Another dose of bad news …
All about poaching, bad examples of hunting,
wildlife and environmental crimes

in the spotlight today ……………………

Scientists: we are ‘condemning’ forest elephants by ignoring evidence

As the ivory trade threatens to obliterate forest elephants, conservationists and governments fail to recognise them as a distinct species despite rising genetic and physical evidence.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2015/jul/23/forest-elephants-evidence-science-species-ivory-crisis

No 465 Wildlife Trade News: 24th July 2015

SABAH/MALAYSIA: Orangutans being exploited at 5-star luxury resort. Friends of the Orang-utan (Foto) allege that the Shangri-La Rasa Ria Resort is not rehabilitating orphan orangutans but using them to attract tourists and earn profits instead

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/07/23/orangutans-being-exploited-at-5-star-luxury-resort/

SARAWAK/MALAYSIA Sarawak conducted 240 raids on companies linked to illegal logging. (While next door in Sabah we think somewhere between nil and zero raids have been made. Do you wonder why? We do. No wonder Sabah has the worst rate of deforestation in all of Borneo.) http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1498608

INDONESIA: Presiden Diminta Keluarkan Larangan Sirkus Lumba-lumba

– See more at: http://fajar.co.id/headline/2015/07/23/presiden-diminta-keluarkan-larangan-sirkus-lumba-lumba.html#sthash.jvxlSoPl.dpuf

INDONESIA: Ifota Desak Jokowi Larang Sirkus Lumba-Lumba

PHOTO: Indonesian Friends of the Animals/ Scorpion http://www.realita.co/index.php?news=Ifota-Desak-Jokowi-Larang-Sirkus-Lumba-Lumba~3b1ca0a43b79bdfd9f9305b812982962a7acc0367c801d77ea9348d6b43c67eb

INDONESIA: Jokowi Diminta Larang Sirkus Lumba Lumba

http://politik.rmol.co/read/2015/07/23/210829/Jokowi-Diminta-Larang-Sirkus-Lumba-Lumba-

MALAYSIA: Breeding endangered species at zoos a bad move. Sahabat Alam Malaysia says Malaysian zoos have zero interest in animal welfare and are only concerned about attracting visitors.

EXTRACT: SAM calls on the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment and the Wildlife Department to ban the import of rare and endangered species by zoos. We also call on the ministry and the department to stop the granting of permits for new and upcoming zoos. There are far too many zoos in Malaysia already and SAM would like to see an end to the proliferation of more. http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2015/07/23/breeding-endangered-species-at-zoos-a-bad-move/

No One Can Seem to Stop the ‘El Chapo’ of Congolese Ivory Smugglinghttps://news.vice.com/article/rno-one-can-seem-to-stop-the-el-chapo-of-congolese-ivory-smuggling

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

ZIMBABWE: 10 elephants killed in Gonarezhou. (NA COMMENT: SO: IN WHICH COUNTRIES DO YOU THINK ALL THIS IVORY ENDS UP AND HAVE YOU SEEN THESE SAME COUNTRIES DO ANYTHING TO DETER THE TRADE?) At least 10 elephants were killed during the past two months in the giant Gonarezhou national park as poaching reaches alarming levels in the Great Limpopo Trans Frontier Park. http://www.thezimbabwean.co/news/zimbabwe-news/76459/10-elephants-killed-in-gonarezhou.html

Shot with an arrow then chased for two days until he was skinned and beheaded: Zimbabwe’s most famous lion, Cecil, becomes a hunting trophy

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3171875/Shot-arrow-chased-two-days-skinned-beheaded-Zimbabwe-s-famous-lion-Cecil-hunting-trophy.html

Palm Oil Is In Everything — And It’s Destroying Southeast Asia’s Forests http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/palm-oil-impacts_55a4c391e4b0b8145f737dd5

Averting palm oil devastation in Latin America https://www.greenbiz.com/article/avoiding-palm-oil-devastation-latin-america

INDONESIA: Regional haze and questionable
efforts to save the forests – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/07/24/regional-haze-and-questionable-efforts-save-forests.html#sthash.j3bHFBWM.dpuf

INDONESIA: Nine months in, how has Jokowi fared on the environment? http://news.mongabay.com/2015/07/jokowi-scorecard-nine-months-in/

Rwandans to import young rhinos from Kenya and South Africa http://www.coastweek.com/3829-Rwanda-plans-to-import-young-rhinos-from-South-Africa-and-Kenya.htm

Rwanda: Communities Neighbouring Parks Should Be Involved in Conservation http://allafrica.com/stories/201507230448.html

Kenya: Two Deny Having Ivory http://allafrica.com/stories/201507230909.html

UK. The rhinos are coming! Behind-the-scenes look at new home being built for endangered black rhinos http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/rhinos-coming-behind-scenes-look-9669297

Kenya: KWS Confirms Death of 100 Buffaloes and Three Rhinos After Anthrax Outbreak http://allafrica.com/stories/201507230223.html

INDIA: Elephant died due to starvation, ill treatment, alleges Task Force

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/elephant-died-due-to-starvation-ill-treatment-alleges-task-force/article7459127.ece

UN Condemns Contamination of Major Guatemalan River, Calls It An ‘Ecological Disaster’. EXTRACT The pollution in the Río La Pasión is apparently caused by plantations producing African palm oil and affects thousands of residents, the international organization detailed, according to AFP. http://www.latinpost.com/articles/67743/20150723/un-condemns-contamination-of-major-guatemalan-river-calls-it-an-ecological-disaster.htm

Liberians ‘Pressured To Sell Land’ For Palm Oil Plantations http://www.channelstv.com/2015/07/23/liberians-pressured-to-sell-land-for-palm-oil-plantations/

SOUTH AFRICA: Parliamentary Committee hears chances of catching rhino poachers are slim http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=40017:parliamentary-committee-hears-chances-of-catching-rhino-poachers-are-slim&catid=87:border-security&Itemid=188

Call to stamp out illegal seahorse trade

http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/stamp-illegal-seahorse-trade/story-27471184-detail/story.html

MALAYSIA: Tracking turtles at Pulau Lang Tengah http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/features/article/tracking-turtles-at-pulau-lang-tengah

TANZANIA: TPA to support scribes on anti-poaching drive http://dailynews.co.tz/index.php/biz/47554-tpa-to-support-scribes-on-anti-poaching-drive

INDIA: Hunting, not live wires or traffic,is wildlife’s greatest enemy http://www.bangaloremirror.com/bangalore/others/Hunting-not-live-wires-or-trafficis-wildlifes-greatest-enemy/articleshow/48191544.cms

New airplane hangar to fight poachers at Kruger National Park

http://www.enca.com/south-africa/new-airplane-hangar-fight-poachers-kruger-national-park

INDIA: Poachers sentenced to two years’ RI http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul2415/state056

INDIA: Elephant poaching: One held for helping Vasu to go underground http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=67186

Anger as African airline lifts trophy ban http://www.skynews.com.au/news/world/africa/2015/07/24/anger-as-south-african-airline-lifts-trophy-ban.html

ZAMBIA: State to engage forest guards https://www.daily-mail.co.zm/?p=37553