Another day and another dose of bad news … Here it is all about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………………
CHINA: Tiger Beaten And Mocked In Sickening ‘Performance’ https://www.thedodo.com/video-shows-tiger-beaten-in-zoo-1322887387.html (CITES: Baby elephants next for this treatment?)
No 504 Wildlife Trade News: 1st September 2015
Kenya: Give Us Details On Seized Ivory, Kenya Asks Thailand http://allafrica.com/stories/201508310405.html
Lions on the EU agenda on September 15th
http://www.lionaid.org/news/2015/08/lions-on-the-eu-agenda-on-september-15th.htm
Human ‘super-predators’ should change their habits, Study
http://canadajournal.net/science/human-super-predators-should-change-their-habits-study-31321-2015/
UWA inks Gorilla deal with tour operators http://www.busiweek.com/index1.php?Ctp=2&pI=4019&pLv=3&srI=57&spI=23&cI=19
Sick of light verdicts, Indonesia to school judges on wildlife crimehttp://www.eco-business.com/news/sick-of-light-verdicts-indonesia-to-school-judges-on-wildlife-crime/
INDIA: Organised inter-state gangs are behind killings of elephants in Southern India … read more on social.yourstory.com
OMG! Boxing orangutans in Thailand a major attraction http://www.gdnonline.com/Details/21517
Chinese photographer’s mission to raise awareness on poaching https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2015/09/chinese-photographers-mission-to-raise-awareness-on-poaching/
California lawmakers propose sweeping ivory ban to curb elephant poaching http://www.suffieldtimes.com/breaking/california-lawmakers-propose-sweeping-ivory-ban-to-curb-elephant-poaching/71714/
INDIA: Smugglers having a field day in Rani http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=sep0115/city058
REDD+ alert as deforestation hurts Tanzania’s economy http://www.scidev.net/sub-saharan-africa/forestry/news/redd-alert-deforestation-tanzania-economy.html
Sarawak pledges to protect its last remaining orangutans http://news.mongabay.com/2015/09/sarawak-pledges-to-protect-its-last-remaining-orangutans/
Angry after orangutan killed in Germany http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Angry-after-orangutan-killed-in-Germany-20150901
Scots scientists lead way in bid to save orang-utan http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scots-scientists-lead-way-in-bid-to-save-orang-utan-1-3873987
IRAN: The destiny of the Asiatic Cheetah lies in the hands of each and every one of us http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=249072
Poaching incidents drop 50 per cent in Kenyan National Parks http://www.coastweek.com/3835-Poaching-incidents-drop-50-per-cent-in-Kenya-national-parks.htm
Endangered eastern chimpanzees inhabit rapidly shrinking Ugandan forest fragments http://phys.org/news/2015-09-endangered-eastern-chimpanzees-inhabit-rapidly.html
INTERPOL rejects Malaysia’s request to place journalist on Red Notice list http://news.mongabay.com/2015/08/interpol-rejects-malaysias-request-to-place-journalist-on-red-notice-list/
JAPAN: Online trade in endangered species soars, spurring crackdown http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/08/31/national/crime-legal/online-trade-endangered-species-soaring-spurring-crackdown/#.VeW8IJcXEse
THAILAND: 49kg of dried seahorses seized at border
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crime/676576/49kg-of-dried-seahorses-seized-at-border
SOUTH AFRICA: Rhino war: ‘total onslaught’ http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rhino-war-total-onslaught-1.1908396#.VeWjCfmqqkp
JAPAN: Massive Annual Dolphin Slaughter Starts Once Again https://www.thedodo.com/taiji-dolphin-hunt-1324557976.html
Animal rights activist Ric O’Barry arrested in Japan ahead of Taiji dolphin hunting season http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-01/ric-obarry-arrested-in-japan-ahead-of-dolphin-hunt/6741908
PICS: Lions rescued from circuses coming to SA http://www.news24.com/Green/News/Lions-rescued-from-South-American-zoos-headed-to-SA-20150901
Indonesian zoo launches a phone app to help visitors http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/34109397
MALAYSIA; Volunteers spruce up zoo http://www.thestar.com.my/Metro/Community/2015/09/01/Volunteers-clean-spruce-up-zoo/
