Cambridge, UK, 22nd December 2014: The trade in Tigers and other wild cat parts from Myanmar into China has grown in recent years while the […]
Month: December 2014
CITES Responds to ‘Baby Elephants Captured in Zimbabwe’ Situation
The horrific story from Zimbabwe that baby elephants were snatched from their mothers and sent to zoos in China and/or the UAE has elicited a […]
Czech Officials File Criminal Charges Against 16 Rhino Horn Traffickers
Criminal charges have been filed in the Czech Republic against 16 people involved in a rhino horn trafficking scheme linked to a game ranch in […]
Namibia: Bizarre Death of a Rhino Protector
by John Grobler, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust In Namibia, the sudden death of a Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) employee is raising questions. The […]
Environmentalists Object to $450 Million ‘Good Governance’ Aid to Tanzania, Citing Corruption, Ivory Trafficking Links
Courtesy of the Environmental Investigation Agency WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) today appealed to Secretary of State John Kerry and Dana J. […]
Artificial Techniques of Reproduction May Be Last Hope for the Northern White Rhino
Courtesy of Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Nanyuki – Kenya) – Artificial techniques of reproduction could provide the last chance of survival for the world’s most endangered […]
Money vs. Morality: Tourism’s Conundrum
by Sharon Gilbert-Rivett, courtesy of Conservation Action Trust Earlier this year, horrific photographs and graphic video footage showing baby elephants being abused at an elephant […]
Prince William: Wildlife Trafficking is ‘One of the Most Insidious Forms of Corruption’
In his first-ever visit to Washington, D.C., the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the World Bank on an issue “extremely close” to his heart: the […]
U.S. Judge Sentences Tortoise Trafficker to Prison
A U.S. District Court judge has sentenced Kwong Wa Cheung to two months in federal prison, followed by two years of supervised release, for attempting […]
Activists Call for End of Legal Ivory Sales in Hong Kong
Last Saturday, a group of about 30 activists demonstrated outside Chinese Goods Centre Ltd store in Hong Kong. The shop is one of 447 licensed […]