio-agents-stop-anti-poaching.html
All Chimpanzees Are Now Classified as Endangered—40 Years Too Late. The U.S. government classifies all chimpanzees as endangered, after decades of stalling http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/all-chimpanzees-are-now-classified-as-endangered-40-years-too-late
South African Government Acknowledges Letter Expressing Concerns Over a Proposal to Trade in Rhino Horn http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/23/south-african-government-acknowledges-letter-expressing-concerns-over-a-proposal-to-trade-in-rhino-horn/
Breeders want South Africa’s ban on rhino horn trade lifted http://cumberlink.com/news/world/breeders-want-south-africa-s-ban-on-rhino-horn-trade/article_52199990-11a7-504f-bb97-1c288c9813f7.html
2,100 turtle eggs , RM28,548 cigarettes seized. SABAH/MALAYSIA (NA comment: Where the Marine Force never actually arrest anyone. Suspicious that, isn’t it? Poachers always manage to escape. Sabah is a place where arresting poachers, on land or sea, appears to be against government policy.)
http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/06/24/2100-turtle-eggs-rm28548-cigarettes-seized/
Sandalwood worth Rs 20 lakh recovered, poacher arrested http://www.deccanherald.com/content/485380/sandalwood-worth-rs-20-lakh.html
INDONESIA Islands in focus: Elephant carcass found rotting, tusks missing – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/06/24/islands-focus-elephant-carcass-found-rotting-tusks-missing.html#sthash.NpEeFoyS.dpuf
Forest Decimated by Illegal Logging
Large swaths of Cambodian forest have been illegally logged for years. Photo: Rich Garella
Philippines to crack down further on poachers from China and Taiwan http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150623000078&cid=1101&MainCatID=11
Local chase poachers; rescue fish and turtles from a box. INDIA http://www.nyoooz.com/kanpur/134001/local-chase-poachers-rescue-fish-and-turtles-from-a-box
South Africa: Five in Court for Rhino Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201506231075.html
Rhino killed by poachers near Orang National Park http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/rhino-killed-by-poachers-near-orang-national-park_1618707.html
Poachers Are Killing Andean Camels for Their Wool. To meet a growing demand for vicuña wool in Europe and Asia, gangs are massacring herds of the animals in South America
Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/poachers-are-killing-andean-camels-180955674/#8qBcZPcCwQWzHlig.99
Rhino will not go extinct – SANParks http://citizen.co.za/409670/rhino-will-not-go-extinct-jooste/
Police, forest officials blame each other over orangutans. INDIA: (NA COMMENT: Forestry officials who can’t recognise an orangutan?!!) http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/police-forest-officials-blame-each-other-over-orangutans/article7343893.ece
Zoo owner says he did not assault animal activist. CYPRUS
http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/06/23/zoo-owner-says-he-did-not-assault-animal-activist/
The Kenyan elephant reserve that’s fighting back against poachers. Conservation efforts in Amboseli national park offer hope in the battle to protect Africa’s big beasts from ivory poachers – but tackling demand for ivory is still crucial to long-term success http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/23/kenyan-elephant-reserve-fighting-back-against-poachers-amboseli
Oil Palm Company Accused of Violating RSPO, IPOP Standards in Indonesia extract: The reputation of oil palm business group Sawit Sumbermas Sarana (SSS), a holding of one of Indonesia’s richest men, has in recent days taken hits on multiple fronts, with a pair of NGOs separately accusing the firm of violating various sustainability commitments it is party to.
The criticism highlights holes in both the Indonesia Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP), a high-profile sustainability pact to which palm giants Wilmar, Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), Musim Mas, Asian Agri and Cargill as well as the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (Kadin) are signatories, and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an eco-certification initiative that requires companies to abide by certain social and environmental criteria when opening up new lands for plantations.
Image: Under threat – forests near the village of Ginih in Central Kalimantan Province, Indonesia (c) EIA http://www.heartofborneo.org/latest-news/oil-palm-company-accused-of-violating-rspo-ipop-standards-in-indonesia/
7 Companies With a Palm Oil Problem http://www.care2.com/causes/7-companies-with-a-palm-oil-problem.html
Indonesia to revive controversial sugarcane plan in Aru? http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0623-jacobson-aru-sugarcane-revival.html
Controversy emerges over alleged deforestation policy breach by APRIL supplier http://news.mongabay.com/2015/0623-april-north-kalimantan-ahl.html
WARNING. VERY GRAPHIC ORANGUTAN PHOTOS BELOW.
WANTED: ORANGUTAN SLAUGHTERER.
http://www.profauna.net/en/content/wanted-orangutan-slaughterer#.VYk6uUYXEsc
