Another dose of bad news about poaching,
wildlife and environmental crimes …
In the spotlight today again is TANZANIA over
their feeble attempts to organize another elephant
census, still living in a state of absolute denial just
how bad their poaching crisis is …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Tanzania’s elephant catastrophe: ‘We recalculated about 1,000 times because we didn’t believe what we were seeing’ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/11748349/Tanzanias-elephant-catastrophe-We-recalculated-about-1000-times-because-we-didnt-believe-what-we-were-seeing.html
CITES ISN’T WORKING – IS IT?
“The objective of CITES is to ensure that wild fauna and flora is not unsustainably exploited through international trade.”says John Scanlon
No 461 Wildlife Trade News: 20th July 2015
Elephants in Palakkad’s temples meted out with cruelty: Animal Welfare Board of India report
Main accused in elephant poaching case found dead. INDIA http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/just-in/main-accused-in-elephant-poaching-case-found-dead.html
China donates 50 vehicles to Tanzania to support anti-poaching efforts http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/article_xinhua.aspx?id=293351
Spy cameras fitted to endangered by rhinos to stop them being butchered by poachers http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/spy-cameras-fitted-endangered-rhinos-6099685
Four poaching and logging suspects arrested in Taoyuan http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/07/20/2003623477
Help protect the orang utan, Sabah govt urges communities – See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/malaysia/help-protect-orang-utan-sabah-govt-urges-communities#sthash.cdyo2DrC.dpuf
Karen poachers busted in Ratchaburi forest THAILAND
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/627364/karen-poachers-busted-in-ratchaburi-forest
Government planning to research coral poaching damage http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002298352
CAR denies plundering forests to fuel civil war http://en.starafrica.com/news/car-denies-plundering-forests-to-fuel-civil-war.html
Zimbabwe: Human-Wildlife Conflicts Deepen http://allafrica.com/stories/201507200318.html
In poachers’ lingo ‘bada wala’ is a tiger http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/In-poachers-lingo-bada-wala-is-a-tiger/articleshow/48141380.cms
South Sudan crisis creates ‘wildlife refugees’ http://www.aa.com.tr/en/life/558797–south-sudan-crisis-creates-wildlife-refugees
