Another dose of bad news about poaching,
wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Rich Russian Poachers Are Stripping the Land of Wildlife. extracts: It’s as lucrative a business as it is destructive: tiger pelts, illegal caviar and bear bile, the latter used for traditional Chinese medicine, fetch enormous prices abroad.
Saudi Arabia’s elites, for instance, are currently driving the houbara bustard, a large game bird, into extinction in Pakistan. http://www.newsweek.com/rich-russian-poachers-are-stripping-land-wildlife-364925
No 496 Wildlife Trade News: 24th August 2015
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation USA): Investigate CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/FBI_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation_USA_Investigate_CITES_Convention_on_International_Trade_in_Endangered_Species/?cuiVrib
“A body of men and women holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ? Thomas Paine
HEADLINE FROM 25th JULY 2014. Kenya Escapes CITES Wildlife Sanctions. extract!!! Kenya’s plan was audited at the recent CITES meeting in Geneva and the country awarded a certificate of commendation – by CITES!!! http://allafrica.com/stories/201407251100.html
ONE YEAR LATER: Kenya’s ‘ivory kingpin’ gets bail. http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Kenyas-ivory-kingpin-gets-bail-20150821-6 (NA comment: This illustrates a lack of commitment by the Kenyan government to stop the poaching, doesn’t it? Another country let off the hook so many times by CITES it goes to prove …….
"If you don’t punish people they will do it time and time again"
Why is CITES so soft on wildlife crime and its causes?
Here’s the man ultimately responsible for CITES.
Mr. Steiner. Do you agree the international CITES Convention must be respected and enforced without fear or favour? Most of this wildlife slaughter is happening while you are in charge at UNEP, isn’t it?
Asian demand puts Tanzanian elephants at riskhttp://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=4001&pLv=3&srI=57&spI=23
MALAYSIA: Stopping the rot
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/node/97525
CAMBODIA: Elephants’ sale to Japanese zoo opposed http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/elephants-sale-japanese-zoo-opposed
WATCH: Illegal logging areas in Philippines down 90%, APEC told http://www.philstar.com/news-videos/2015/08/24/1491672/watch-illegal-logging-areas-philippines-down-90-apec-told
INDIA: Zoos Cannot be Left to Bureaucracy http://www.newindianexpress.com/editorials/Zoos-Cannot-be-Left-to-Bureaucracy/2015/08/24/article2989667.ece
Unfortunate demise of anti-poaching activist from Assam’s Pobitora Sanctuary http://twocircles.net/2015aug24/1440385745.html#.VdqljJcXEsc
INDIA: Bird’s-eye view: Death knell for sanctuary, say environmentalists http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/death-knell-for-sanctuary-say-environmentalists/
Multiple ways for Congo Basin forests to flourish and deliver: study http://blog.cifor.org/32387/multiple-ways-for-congo-basin-forests-to-flourish-and-deliver-study#.Vdqmp5cXEsc
