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July 19, 2012
China: 5 Bears Killed, 6 Suspects Arrested
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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Five Asiatic black bears — also known as moon bears — were found massacred on Changbai Mountain in China’s Jilin Province. The tragedy was brought to the attention of authorities by wildlife blogger Hu Donglin, according to AsiaOne. Jilin police arrested six suspects and confiscated a shotgun, ammunition, and two “homemade explosive devices”. They said the bears were killed by the explos
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South Africa: Chinese National Gets 8 Years for Rhino Horn Possession
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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A Chinese national identified as Xiaja Chen has been sentenced by a South African court to eight years in prison for illegal possession of rhino horns, elephant tusks, and leopard skins. According to Beeld, Chen said he obtained the rhino horns so he could smuggle them to China for his cancer-stricken uncle. (Rhino horn traders market rhino horn as a “cancer treatment” to desperate buyers.) Chen was arres
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Indonesia: Bodies of 14 Sumatran Tigers Confiscated, Suspect Arrested
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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A police raid on the house of a suspected wildlife trafficker near Jakarta yielded the bodies of 14 Sumatran tigers, three leopards, one clouded leopard, three bears, one lion, one tapir and a tiger’s head. Tigers and bears are prized in traditional Chinese medicine, while leopards and lions are frequently used as substitutes for tiger-derived ingredients. The Sumatran tiger subspecies (Panthera tigris sumatrae
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South African Game Farmers Killing Their Own Rhinos ‘for Profit’
Date: 19 Jul 2012
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Law enforcement authorities in South Africa say that game farmers and reserve owners are killing their own rhinos and selling the horns. Those involved in the profit-making scheme have either attempted to conceal the killings or pretended to be victims of “poaching incidents”, according to IOL/Cape Times. The public revelation does not come as a surprise, as this has long been speculated upon privately by
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