That never ending story of bad news about poaching,
wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
Row over Chinese loggers reflects poor understanding of Myanmar http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20150824000001&cid=1501
No 497 Wildlife Trade News: 25th August 2015
Black Markets in China Still Driving World’s Tiniest Porpoise to Extinction http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/08/24/black-markets-in-china-still-driving-worlds-tiniest-porpoise-to-extinction/?smid=tw-share&_r=0
Pangolins in Peril: rallying the world to curb the global China trade http://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/pangolins-in-peril-rallying-the-world-to-curb-the-global-china-trade/
Cruel tourists laugh and cheer as a depressed chimp smokes a CIGARETTE like a human in a Chinese zoo
BREAKING NEWS: Two Tons of Elephant Tusks Seized in Vietnam (NA COMMENT: Only 8 days after the previous confiscation. We are not seeing any arrests made in both the exporting and importing countries. WHY? http://allafrica.com/stories/201508242591.html
Tanzania: Govt Sets Up New Plans to Protect Herds http://allafrica.com/stories/201508241765.html
Tanzania: Elephant Crisis May Damage Dar’s Tourist Trade http://allafrica.com/stories/201508240921.html
CITES – CHINA – HONG KONG – VIETNAM ……ARE YOU LISTENING?
Here’s the man ultimately responsible for CITES. How many animals have been illegally traded internationally whilst he’s be in charge? Millions? How many countries have been sanctioned while he’s been in charge? Two, three, four?
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?
“A body of men and women holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ? Thomas Paine
TANZANIA: ‘I feel like their mother’: Adorable story of the ex-poacher who used to eat baby turtles now saves them on their first journey to the sea.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3206207/I-feel-like-mother-Adorable-story-ex-poacher-used-eat-baby-turtles-saves-journey-sea.html#ixzz3jjZIefRX
Tanzania: Asian Demand Puts Tanzanian Elephants At Risk http://allafrica.com/stories/201508242251.html
6 Amazing International Animal Rights Organizations That You’ve Probably Never Heard of … but Should! http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/international-animal-rights-organizations-that-youve-probably-never-heard-of/
EXCLUSIVE: Raised in cages to be hunted as trophies like Cecil, and so used to humans that they think their killers are bringing them food – the haunting fate of South Africa’s ‘canned’ lions is exposed
- Fresh outcry expected over fate of greatest of Africa’s big cats as new movie is released about ‘canned hunting’
- Blood Lions will be screened next month on PBS and shows how hundreds of lions are raised to be shot as trophies
- They spend their lives in cages then taste just a few days of ‘freedom’ inside reserves enclosed by electric fences
- The animals are so used to humans that when they hear vehicles and pick up the hunters’ scent they think they are going to be fed
- Hunting a lion costs up to $30,000 and an estimated 500 Americans are among the trophy hunters who come to South Africa for the ‘canned hunt’
Conservationists want you to help crowd-patrol illegal fishing around Cocos Island http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/08/24/conservationists-want-help-crowd-patrol-illegal-fishing-around-cocos-island
Forest department issues special alert in Sundarbans http://www.thedailystar.net/country/forest-department-issues-special-alert-sundarbans-131791
PAKISTAN: Bid to smuggle precious birds foiled http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-2-335759-Bid-to-smuggle-precious-birds-foiled
Raptors in West and Central Africa threatened by trade for bushmeat and fetish
In over 2600 raptor carcasses counted, 52 raptor species were identified, including long-distance migrants from Eurasia. Photo: Gerard Nikolaus
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-08-raptors-west-central-africa-threatened.html#jCp
Endangered pig-tailed macaque rehomed in M’sia after rescue from S’pore car workshop http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/endangered-pig-tailed-macaque-rehomed-msia-after-rescue-spore-car-workshop
USFWS Moves to Ban Commercial Elephant Ivory Trade
Questions & Answers http://www.fws.gov/international/travel-and-trade/ivory-ban-questions-and-answers.html
Preparing for the 17th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES http://www.fws.gov/international/pdf/factsheet-cites-cop17-2015.pdf
Scores of pangolins rescued from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam
Dawn timber-laundering raids cast doubt on ‘sustainable’ Brazilian wood. Police investigating suspected environmental scams swoop on state officials and businessmen in Amazon area known for woods used in furniture and decking http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/24/dawn-raids-brazil-illegal-timber-laundering-operation?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco
Colombian Land Activist Threatened by Paramilitaries Linked to Oil Palm Company Poligrow http://eia-global.org/news-media/colombian-land-activist-threatened-by-paramilitaries-linked-to-oil-palm-com
Kenya’s ‘ivory kingpin’ bail suspended http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Kenyas-ivory-kingpin-bail-suspended-20150824
CAMBODIA: No charges for busted loggers http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/no-charges-busted-loggers
Vietnamese Stars Come Together For Rhinos https://www.looktothestars.org/news/14146-vietnamese-stars-come-together-for-rhinos
The protest movement is failing: it’s fighting the same old battles with the same poor results http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/aug/24/protest-movement-failings-i-dont-believe-in-it-anymore
Tropical forests almost size of India set to be destroyed by 2050, study warns – See more at: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/features/article/protect-the-trees-tropical-forest-almost-size-of-india-set-to-be-destroyed#sthash.bW8avEhi.dpuf
SUMATRA/ INDONESIA: Update Monkey Enclosures Bengkulu Zoo (NA COMMENT: This is a terrible zoo we first reported on a few weeks ago. Now a local NGO group has plans to renovate the whole zoo.) http://www.berdiri.org/cause-view/update-monkey-enclosures-bengkulu-zoo/
Killing of black macaques in Indonesia sparks debate over hunting http://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/killing-of-black-macaques-in-indonesia-sparks-debate-over-hunting/
