Another dose of bad news about environmental crimes, wildlife crimes
and poaching …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Traffic Southeast Asia. MALAYSIA One of a pair of juvenile orangutan rescued from online wildlife traffickers in Malaysia by Wildlife Department. Four men arrested.
No 468 Wildlife Trade News: 27th July 2015
MALAYSIA: ‘Stop the logging around Taman Negara’
http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/07/27/Stop-the-logging-around-Taman-Negara/
Freaks in Zoos
SUNWAY ZOO, MALAYSIA http://zoonewsdigest.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/freaks-in-zoos.html
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Delivers Final Set of Elephant Protectionshttp://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/epepper/us_fish_wildlife_service_deliv.html
Despite big efforts, the US is still a major consumer of illegal elephant ivory http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-07-22/despite-big-efforts-us-still-major-consumer-illegal-elephant-ivory
Fighting deforestation: Bolivia’s green gains the media isn’t talking about https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/59596
PNG jail at ‘dangerous’ overcrowding level
Northland poachers a threat to native bird. NEW ZEALAND
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503450&objectid=11487375
Authorities Hunting for Spaniard Who Paid 50,000 Euros to Kill Famous Lion http://time.com/3972536/cecil-lion-headless-spaniard-50000-euros-zimbabwe-africa/
INDIA: Forest dept fails to check peacock feathers trade http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Forest-dept-fails-to-check-peacock-feathers-trade/articleshow/48229335.cms
Costa Rica Becomes The FIRST Nation To Ban Hunting!Read More: http://www.trueactivist.com/costa-rica-becomes-the-first-nation-to-ban-hunting/#.VZoWumoreqs.facebook
Wilmar accused of Nigerian ‘land grab’ for palm oil http://news.mongabay.com/2015/07/wilmar-accused-of-nigerianland-grab-for-palm-oil/
A little-known big producer: Will forest policy reform in Peru support farm-forestry? http://blog.cifor.org/31139/a-little-known-big-producer-will-forest-policy-reform-in-peru-support-farm-forestry#.VbXdtvkXEsc
SOUTH AFRICA: Orphan baby rhino rescued http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/orphan-baby-rhino-rescued-1.1890983#.VbXd8PkXEsc
Zimbabwe: ‘Commercial Poachers Should Rot in Jail’ http://allafrica.com/stories/201507270179.html
Bangladesh discovers only 100 tigers in famed Sundarbans https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bangladesh-discovers-only-100-tigers-famed-sundarbans-050137655.html#QuFCRfA
