Bad news don’t know weekends … More about poaching, wildlife and
environmental crimes …

in the spotlight today……………

The CITES International law that is killing

South Africa’s rhinos. The law that prevents legal trade of rhino horn is allowing illegal poaching to flourish. http://uk.blastingnews.com/world/2015/10/the-cites-international-law-that-is-killing-south-africa-s-rhinos-00613841.html

‘Why is Hong Kong keeping this trade alive?’: Chinese actress Li Bingbing joins call for total ban on ivory sales. (published in China)

http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1871369/why-hong-kong-keeping-trade-alive-chinese-actress

WildAid Lang Lang speaks out: The Hong Kong ivory trade fuels elephant poaching crisis and must be shut down

Hong Kong government ‘open-minded’ about ivory ban in major policy shift http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/1871369/why-hong-kong-keeping-trade-alive-chinese-actress

NAMIBIA: Inner workings of a Chinese poaching syndicate

http://oxpeckers.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Rhino-horns-confiscated-from-the-Chinese-couriers-at-the-airport-on-29-March-2014.-Almost-all-were-from-black-rhinos.jpg

No 544 Wildlife Trade News: 24th October 2015

JAKARTA/INDONESIA – where illegal wildlife traders operate openly and with impunity. (photos taken this week)

Walking around carrying a Brown Parrot (Cholcopsitta duivenbodei) derived from tropical forests in Papua. The man wants to sell the birds to another trader in Jatinegara market at a price of IDR 1,350,000 or £67.5 pounds. However, traders in the illegal wildlife market at Jatinegara bid too low so bird’s owners took it back home. The Brown Parrot is protected by the Constitution Act No. 5 of 1990 – though, at this and other markets the law is never enforced. Police (BKSDA) are alleged by their superiors (who do nothing to stop it) in the ministry to be bribed not to enforce the law.

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photos above: SCORPION

A zoo photo of the same species. http://ragunanzoo.jakarta.go.id/oldfile/ragunan/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=217&lang=id

SUMATRA/INDONESIA: SCORPION Reports Illegal Wildlife Trade to BKSDA in North Sumatra

http://www.scorpionmonitor.org/illegal_wildlife_report_of_scorpion.html

NEW YORK TIMES: 19,000: Birds for Sale in Jakarta’s Biggest Markets

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/27/science/19000-birds-for-sale-in-jakartas-biggest-markets.html?_r=0

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INDONESIA: Bird smuggler stopped going out of Bali

http://bali.coconuts.co/2015/10/23/bird-smuggler-stopped-going-out-bali

Erik Meijaard: Indonesia’s Fire Crisis — The Biggest Environmental Crime of the 21st Centuryhttp://jakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/opinion/erik-meijaard-indonesias-fire-crisis-biggest-environmental-crime-21st-century/

NEW YORK TIMES: How to Save Indonesia’s Forests http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/24/opinion/how-to-save-indonesias-forests.html?_r=0

INDONESIA: Harimau Sumatera Dikurung di "Kandang Ayam", Komitmen Menteri Siti Dipertanyakan

http://regional.kompas.com/read/2015/10/22/11362011/Harimau.Sumatera.Dikurung.di.Kandang.Ayam.Komitmen.Menteri.Siti.Dipertanyakan and http://fakta.co.id/2015/10/22/menteri-lingkungan-hidup-dan-kehutanan-lhk-siti-nurbaya-bakar-melupakan-komitmennya-untuk-melindungi-satwa-langka/ and http://www.beritateratas.com/2015/10/tragis-nasib-harimau-sumatera-dikandang.html and http://harianrakyatbengkulu.com/ver3/2015/10/17/tak-bisa-dilepaskan-beri-kandang-layak/ and http://www.rmol.co/read/2015/10/19/221279/Telantarkan-Elsa-dan-Giring,-Komitmen-Menteri-Siti-Dipertanyakan-

INDONESIA: Forest fires threaten endangered animal species http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/101145/forest-fires-threaten-endangered-animal-species

Is Indonesia’s fire crisis connected to the palm oil in our snack food? http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/23/is-indonesias-fire-crisis-connected-palm-oil-in-snack-food

FIRES and haze in Borneo: what does it mean. RECOMMENDED VIEWING: https://www.facebook.com/BorneoFutures AND https://www.facebook.com/kkiwarsi

INDONESIA: Kalimantan politicians wear facemasks inside parliament as Palangkaraya suffers in silence

http://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/kalimantan-politicians-wear-facemasks-inside-parliament-as-palangkaraya-suffers-in-silence/

SABAH/MALAYSIA. These two bears continue to BE HELD ILLEGALLY not that far from the Sabah Wildlife Department and its apparently impotent minister reside in comfort – if not luxury this weekend. A nearby bear rescue centre is available to accept and care for the bears, but first they MUST be confiscated.

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The minister responsible for the bears not being confiscated. What are you thinking?

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Are we the cruellest we’ve ever been? The way we treat animals suggests we are. The worst part is that animal suffering is largely avoidable – we’re just too selfish to change our ways.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/are-we-the-cruellest-weve-ever-been-the-way-we-treat-animals-suggests-we-are-20151004-gk168p.html#ixzz3pPVqVV2G

Broken Promises: Communities on Philippine island take on palm oil companies http://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/broken-promises-communities-on-philippine-island-take-on-palm-oil-company/

Useless Euthanasia: The European Trend Putting Zoo Animals at Risk http://www.photographerswithoutborders.org/blog/2015/10/22/useless-euthanasia-the-european-trend-putting-zoo-animals-at-risk

CHINA: Tigers starved in order to make wine http://www.awely-tigers.org/tigers-starved-in-order-to-make-wine/

Zimbabwe: Africa Albida Raises U.S.$30 000 to Fight Poaching http://allafrica.com/stories/201510230284.html

Zimbabwe: Save Our Wildlife http://allafrica.com/stories/201510230234.html

AP PHOTOS: Warehouse exposes cost of illegal wildlife trade

http://www.greenevillesun.com/news/ap_national_news/ap-photos-warehouse-exposes-cost-of-illegal-wildlife-trade/article_c03b974c-9f01-5c89-a09f-be9b3ccd161b.html

Marine conservationists claim Japanese fishermen are dumping dolphin corpses at sea http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/oct/22/marine-conservationists-japanese-fishermen-dumping-dolphin-corpses-sea

INTERPOL: Strategy to combat illegal wildlife trade in Central Asia marks International Snow Leopard Day http://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-media/News/2015/N2015-167

SARAWAK: Animals in trade under spotlight in Asian conference http://www.traffic.org/home/2015/10/23/animals-in-trade-under-spotlight-in-asian-conference.html

Deserted by circus troupe, seven jumbos live in pathetic condition in Mandya

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/507984/deserted-circus-troupe-seven-jumbos.html

With No Patrol Squads, Poachers Rule the Roost in Telangana Forests http://news.telanganaonline.in/With-No-Patrol-Squads-Poachers-Rule-the-Roost-in-Telangana-Forests-781018

Lions Launch Fatal Attack On Illegal Hunters https://www.thedodo.com/lions-attack-poachers-1418978378.html

INDIA: Wildlife smuggler held, black spotted turtles seized http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/wildlife-smuggler-held-black-spotted-turtles-seized/article7798354.ece

THAILAND: Baby Animal Didn’t Know Life Outside This Laundry Basket

Wildlife Friends Foundation Thailand

https://www.thedodo.com/abused-baby-ape-found-living-in-a-laundry-basket-1418926301.html

SARAWAK/MALAYSIA: ‘Campaign Against Illegal Logging To Be Enhanced’

http://www.malaysiandigest.com/news/575485-campaign-against-illegal-logging-to-be-enhanced.html

Did an Abused Monkey Pick Your Coconut?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nathan-j-winograd/did-an-abused-monkey-pick_b_8341554.html

The following is not sent on behalf of the NGO group concerned. We just thought you might want to see how damned hard it is to be a caring NGO in Indonesia. Five years of hard work destroyed in seconds. If only the Indonesian government cared.

We need your help to repair the damage. View this email in your browser Facebook Twitter Website Email Forest Fires Destroy Years of Replanting Work at FNPF Sites Sad news came from our Tanjung Puting and Lamandau center in Borneo. A massive forest fire has engulfed and destroyed most of the land that have been under FNPF’s care for more than five years. The combination between prolong drought, peat soils, and strong wind prove to be deadly for the forest there. The fire was slowly growing and moving closer to our land until it was too big to control. With very limited resources and equipment our staff gave everything they had to prevent the fire from spreading further. They did not work alone, they had the help of the local villagers and local government. Their efforts were to protect the rest of the forest, against an almost impossible odds. However, these disasters have not diminished the determination of conservationists to recreate the forests that have been lost to logging and land-clearing, as Bayu Wirayudha, Director and Founder of FNPF explains. “ Yes, this is a disaster, but we have no alternative but to restart the replanting process again in those areas where our saplings have been lost.” Read More Here Donate Now Share Tweet Forward +1 Copyright © 2015, Friends of the National Parks Foundation, All rights reserved. Our mailing address: info Our Website: www.fnpf.org

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