Over 2,000 Pig-Nosed Turtles Fly Home to Uncertainty After Smuggling Attempt
via Annamiticus Article courtesy of Dr Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia More than 11,000 pig-nosed turtles have been seized from traffickers during January 2014. Photo...
View ArticleInvestigators Follow China’s Shark Slaughterhouse Trail to U.S.
via Annamiticus Investigators who uncovered China’s massive shark slaughterhouse reveal possible links to a U.S. company. PHOTO: WildLifeRisk The investigators who uncovered the “world’s largest shark...
View ArticleWorld Leaders Gather at International Wildlife Trafficking Symposium in London
via Annamiticus Government leaders from 50 countries will convene in London at the first-ever International Wildlife Trafficking Symposium on February 11 – 12. Photo by Koshy Koshy via Wikimedia...
View ArticleU.S. Bans Ivory Trade, Unveils ‘National Strategy for Combating Wildlife...
via Annamiticus The U.S. announced a ban on ivory trade as part of a National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Crime. Today the United States has announced a ban on the commercial trade of elephant...
View ArticleThe Way Forward: 41 Countries Commit to Ending Wildlife Trafficking
via Annamiticus 41 Governments pledged to end wildlife trafficking at the historical London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade. Political leaders from 41 countries pledged their support in the...
View ArticleChad and Tanzania Will Destroy Ivory Stockpiles
via Annamiticus Who’s next? Chad and Tanzania are the latest countries to say “yes” to elephants and “no” to ivory. Photo By rcrhee via Wikimedia Commons The two African nations of Chad and Tanzania...
View ArticleUp in Smoke: Chad’s Ivory Stockpile [Photos]
via Annamiticus President Idriss Déby Itno of Chad sets ablaze 1.1 tons of ivory (President is in white cap). Photo courtesy of African Parks. Today, President of the Republic of Chad, His Excellency...
View ArticlePrince Charles and the Wild Kingdom: Can a Media-Savvy Prince Stop the...
via Annamiticus The Presidents of several African countries, recognizing that African Elephant Crisis was getting worse and knowing they could not solve this problem alone, turned to the Prince Charles...
View ArticleTruth Can Be Stranger Than Fiction: The Rhino Horn and Ivory Trade Paradigm
via Annamiticus by Ian Michler, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust, South Africa “Unsound analysis based on sweeping assumptions is likely to result in poor decision-making with severe consequences...
View ArticleSouth Africa’s Rhino Horn Trade Scheme Trounced by Economics
via Annamiticus “What passes for economics in wildlife trade literature avoids several serious conceptual and empirical questions, ” says Dr. Alejandro Nadal. Supporters of South Africa’s push to...
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