The bad news continue into the year 2016 with no apparent let up to yet more wildlife
and environmental crimes …

in the spotlight today ……………

MALAYSIA: The brutal truth about captive elephants

January 12, 2016 The public must know that every elephant in captivity is systematically abused to break their spirit and submit to zookeepers.

http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2016/01/12/the-brutal-truth-about-captive-elephants/

No. 600 Wildlife Trade News: 13th January 2016

MALAYSIA: Towards wildlife extinction http://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/letters/2016/01/13/towards-wildlife-extinction/

Leading US circus calls time on performing elephants http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12094134/Leading-US-circus-calls-time-on-performing-elephants.html

JAKARTA / INDONESIA. PROTEST BY SCORPION and FRIENDS OF THE ORANGUTANS (MALAYSIA) OUTSIDE OF MALAYSIAN EMBASSY.

The Shangri-la Resort in Sabah Malaysia makes money from exploiting baby orangutans.

And the Sabah Wildlife Department with its impotent minister allow this to happen. The nearby Sepilok Orangutan Centre, disgracefully, provides the babies.

The protest in Jakarta attracts a lot of media as well as public and police attention. The protest would not be permitted in Malaysia!

Tens of thousands of birds illegally sold on the streets of Jakarta

extract: “While Indonesia’s law allows trade in unprotected bird species, it has put in place a ‘no harvest’ quota for native birds since 2002. This makes capture or trade of any wild birds in Indonesia illegal regardless of whether the species is protected or not.”

http://www.traffic.org/home/2015/9/25/tens-of-thousands-of-birds-illegally-sold-on-the-streets-of.html

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photos taken 12th January: SCORPION

THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ILLEGAL WILDLIFE TRADE –INDONESIA’S DISAPPEARING WILDLIFE

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Awen Supranata, Head of Minister (of wildlife cruelty and extinction?) Rasio Ridho Sani

BKSDA Jakarta Siti Nurbaya Bakar. director general of environmental law

enforcement,

the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

Every week birds being sold illegally in Jakarta’s markets

are reported with photos to BKSDA and – nothing is done to confiscate the birds.

What does this tell you about law enforcement in Indonesia?

ILLEGAL

ILLEGAL

ILLEGAL

CLOSE DOWN JAKARTA’S ILLEGAL

WILD BIRD MARKETS.

MALAYSIA; Foreign poachers on the prowl at Piasau Nature Reserve

http://www.theborneopost.com/2016/01/13/foreign-poachers-on-the-prowl-at-piasau-nature-reserve/

Why should I care about endangered species? http://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/why-should-i-care-about-endangered-species/

Illegal logging threatens Costa Rica’s valuable species and vulnerable national parks http://www.ticotimes.net/2016/01/12/illegal-logging-threatens-costa-ricas-valuable-species-and-vulnerable-national-parks

Romania Classifies Illegal Logging as Security Threat

Aiming to put an end to the problem of illegal logging, Romania has decided to classify the crime as a threat to national security because of its impact on the country’s natural resources.

– See more at: http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/romania-toughens-punishment-on-illegal-logging-01-11-2016#sthash.GrwEZ1RN.dpuf

SINGAPORE ZOO: More than 700 baby animals born in 2015 http://travel.asiaone.com/article/news/more-than-700-baby-animals-born-in-2015

Bottom beginning to fall out of ivory market: regulator http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3395966/Bottom-beginning-fall-ivory-market-regulator.html

2 rhino poachers killed at South African wildlife refuge http://www.guns.com/2016/01/12/2-rhino-poachers-killed-at-south-african-wildlife-refuge/

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: How Illegal Weapons Fuel Poaching—and Poaching Fuels the Illegal Weapons Trade

The free flow of weapons in Africa makes it too easy for poachers to arm themselves. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160112-Africa-gun-control-poaching-elephants-rhinos/

UK: Illegal trader caught selling monkey heads on eBay avoids jail http://www.itv.com/news/london/2016-01-12/man-caught-selling-monkey-heads-on-ebay-avoids-jail/

Too close for comfort? Theme park in China offers wild animals ‘feeding tours’ – See more at: http://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/too-close-comfort-theme-park-china-offers-wild-animals-feeding-tours#sthash.b4kIkKtS.dpuf

Chitwan National Park losing land to encroachers

http://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/chitwan-national-park-losing-land-to-encroachers/

HONG KONG: Smugglers’ paradise: A look at the city’s incense trees nearing extinction http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/75330/smugglers-paradise-a-look-at-the-citys-incense-trees-nearing-extinction.html

Tanzanian police arrest poacher for killing four Katavi elephants http://www.coastweek.com/3902-Tanzanian-police-arrest-poacher-for-killing-four-Katavi-elephants.htm

Female Rhino Killed in Kaziranga http://www.northeasttoday.in/female-rhino-killed-in-kaziranga/

INDIA: Fishermen blame poachers for destroying Manipur’s fauna http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/imphal/Fishermen-blame-poachers-for-destroying-Manipurs-fauna/articleshow/50555561.cms

INDIA: One more arrested for hunting monkeys http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com//articleshow/50544039.cms?

INDIA: An illegal trade that thrives with sea cucumbers http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/An-illegal-trade-that-thrives-with-sea-cucumbers/articleshow/50542656.cms