The never ending story of poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes …
in the spotlight today ……………
SOUTH AFRICA: Rhino and her two calves killed
KILLED
http://sbeta.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/rhino-and-her-two-calves-killed-1956718
No 572 Wildlife Trade News: 8th December 2015
INDONESIA: Govt backtracks on unrealistic peatland restoration EXTRACT: Provided with a limited allocation from the state budget, the government may only have the capacity to restore less than 5 percent of the total peatland area burned this year – See more at: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/12/08/govt-backtracks-unrealistic-peatland-restoration.html#sthash.sdIigodW.dpuf
INDONESIA: APP MILESTONES?
Two ASIA PULP AND PAPER-linked concessions in peatland areas –
extending to nearly 400,000 hectares, in all – have had their licenses
frozen following the recent land and forest fires
extract: When one is in the field and sees the massive
destruction of peatland, it is difficult not to become
emotional, particularly in the light of the suffering and
losses inflicted on human beings by the hazehttp://www.greenomics.org/docs/QUESTIONING-APP-MILESTONES.pdf
STATE OF THE APES http://www.stateoftheapes.com/
More than 11,000 Norwegians line up to shoot 16 wolves http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/30/norwegian-hunters-line-up-for-licences-to-shoot-wolves
Tourists disappear in Malawi as elephant poaching reach unprecedented levels
Sharks, Tigers, and Elephants: New Analysis Reveals TPP Threats to Endangered SpeciesRight now sharks at risk of extinction are being killed for their fins. Rainforests that provide homes to critically endangered tigers are being slashed to make way for oil palm plantations. And at-risk elephants are being poached to feed increasing global ivory trade. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-beachy/sharks-tigers-and-elephan_b_8740876.html
Chinese ‘ambassadors’ shine spotlight on bloody ivory trade – See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/chinese-ambassadors-shine-spotlight-bloody-ivory-trade#sthash.yRHSwSrT.dpuf
Two Malaysians charged with wildlife smuggling in Portland, US –
EXTRACT: Two Malaysian men have been arrested and charged in Oregon in the United States for smuggling wildlife, including the skulls of the orang utan, through air mail, said an american news portal.
The Oregon Public Broadcasting website published in its news section a report naming Malaysians Eoin Ling Churn Yeng, 35 and Galvin Yeo Siang Ann, 33, who were picked up by federal agents last Friday when they arrived for a business appointment.
The report said that according to the US Department of Justice, the two men allegedly co-owned an online business that has been regularly smuggling endangered wildlife into the US since 2004.
It said the agents had reportedly bought three orangutan skulls, five hornbill bird skulls, skulls from a langur monkey and wild pig known as a babirusa, as well as the rib a of a dugong, although records indicated that Ling and Yeo sold other wildlife items in the US.
ZimParks redeploys officials http://www.chronicle.co.zw/zimparks-redeploys-officials/
War on poachers boosted by ivory price fall http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/africa/article4635159.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2015_12_07
UK: JAILED: Trader caught dealing in rare and endangered species – including dolphin and cougar skulls
MYANMAR: ‘Ownerless’ illegal logs seized in Kachin and Sagaing http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/national-news/18023-ownerless-illegal-logs-seized-in-kachin-and-sagaing.html
A UN award in Paris, but fighting for survival in Borneo http://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/an-award-from-the-un-in-paris-but-fighting-for-survival-in-borneo/
Pegas FreeapesAnother collector of chimpanzees, this time in Qatar, one of the many guys in the Middle East driving great ape trafficking…
INDIA: HC summons chief wildlife warden http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/HC-summons-chief-wildlife-warden/articleshow/50085477.cms
INDIA: Bear Tortured And Forced To Dance Gets Her First Real Home
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/taxidermist-who-traded-endangered-species-6972380
Eight lions poisoned at Maasai Mara http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/eight-lions-poisoned-maasai-mara
Without wildlife there is no tourism http://www.eturbonews.com/66668/without-wildlife-there-no-tourism
Big business: are deforestation goals at risk of failing? http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2015/dec/07/deforestation-climate-paris-companies-action
M’sia hands over pair of tapir to Japan http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=105053
Traffic Southeast Asia OFFLINE: This Vietnamese wildlife trader known for selling tiger cubs online was nabbed in Ho Chi Minh City while selling a red-shanked douc langur and 9 oriental small-clawed otter to a customer at a café.The arrest was made by the central Environment Police Department in coordination with Wildlife Conservation Society and Education for Nature – Vietnam (ENV)
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Protecting Sea Turtles in Vietnam by Cultivating Local Stewards and Taking on Traffickers http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2015/12/4/Protecting-Sea-Turtles-in-Vietnam-by-Cultivating-Local-Stewards-and-Taking-on-Traffickers
SC might ban elephant ride for tourist in Rajasthan, Goa http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SC-might-ban-elephant-ride-for-tourist-in-Rajasthan-Goa/articleshow/50095464.cms
Success for Sarawak tribes as dam shelved
Vultures may be hard to love, but without love the birds may disappear https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/vultures-may-be-hard-to-love-but-without-it-the-birds-may-disappear/2015/12/08/3ef554bc-9d18-11e5-a3c5-c77f2cc5a43c_story.html
South African Government to Appeal Court Ruling Lifting Ban on Domestic Rhino Horn Trade http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/elist/eListRead/south_african_government_to_appeal_court_decision_lifting_ban_on_domestic_r/
INDIA: Forest dept: Revoke tiger skin trader’s bail http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/Forest-dept-Revoke-tiger-skin-traders-bail/articleshow/50088073.cms
Pakistan committed to conservation of nature: Zahid Hamid http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/front-top/266836-pakistan-committed-to-conservation-of-nature-zahid-hamid.html
Market supervising officials trained on combating illegal wildlife trade
Traffic
KENYA: War on corruption will be painful for offenders – Uhuru – See more at: http://www.the-star.co.ke/news/war-corruption-will-be-painful-offenders-uhuru#sthash.SdUvvkoU.dpuf
Uganda seizes five tons of ivory in three years http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/676623-uganda-seizes-five-tons-of-ivory-in-three-years.html
NORTHERN IRELAND: Barn owls seized over ‘illegal internet sale’ fears http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/barn-owls-seized-over-illegal-internet-sale-fears-34270108.html
NORTHERN IRELAND: Fury over otter killed in trap in Nothern Ireland
Illegal Timber Trade Still Bedevils in ‘Balding’ Burma http://www.irrawaddy.org/burma/102505.html
Government forestry office in Peru is attacked after largest illegal wood seizure in the country http://news.mongabay.com/2015/12/government-forestry-office-in-peru-is-attacked-after-largest-seizure-of-illegal-wood-in-the-country/
No forest, no future – new EIA film premieres at climate talks https://eia-international.org/no-forest-no-future-new-eia-film-premieres-at-climate-talks
Uganda: URA Signs Container Control Pact to Combat Illegal Trade http://allafrica.com/stories/201512071888.html
China court to review 10-year jail term for selling birds http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/07/c_134893388.htm
WILDLIFE CRIME: VIETNAM PUBLICATION: http://envietnam.org/images/News_Resources/Wildlife_Crime_Bulletin/Issue-2-Nov-2015.pdf
East Africa: Sh900 Rhino Horn Smuggling Case Ongoing http://allafrica.com/stories/201512070708.html
